Furries In The Media

Here is an article, dated February 23, from The Lumberjack, the student newspaper of Humboldt State University (California, U.S.A.)

The article is a very brief one, the opener of a series on "sexual acts and cultures that are thought of as "odd"." The start isn't too bad...

One of the biggest misconceptions about furries is that they're hypersexual people that can only orgasm in an animal suit. The second is that the subculture is somehow linked to bestiality. In reality, the furry culture is not exclusively about sex and, while the acts seem similar, many furries are put off by the idea of sex with an actual animal.

...though I hope that "many" is really "most".

The article goes on to talk about totemism and "furry lifestyle", and defines various words (fursona, furpile, skritching, yiff).

Here is an article, dated February 23, from The Lumberjack, the student newspaper of Humboldt State University (California, U.S.A.)

The article is a very brief one, the opener of a series on "sexual acts and cultures that are thought of as "odd"." The start isn't too bad...

One of the biggest misconceptions about furries is that they're hypersexual people that can only orgasm in an animal suit. The second is that the subculture is somehow linked to bestiality. In reality, the furry culture is not exclusively about sex and, while the acts seem similar, many furries are put off by the idea of sex with an actual animal.

...though I hope that "many" is really "most".

The article goes on to talk about totemism and "furry lifestyle", and defines various words (fursona, furpile, skritching, yiff).

There a local scandal concerning the mental fitness of David Wu 1st district Oregon. I am in the 1st distinct Oregon. The issue started over resignation of his staffers and erratic behavior during the last campaign. Thanks to a local news story in Willamette Week and a comment tagged Wu being closet a furry.  A local talk radio show host had contacted uncle kage for a comment The Like to his journal is here.   

I am from the 1st Congressional district in Oregon. I cannot say I voted for him. I did volunteer for one out of the two credible Republican challengers to Wu. I was a Republican Precinct person. Sadly, most years we had no candidate running. (I sat out 2010 because I was disenchanted poor performance in campaigning and unemployment.) His costume is much ado about nothing.
The Willamette Week story tell a lot

"According to multiple sources, Wu went instead to Ping, a nearby restaurant for lunch. Only after he left Ping did those staffers stage the first “intervention,” an emotional meeting that spanned several hours during which staffers told the congressman they were worried about his health.

With Halloween approaching the Sunday before the Tuesday election, sources now tell WW that campaign aides had advised Wu not to dress in any costume that could potentially embarrass him.

(He was expected to face a close contest.) They worried, too, that a goofy getup could provide fodder for last-minute campaign attacks from Cornilles, Wu’s well-financed Republican opponent. The issue arose after Wu told staffers about a Halloween party he had wanted to attend with family and friends.

What follows here is a series of early-morning email messages from Wu’s BlackBerry to multiple staffers sent on the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 30.

The emails do not offer a definitive account of why Wu’s aides fled the congressman’s office in significant numbers just after his sixth successful re-election campaign. They do reveal that Wu’s staffers apparently had confronted the congressman about his drinking. They also suggest Wu faced accusations of harassment from his employees—and that Wu wasn’t eager to listen to any of the advice. Wu, through a spokesman, wouldn't respond to specific questions about the written content of the emails.

At 1:03 am PST on Saturday, Oct. 30, an email from Wu’s Congressional BlackBerry landed in the inbox of a female staffer. The congressman—who splits his time between Washington, D.C., and Oregon—was then in Portland.

There was no message attached to the email, only a single image. That photo, copied above, showed Wu in a plush tiger suit with orange- and black-striped mittens over his hands, a hood with pointy ears pulled over his head and a white circle split by a zipper stretched over his stomach. A seemingly red-faced Wu is sitting on a bench in what appears to be a bedroom, with his hands held in the air. A spokesman, Erik Dorey, today called the photo a private moment between family members. He further described the photo as "David Wu joshing around with his kids the day before Halloween."

Nineteen minutes later, at 1:22 am PST, a second email from Wu’s official email address went to multiple Wu staffers under the subject line “not funny.”"

There a local scandal concerning the mental fitness of David Wu 1st district Oregon. I am in the 1st distinct Oregon. The issue started over resignation of his staffers and erratic behavior during the last campaign. Thanks to a local news story in Willamette Week and a comment tagged Wu being closet a furry.  A local talk radio show host had contacted uncle kage for a comment The Like to his journal is here.   

I am from the 1st Congressional district in Oregon. I cannot say I voted for him. I did volunteer for one out of the two credible Republican challengers to Wu. I was a Republican Precinct person. Sadly, most years we had no candidate running. (I sat out 2010 because I was disenchanted poor performance in campaigning and unemployment.) His costume is much ado about nothing.
The Willamette Week story tell a lot

"According to multiple sources, Wu went instead to Ping, a nearby restaurant for lunch. Only after he left Ping did those staffers stage the first “intervention,” an emotional meeting that spanned several hours during which staffers told the congressman they were worried about his health.

