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ANTHROCON’s official holiday, world record, FBI investigation – Wolfgem and Beastcub recover from tragedy – New con: Pac Anthro Weekend – More Here’s the regular feature of Furry news bites, scoops, and Snausage links. Tips welcome- I’d love to post yours! ______________________________________ - July 5th officially declared “Anthrocon Day” by Pittsburgh’s Mayor! The mayor of […]

Previous post, Making a successful Furry float for San Francisco Pride 2014, reported a budget of around $1000. I completely neglected to add the most important costs- all paid for by Bos’n Otter: $450 for a float entry fee, and $400 for truck rental and gas. He hasn’t solicited any donations, but I’ll happily pass […]

(Video from SFPride/Clear Channel, posted by Toboe. Unedited here at 2:36:00 – may be NSFW.) Bay Area Furries brought the first Furry float to SF Pride since 2004 or so. I estimate 50 at the parade (with 20 or more fursuiters), plus 20 or more at attached Pride events we held. We carried out a […]

Here’s the regular feature of news bites, scoops, and Snausage links. Tips welcome- I’d love to post yours! Note: Blogging here is going to be very sporadic for a while. I’m an organizer for a furry float in the San Francisco Pride Parade. Phone and email have been blowing up all week, there’s 70 RSVP’s […]

International animation tour… Event planning for an SF Pride furry float… and much more is keeping me from blogging. Back soon :)      Filed under: Uncategorized

Continued from Part 1, here’s more from Justin Murphy, director and producer of Dawgtown. It’s an ambitious 2D animated, indie feature film in pre-production that just announced casting George Foreman as voice actor. Here’s part 2 of his thoughts about movie making and more. DAWGTOWN’S CASTING: Casting choices so far indicate confident directing. IMDB shows: […]

Here’s a Q&A with Justin Murphy, director and producer of Dawgtown. It’s an ambitious 2D animated, indie feature film in pre-production. I’m excited to grill him about it, especially with this week’s big announcement that George Foreman has joined the cast as voice actor. The movie synopsis promises action: “As a competitor in the most […]

New Furry e-Zine – Buzzfeed on Furries – Documentary movie: trippy 1960′s dolphin experiments – More Here’s the regular feature of news bites, scoops, and Snausage links. Tips welcome- I’d love to post yours! ______________________________________ - FURRY AND FUZZY MAGAZINE 2nd issue of monthly e-zine released in web hosted flipbook and PDF download. A quick […]

The Animal Project movie – Arizona wants your help to name ringtail – Owlman and velociraptor costume pranks – Flayrah Newsbytes – More. Here’s the regular feature of news bites, scoops, and Snausage links. Tips welcome- I’d love to post yours! ______________________________________ Courtesy of Writer/Director, Ingrid Veninger- (we’ve been in touch about a possible interview.) […]

Fandom and academia made itself topic of the week. (It led to learning a new-to-me term: “Aca-fans”, popularized by Henry Jenkins.) Researchers prove to be SUPER COOL about questions sent their way! Quoting Dr. Tibbals on Furries, sex and sociology: In 2014, it seems like every blogger thinks they’re a reporter and every “reference” is […]

“Dance walking” got viral video attention in 2012. The super inspiring videos below show why. Planning an upcoming fur meet made me imagine a furry street dance party to get there… an awesome combination with my favorite activity (Street Fursuiting!) At last year’s meet for the same occasion, with the crowds on our route, it […]

‘If everybody’s doing it, it’s probably wrong’. From The man who destroyed America’s ego: How a rebel psychologist challenged one of the 20th century’s biggest – and most dangerous – ideas: “FOR MUCH OF HUMAN HISTORY, our beliefs have been based on the assumption that people are fundamentally bad. Strip away a person’s smile and […]

Dutch street fursuiting! – Sakura Fox’s new Suiting Suggestions – Anthrocon programming – Serious crime reported – NYC’s “banned pets” – Furaffinity “Project Phoenix” – Misunderstood Hyenas. – Snausages: a regular feature of links and story samples. Tips welcome- I’d love to post yours! ______________________________________ - “FURSUITERS TURN THE CITY INTO A HAPPIER PLACE” This […]

Are there laws about this hobby? There’s the cardinal rule of fursuiting: Don’t take the head off in public. “Don’t break the magic!” The Magic makes eyes go wide- “AHH!! A 6-foot fox person!” (Or, as I answered a comment asking “Why go public suiting?” … There’s the AHH!! reaction on the street, vs. “There […]

Recently, I posted about the first Journal of Porn Studies. The term Gonzo caught my eye in it’s article, Gonzo, trannys, and teens – current trends in US adult content production, distribution, and consumption. I thought it held “potential” to relate to furry art and it’s raw, minimally filtered expression. Article author, Chauntelle Anne Tibbals […]

ABC News gave a shout to furries at the 2014 How Weird Street Faire. On May 4, thousands of costumers filled the streets for the 15th annual event. 43 furries RSVP’ed, and fursuiters had changing space in walking distance, thanks to generous member Boiler. (Send her love during misfortune that happened to her family recently.) […]

Ahh! Close the door! Furries love to hate their porn. Sometimes furry art is purely G-rated… sometimes it’s XXX. It causes fear about image. But if it gets humanistic interest without judgement, I suspect it can reveal things about erotic imagination. Anthropomorphism has mixed with it since the dawn of history. Here’s a question on […]

Last year, a Flayrah news article drew outsiders who had never encountered Furries. One wrote: “You all need therapy!” I answered: “This IS our therapy, silly!” Friends at Flayrah just reminded me about it. Dronon posted: Chair of the Canadian Education Committee thinks that talking animals in children’s books are detrimental to education. …Aw darnit, […]

Continued from Part 1 and Part 2: Sakura fox tells more about “renegade fursuiting” in public. I’ve previously written about “Street fursuiting”. Sakura’s convention panels and journals about it are recommended reading (see bottom.) Patch: I think public suiting is way better for candid photos than conventions, because it’s outside of predictable space. I love […]

Worldwide furries: Russia and Belarus – Site losses this week – Fursuiting magic outdoors – Flayrah’s Newsbytes now added here Do you like links and stories to come? Snausages- a regularish feature. Story tips welcome- I’d love to post yours! ______________________________________ - WORLDWIDE FURRIES: Russia and Belarus BELFURENCE 1: “The first furry convention in Belarus. […]