Furries

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2009-06-16T02:07:29Z

Albedo

1980

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Furries <h1>Supplemental Entry</h1> <p>We’re not saying it’s a meme; just an important subject of many memes. Understanding furries is essential in understaning many furry-related memes, such as <a href="/memes/yiff-in-hell-furfags">Yiff in Hell</a></p> <h2>What is a Furry?</h2> <p>People who identify themselves as Furries are those who are fans of the Furry Fandom subset of the larger Science Fiction genre.</p> <p>Furry Fandom refers to a wide variety of books, artwork, and other materials in which anthropomorphic creatures are featured. <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism>Anthropomorphism</a> (fictional animals which bear human-like characteristics such as facial expressions, and bipedal walk to name a few) has existed in story-telling and visual artwork for much of human history. Some early examples of Anthropomorphism come from the Greek-origin children’s stories, <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables>Aesop’s Fables.</a></p> <p>Although these themes were present in many works of fiction, the establishment of Furry Fandom as a genre is often traced back to a Sci Fi Convention in 1980, during which a drawing of a character from <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo_Anthropomorphics><em>Albedo Anthropomorphics</em></a> by Steve Gallacci initiated an active discussion of anthropomorphic characters which, in turn, resulted in the formation of more discussion groups, and eventually full conventions such as <a href=http://www.anthrocon.org/>Anthrocon.</a></p> <h2>Fursuits</h2> <p>A Fursuit is essentially like a mascot suit.</p> <p>There is a common misconception that Furries wear Fursuits.</p> <p><a href=http://studyf3.livejournal.com/1383.html>A survey by the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis</a> found that only 18% of their participants who identified themselves as Furries owned fursuits. Occasions for wearing fursuits were found to be primarily for the sake of conventions and meetings akin to the costumed characters of other sci fi genres; while some expressed that their custom fursuits were used in sexual activities. While there has been a great deal of media attention surrounding these so-called “Furverts,” the sexual fetishism of the Furry Fandom culture remains a smaller niche, and it has <a href=http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2001/041201/cover.html>some more conservative Furries upset.</a></p> <h2>Furry Fandom Communities</h2> <p>There is an <span class="caps">MMORPG</span> called <a href=http://www.furcadia.com/>Furcadia!</a></p> <p>While sexual fetishism isn’t applicable to everyone who would identify themselves as Furries, the Furry-themed 4Chan clone <a href=http://fchan.us/>Fchan</a> is host to a user-base with a very active apetite for Furry porn.</p> <p>But there are other communities, such as this <a href=http://community.livejournal.com/fursuit/profile>Fursuit LiveJournal Community</a> that express a desire to keep it non-sexual.<br /> <blockquote><br /> Please, keep it PG13. (aka “work safe”, no showing “bits”)</p> </blockquote> <h2>References</h2> <ul> <li><a href=http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/WikiFur>WikiFur</a> – an extensive Fur wiki</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href=http://fursuit.timduru.org/>The Fursuit Archive</a></li> </ul> <h2>videos</h2> <p><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VlxcMLTXa9Y&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VlxcMLTXa9Y&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-CWJgT5NTWg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-CWJgT5NTWg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5MHq5H59rA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5MHq5H59rA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><object id="objectPlayer" width="480" height="360" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0"> <param name="salign" value="lt"> <param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="movie" value="http://fursuit.fr.timduru.org/ids/js/faplayer.swf"><param name="FlashVars" value="&file=http://fursuit.fr.timduru.org/ids/image-cache/FursuitVideo/FurryCon/Anthrocon/AC2007/BBF_ac2007-part1_disp.flv&showdownload=true&linkfromdisplay=true&link=http://fursuit.fr.timduru.org/view/FursuitVideo/FurryCon/Anthrocon/AC2007%26vidPreview=BBF_ac2007-part1.avi&height=360&width=480&displayheight=360&autostart=false&autoRewind=true"> <embed id="embedPlayer" width="480" height="360" flashvars="&file=http://fursuit.fr.timduru.org/ids/image-cache/FursuitVideo/FurryCon/Anthrocon/AC2007/BBF_ac2007-part1_disp.flv&showdownload=true&linkfromdisplay=true&link=http://fursuit.fr.timduru.org/view/FursuitVideo/FurryCon/Anthrocon/AC2007%26vidPreview=BBF_ac2007-part1.avi&height=360&width=480&displayheight=360&autostart=false&autoRewind=true" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://fursuit.fr.timduru.org/ids/js/faplayer.swf" > </embed></object></p>

2009-11-05T06:33:53Z

364

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