With Halloween approaching the Sunday before the Tuesday election, sources now tell WW that campaign aides had advised Wu not to dress in any costume that could potentially embarrass him.

(He was expected to face a close contest.) They worried, too, that a goofy getup could provide fodder for last-minute campaign attacks from Cornilles, Wu’s well-financed Republican opponent. The issue arose after Wu told staffers about a Halloween party he had wanted to attend with family and friends.

What follows here is a series of early-morning email messages from Wu’s BlackBerry to multiple staffers sent on the early hours of Saturday, Oct. 30.

The emails do not offer a definitive account of why Wu’s aides fled the congressman’s office in significant numbers just after his sixth successful re-election campaign. They do reveal that Wu’s staffers apparently had confronted the congressman about his drinking. They also suggest Wu faced accusations of harassment from his employees—and that Wu wasn’t eager to listen to any of the advice. Wu, through a spokesman, wouldn't respond to specific questions about the written content of the emails.

At 1:03 am PST on Saturday, Oct. 30, an email from Wu’s Congressional BlackBerry landed in the inbox of a female staffer. The congressman—who splits his time between Washington, D.C., and Oregon—was then in Portland.

There was no message attached to the email, only a single image. That photo, copied above, showed Wu in a plush tiger suit with orange- and black-striped mittens over his hands, a hood with pointy ears pulled over his head and a white circle split by a zipper stretched over his stomach. A seemingly red-faced Wu is sitting on a bench in what appears to be a bedroom, with his hands held in the air. A spokesman, Erik Dorey, today called the photo a private moment between family members. He further described the photo as "David Wu joshing around with his kids the day before Halloween."

Nineteen minutes later, at 1:22 am PST, a second email from Wu’s official email address went to multiple Wu staffers under the subject line “not funny.”"

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/09/bad-kitty-a-meditation-on-cat-people

I wouldn't link to something this lame, except that the overwhelmingly negative response in the comments suggests that the whole furry bashing thing is pretty much old and played out (yes, we know that, but more and more people now know it too):

"I'm just glad to hear somebody somewhere say 'I just didn't feel like watching a movie that didn't look like I was going to enjoy'"

"Nice to see that Tor.com is finding brave and incisive columnists to go out on controversial limbs and take provocative positions like making fun of furries. My hat's off to you sir: I have never seen such opinions expressed in public before, and the world has been made a better place by your stunningly original observations."

"Maybe furries 'get all defensive' because they're tired of being the butt of the same old jokes. Making fun of furries was old, like, in 2005. And however icky you think they are, accusing them of bestiality is neither cool nor accurate."

"There is so much ignorance and generalization in this article that for a moment I wondered if this was really Tor or if I had stumbled on Pontifex or an Onion parody.
Ok, so, first? None of my furry friends watched Avatar because the Na'vi are furry (furry? more like smurfs). They watched Avatar because of the 3D and the explodey-wodey. Like, you know, everyone else."

"There are just an endless supply of people on the internet who have never stepped out of their own comfy little rooms surrounded by people who are just like them. He thinks this is vitriol? He's never been to Daily Kos or Five Thirty Eight or Little Green Footballs. Never been to The Angry Black Woman or Making Light or the Whatever.
Which explains why he continues to fail to understand that the issue isn't a joke that fell flat, it's that the basis of the joke was 'I get to mock women with moustaches and other people at the bottom of the social hierarchy!'
He's just a fool, and an ignoramus; one of an endless number. It's not even angry-making, it's just a pathetic waste."

Maybe Bob Fingerman is a great cartoonist, but he just comes across as clueless at best.

http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Bob+Fingerman/
"I have not met a furry. I freely admit bigotry against furries. They?'re just fucking weirdos."



Uh, Bob? Maybe appearing naked at the beginning of the video *isn't* the best way to endear your public into buying your comics??

The guy was pwned. The end.

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/09/bad-kitty-a-meditation-on-cat-people

I wouldn't link to something this lame, except that the overwhelmingly negative response in the comments suggests that the whole furry bashing thing is pretty much old and played out (yes, we know that, but more and more people now know it too):

"I'm just glad to hear somebody somewhere say 'I just didn't feel like watching a movie that didn't look like I was going to enjoy'"

"Nice to see that Tor.com is finding brave and incisive columnists to go out on controversial limbs and take provocative positions like making fun of furries. My hat's off to you sir: I have never seen such opinions expressed in public before, and the world has been made a better place by your stunningly original observations."

"Maybe furries 'get all defensive' because they're tired of being the butt of the same old jokes. Making fun of furries was old, like, in 2005. And however icky you think they are, accusing them of bestiality is neither cool nor accurate."

