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The furry subculture has a certain connotation in popular culture for their, ahem, mating habits. But not much beyond this small facet of this vast culture is widely known.

We here at the Weekly enlisted the help of the world's leading television naturalist, Figgy Dobbs, to enlighten us beyond the Bloodhound Gang level of knowledge of this fascinating culture. Mr. Dobbs witnessed these creatures from afar at one of the country's largest furry conventions, located right here in Irvine.

He featured it in the latest episode of his nature documentary for us all to get a closer look of the elusive furry. Let's take a look.

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Hey there, folks!  Some issues with the way that we license our works from authors came up recently, and I figured it was probably about time that we make all of that as clear as we can!

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• SA stands for Share-Alike. What the Share-Alike clause means is that you can share our content however you like, EXCEPT that it must be licensed under the same CC BY-NC-SA license, which just means putting that somewhere around the article.

So, to reiterate, you may post anything we license out on the web, so long as you

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I do apologize for the complexities of licensing, but [adjective][species], as a business, does bear some of the legal, not to mention ethical, burden of ensuring that our writers are fairly recognized as fantastic contributors to the furry subculture, and so we really do try to make sure that that is the case.  If you have any additional comments, you can feel free to respond here, or, if ever you want, email me at makyo@adjectivespecies.com

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Qui sont les furries, ces étranges créatures mi-hommes mi-peluches ?http://www.telerama.fr/sortir/qui-sont-les-furries-ces-etranges-creatures-mi-hommes-mi-peluches,128210.php


These anthropomorphism fans who think they are bisounours subject of a documentary currently visible to the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, where they will be present Sunday in flesh and hair. Deciphering the phenomenon "furry" by the filmmakers.

It is not always easy to identify. Some are content to display the image of an anthropomorphic animal on their Facebook pages. Other running around with cat ears or a fox's tail. Others, finally, practice "fursuit" - complete disguise - and attempt excursions to the public space to the delight of children who, seeing those big tumble doggies and other vixens of space, take them for mascots Disney.

These are the "furries" (or "furs" or "fur" in French): an underground community born in the 1980s that grew wider with the emergence of the Internet. Present in the United States, Canada and Europe (1), furries have opted for an alternative existence by identifying with a totem animal. At major international gatherings, waddle away from humming "I want to be cat" Pow Wow group, they organize parties frenzied backdrop of electro music.

• Documentary Juggalos, clowns cursed America

Alain Della Negra Artists and Kaori Kinoshita followed these strange creatures where they are most numerous and most active: the United States. From this meeting was born a disturbing documentary, The Lair (2009). The latter is currently presented to the Modern Art Museum of Paris under Asides the exhibition, which offers young artists to exhibit one of their works, along with some selected pieces from the museum collection. Alain Della Negra and Kaori Kinoshita, who organize Sunday, June 21 a meeting with the public, in the presence of some representatives of the furry community, returning to the phenomenon.

How to become a furry?

There motivations and lifestyles very different. What unites them is the attraction to anthropomorphic animals or simply to their representations. Some strongly identify with their totem animal, others are more attracted to the "furry art". Thus, the first action of a furry is the "commission" passed with a furry artist, responsible for shaping the "fursona," or character, described by Sponsor. On this basis, furries create themselves or make their costumes make them, again, by a specialized artist. However, only 20% wear a "fursuit" or full suit, which also is quite expensive (starting at several hundred dollars). Most so wear some accessories like earrings or a necklace ... In the US, they are "thoroughly" and also more freedom: some will even work with their tails!

Are the Furies artists?

They are all amateurs, drawings, especially manga and comics. Among the artists, there are stars, odds ... and even auctions that are organized in the "conventions", the name given to international gatherings of furries. There is a crude art side and outsider who were very interested us. Maybe we discovered Henry Darger, like the man who draws only mermaids with incredible mythology around it.

How is this community appeared?

With the development of internet, as early as 1980. The first role models were cartoons like King Leo, from the manga of Osamu Tezuka (aired in the 1960s, Ed) or Robin Hood (which dates from 1973 and where malicious fox portrays the hero, Ed). We have discovered by chance via the virtual world Second Life, we had invested in the framework of our previous documentary (The cat, the reverend and the slave, 2010, Ed). There was a lot of avatars with animal heads: it was furries! Second Life is out of fashion, but they are very active on social networks, forums and discuss their even have a specialized Wikipedia (WikiFur).

