if one of your hobbies is digging up dirt on people & exposing them & you're cultivating a following or community of people who do the same, here is some advice: abandon it. log out of your callout account & let it wither. you're feeding a beast that will one day devour you
every time i see a man bemoan "why aren't there more women interested in furry??" i want to beat my head against the wall. how many times do we have to say it's because of misogyny, greg
don't fuckin look up to popular furries/cosplayers/fandom artists/etc that you DON'T KNOW as "role models." i don't care how nice they seem. they're not role models, they are online personas at worst & flawed human beings at best, just like you
i never cared if lilnasx gets a fursuit or becomes part of the fandom or whatever, i think it's really cool that an actual queer icon appreciates how queer our subculture is & actively encourages & celebrates us being who we are. like do yall need to be reminded how rare that is
literally any time i see "[popular furry] is a zoophile" i have to play the worst detective game ever combing through tweet replies & screenshots only to find out that no, they didn't r*pe their dog, they don't even own a pet, they just defended feral porn or something
"why are nobody atheists anymore" because a movement that SHOULD'VE been about revolting against western ideals & white supremacy was instead led by white incels whining on podcasts about manger displays in front of capitol buildings & people saying "god bless you"
i want to be absolutely crystal clear that there are no antifa leaders or organizations for the gov't to arrest or disrupt
antifa WILL be the next red scare and the gov't WILL use this to arrest & detain anyone who doesn't fall into line
they rly taught me for 19 years shit like "whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth will only come to poverty" & "you can't serve god & money" & "keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have" & then expected me to simp for capitalism
good thread
also worth pointing out that the person currently spearheading the "MFF harbors zoos" BS conspiracy theory is the same doofus behind the spine alignment morality chart
honestly amazing how many cis men on here will talk about how hard it is to get with a woman & never use the words woman or women even once. always girls, ladies, females etc, & always talkin about us as if we're an inscrutable, mysterious exotic species
i don't wanna downplay recent events but i'm seeing people talk about furry cons as if they're more dangerous than other events & i think it's worth pointing out that things like drugged drinks, sexual assault, STD transmission etc are problems everywhere, not just at furry cons.
every time someone says cons should be more family-friendly i think about the lovely volunteer i talked to at the AC art show last year who told me he's been staffing cons since the 70s & con spaces now are more reserved/modest than they've ever been
this. fur cons should handle minor attendees in a manner similar to events like burning man, in that it's expected that there'll be adults behaving & expressing themselves like adults, & it's the parents' job to decide whether or not it's a good environment for their kids
Wild take but maybe it should be the parents responsibility to do some research and think about the kinds of things they'll be exposing their kids to in a fandom built off queer media consumption .
oh shit this is poppin off
uhh if ur over 18 & u legitimize a contemporary variant of ancient pagan spirit possession, follow my art blog
@fluff_studios
i see this cycle over & over: someone's name gets big for making/sharing callouts, they amass a following of likeminded people, one day they say a Wrong Thing & one of those followers decides to cash in by turning the tables, & they're harassed off twitter by that same community
if you're thinking "well i'm not like that, i'll be fine because i'm a Good Person & i have nothing to hide" you're wrong. they'll find something to drag you through the mud for because that's what you're teaching & encouraging them to do. they are not your friends. abandon it
"this person makes sexual art of animals that makes me uncomfortable" turns into "this person gives off red flags for zoophilic attractions" which is simplified as "this person is a zoophile" which is repeated like a refrain until it no longer has meaning or context
people love to oppose piracy because "you're stealing from the artists/writers" & then go mysteriously silent when those artists ask for better pay & bring up how much of their profits actually go to publishers & shareholders
some of you will have "abolish prisons" in your twitter names & tweet shit like "beat all pedophiles to death" & not see a problem
if you're gonna preach restorative justice, you have to commit. you won't diminish pedophilia/zoophilia/etc by increasing its capital punishment
"proving" that someone dedicated to outing bad actors in the fandom is themself a bad actor is too good a twist to pass up. you become their prize trophy, the biggest rack of antlers on their wall that they can brag about until someone does the same thing to them
this is what happens when you try to single out & punish thoughts & attractions on the same level as actions. everything becomes a red flag bc everyone has different ideas of what qualifies as freak shit. in this case, anything from knotted cocks to nipples on fursuits
you're expected to not only keep up with who is & isn't a Bad Person but are also expected to be responsible for 3+ degrees of separation apparently & some of you act like this is a normal & easy lifestyle to maintain
"why don't women talk to me??" have you considered that almost every woman in any community has at least one disturbing, dehumanizing, or frightening experience with a man she's never met? it's not fucking rocket science
@_Rewhan
you know i was thinking about this the other day & i imagine yelling stuff in the background like "KELLOGG CEREAL SUPPORTS THIS MESSAGE" would have the same effect
if anyone at FWA finds a tan canvas pencil bag with a ram skull screen-printed on it, it's extremely important to me. it seems to have gone missing off my table as i was packing up. it's possible it may have been stolen
imo this sentiment is so widespread among furries not because there aren't a lot of eligible women in the fandom (there are plenty), but because so many of you refuse to socialize outside of this one special interest
some of you straight boys gotta learn there are nicer ways to say "i'm happy to see art of women" that aren't "oh wow, finally some FEMALES. it's so hard to be a straight furry, there's so many dicks everywhere"
& this is to say nothing of the way we talk about paraphilias & what actually results from treating & talking about them like this. but that's a whole new thread
feral nsfw discourse logic reminds me of a conversation i had with a friend in high school who was confused about why girls thought cartoon men were hot & kept saying "you're attracted to lines???" i was thinking about it for hours
@m4rk5m4n
@OakGov
if you think the same thing would happen to a white kid after all the conversations we've been having for the last 2 months then idk what to tell you other than to get your head out of your ass & pay the slightest bit of attention, please. you are doing no favors for anyone
Be aware. Right-wing Conservative media has already started in on the new narrative. They're beginning to push the whole "some people will just have to die" because we "need the economy back."
They are gearing up to convince poor people to accept losses so rich people stay rich.
look at furry's roots. scifi & nerd conventions, right? look at furry demographics & how many furries are also programmers, engineers, comic book nerds, gamers, etc. how many of those communities have histories of being open & accepting to women?
i can't help but feel that saying people who write every callout off as "drama" are callous & enabling is a gross mischaracterization when i see new furries added to the "zoophile" list every day. people are burnt out on this whole process. trying to keep up with it is impossible
sorry guys, it's been fun, but according to a teenager on twitter putting a knotted dick on an anthro is zoophilia now so ig we're all gonna have to leave the fandom or whatever
couple folks have asked where this is from. you can google it if you want (yes, it's a real, serious article) but i'm not linking it bc i don't wanna give it the traffic
ah, i see it's that time of year again to be scolded for looking at dog dick drawings by someone named cryptidgoreangelknife or whatever who has a serial killer oc
all you sad sacks like "wish i got invited to room parties" dude my roomies & i hosted this ourselves 🤷 if ur tired of waiting for an invite, throw ur own party. invite ur friends, bring some booze, hook jackbox up to the tv or some shit. make a space instead of waiting for one
@Doc_Wolverine
IT'S TRUE
imo tho the "straight furries are rare" bullshit comes from straight people being so used to being the majority that when it's so much as 50/50 they don't know how to deal with it
you are more than welcome to leave the fandom bc of shit like this but i want you to remember that abuse, narcissism, predatory actions, etc are not fandom problems, they are HUMAN problems. people like nas unfortunately exist in all walks of life