"There is so much ignorance and generalization in this article that for a moment I wondered if this was really Tor or if I had stumbled on Pontifex or an Onion parody.
Ok, so, first? None of my furry friends watched Avatar because the Na'vi are furry (furry? more like smurfs). They watched Avatar because of the 3D and the explodey-wodey. Like, you know, everyone else."

"There are just an endless supply of people on the internet who have never stepped out of their own comfy little rooms surrounded by people who are just like them. He thinks this is vitriol? He's never been to Daily Kos or Five Thirty Eight or Little Green Footballs. Never been to The Angry Black Woman or Making Light or the Whatever.
Which explains why he continues to fail to understand that the issue isn't a joke that fell flat, it's that the basis of the joke was 'I get to mock women with moustaches and other people at the bottom of the social hierarchy!'
He's just a fool, and an ignoramus; one of an endless number. It's not even angry-making, it's just a pathetic waste."

Maybe Bob Fingerman is a great cartoonist, but he just comes across as clueless at best.

http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Bob+Fingerman/
"I have not met a furry. I freely admit bigotry against furries. They?'re just fucking weirdos."



Uh, Bob? Maybe appearing naked at the beginning of the video *isn't* the best way to endear your public into buying your comics??

The guy was pwned. The end.

Here's an article, dated February 16, in the Arts and Culture section of the Tennessee Journalist (the news website of the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee).

Local furry Meg Morris is interviewed, and the article touches on such topics as Pounced.org, furcodes, fursuits, Anthrocon, and a brief history of the fandom.

http://missouriwrestlingrevival.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/who-is-the-mwr%E2%80%99s-sexiest-wrestler-in-the-midwest/

Yo, Furfolks! Our Fandom's own Bailey Mannix (AKA Pawnce Puma) is in the running for sexiest wrestler in the Midwest! But now there's a challenge from Brandon Aarons. And that kid's a homophobe. (Like, for serious.)

So, let's show what the furry fandom can do and keep one of our own on top!

Vote Bailey Mannix!







(And here's a little fan service!)

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Since I operate a mascot service around town, Courtney (Skittlez Southpaw) suggested that I send in a picture of our snow kitty we built in suit, and it made the front page!!

Both suits made & owned by me (Sasha Softpaw).

We're SO excited!

http://www.flayrah.com/3416/ksus-gay-magazine-interviews-furry-students

Ok, this time I'm a bit shy about posting this one but well.. my english sucks! hehe I know.

Red Furros Podcast with Kyell Gold at FC 2011.

http://bit.ly/hI9N5L

Furry News Network (http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com) launched Jan 1, 2011. One of the topics we want to cover on an ongoing basis is Furries in the Media. We are inviting everyone in this community to take part in FNN. If you come across a story about Furries in the Media, you can come to FNN and use the Submit link (http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com/submit-to-fnn/) to get your news item posted.

An article in the 'Life & Style' section discussing animal dressing and fursuiting today was written in the London Evening Standard. Lupus Londonwolf was one of the interviewees and my photo of him and Alfa Fox was published online and in press!

Online version here: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23916906-are-they-fur-real.do

Red Furros Interviews Blotch at Further Confusion 2011

http://bit.ly/i00uh5

Sounds less than positive.

http://www.etonline.com/tv/106568_Meet_the_Couch_Eater_and_the_Furry_on_My_Strange_Addiction/index.html

I don't think it gets much more mainstream than this. First American Dad and now The Simpsons! :D



From the most recent episode (season 22, episode 11 - aired last night in the US).

doing some catch-up in posting my shows.  as always, the show is available through iTunes. 

i also post the show at mevio (formerly podshow);   http://www.woyroswarren.mevio.com

and, also at divshare, for those who cant use the other 2.  here are the links to the files for the last 2 shows.  114 was just posted this morning and 113 was posted just hours before the last day of 2010.

Woyro's Warren 113:  http://www.divshare.com/download/13797023-f6a

Woyro's Warren 114:  http://www.divshare.com/download/13797128-84b

and....to top it off...here's the player thingie for the latest episode. 

After a short holiday hiatus (and a Season's Greetings from Pagan Stepdad), we return with the "thrilling" "conclusion" to the first season of OMGWTF! Furries SaGa.



As their journey finally begins, Robert brings Martino to a mysterious furry guru who can set him upon a path to furlightenment. Tio Koggey's dilemma with Silvermoon Lonewolf, having begun to seriously strain AnimalCon's resources, finally comes to a resolution - or does it?

http://www.apug.org/forums/forum40/85831-news-media-reporting-end-kodachrome-end-traditional-photography.html


"The best lesson you can learn from this is to ask yourself a question: Have you ever found a newspaper article that accurately portrayed your profession or hobby? If not, then why assume their portrayal of other people's professions is at all accurate? Keep your baloney detectors turned to high and have fun!"