A great deal of the article, while mean-spirited in its presentation, was quite accurate. As Feren says, the homoerotic Disney art and anatomically correct plushes aren't exactly hidden from view at cons.
However, that doesn't make it responsible or well-written. Several furs, generally considered as good ambassadors for the fandom, were interviewed at length...Kage, for example. Their comments were excised in favor of such stellar journalism as a description of a crush video and an interview with a redneck who professes his desire to shoot furries.The article was a shallow, exploitive piece of yellow journalism.
When the next wave of TV reporters converge on Confurence this April for their "News of the Wierd" soundbites, do we put our best face forward in an effort to look professional, or do we hang all pretense and let the freak flags fly? Seems like a tossup at this point.
A great deal of the article, while mean-spirited in its presentation, was quite accurate. As Feren says, the homoerotic Disney art and anatomically correct plushes aren't exactly hidden from view at cons.
However, that doesn't make it responsible or well-written. Several furs, generally considered as good ambassadors for the fandom, were interviewed at length...Kage, for example. Their comments were excised in favor of such stellar journalism as a description of a crush video and an interview with a redneck who professes his desire to shoot furries.The article was a shallow, exploitive piece of yellow journalism.
When the next wave of TV reporters converge on Confurence this April for their "News of the Wierd" soundbites, do we put our best face forward in an effort to look professional, or do we hang all pretense and let the freak flags fly? Seems like a tossup at this point.