Are left this approach?

It was long. Furries are very suspicious of the media. They regret that the whole community will be presented as obsessed and plusophile (sexually attracted lint, Ed). The issue of sexuality is very sensitive. When we wanted to go to the largest gathering of the furry world, Anthrocon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, they were stung by an episode of the TV series Crime Scene Investigation. We decided to go incognito, with furries we knew, the idea of ??filming did they. But it was quickly grilled, because they had bought rabbit ears in the corner of the costume shop, because we did not have the attitude. The way to play a character, the itches that last 10 minutes ... We looked lost. Fortunately, when they knew, they accepted us and we were able to do a lot of interviews.

These are plants in your documentary. The voice of the furries is the only one that can hear and immersion is quite disturbing. Was that the objective?
We see people who seem perfectly normal to talk about them so incredible, as animals. But when they describe their pet, fursona, they still talk about them. This can evoke a psychoanalysis, this way of recognizing its weaknesses, to question the construction of identity. What interests us is the disorder that exists between reality and fiction. And how the viewer will be located relative to it.

Hospitalities. Meet the authors of the documentary The Lair, Sunday, June 21 at Museum of Modern Art, in the presence of some members of the furry community, from 10 am. More information .
As part of a coach tour organized on 21 June by the TRAM - contemporary art network of Île-de-France, which places different cultural rally on the occasion of the 5th edition of hospitalities.

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[These will be a series of short stories I'll be writing that are based off events that have happened to me. To make it more interesting, I'm replacing myself with my fursona (which has the exact same personality as me so it'll stay true to the things that really happened) and everyone else as anthros of animals that I think suit the way they looked and behaved. Words written in italic are things I'm thinking in my mind. Let me know what you think!]

I bet... if this bus crashed right now... then I wouldn't need to go to this interview... I stared out of the large window at the vibrant green and brown fields that covered the bumpy countryside of Northern Ireland. What about all these people on here with me though? I suppose it would need to be an accident big enough to put the bus out of order... but also not harm everyone on it. Maybe it COULD harm everyone a teeny bit, actually. That way I can heroically rescue everyone! Yeah! I wouldn't need to go to that stupid interview AND I make it into the local news as the foxcoon that saved an entire bus full of people from a minor bump into a bush!!! Oh! Noticing my stop coming up, I leap off the seat and limp to the front of the bus. I wasn't injured or anything, my left leg had just gone completely to sleep.

I was required to attend an interview at a place that's supposed to help me find a job. They'd be simply asking deep and personal questions about who I am, what I can do and why I don't have a job. Oh God, there's the place... A young adult wolf stepped out of the building, looked at me and propped the door open with his paw. Shit, he's holding the door open for me! I might need to say something to him like 'thank you' or am I supposed to initiate small talk with this man!? Abort! Abort!!! I'll just look away and pretend I'm not going in there. I made a sharp left turn and headed another direction. After a few paces I turned to see that the kind fella had left the scene so I skipped back to the door. Why isn't it opening? I pushed and pulled on the handle Come on, what's going on!? Ah screw it! I'm making an idiot of myself. I began to stroll around the area trying to think of what to do. Maybe my brother can help. I lifted out my phone, rang him and he explained what I needed to do in great detail.
"Yeah you push a button beside the door and it unlocks" he mumbled sleepily.
"Oh... ok. Thanks." I hung up and hurried back to the building.

After going through a maze of corridors, I finally found the right room and was sitting down with the interviewer who was a rather beefy husky.
"Alright so you're Felix Foxcoon?" he asked.
"Yes" I replied.
"You were born on the 15th August 1996?"
"Yes"
"And you are male?"
"Yes..." Does my really long hair actually make my gender seem questionable? Cool.
The questions continued and my replies remained either a simple 'yes' or 'no'.
"What's the main want to get a new kitchen reason you want to get a job?"
"...Uhh... I'm sorry?"
"What's I really the main need to reason you get that want to sink replaced get a job?"
"I..." God damn it, some loud English woman behind me won't shut up about getting a new kitchen fitted! I can't hear a thing he's saying!
"What's the main reason why you want a job?"
"Oh, right, sorry. I suppose it's because I'm bored and need something to do during the day" I muttered.
"Perfectly kitchen table valid answer"
Huh, I was expecting him to say that was stupid. Woah, is... is that nose hair I see dangling from his nostril? That must be uncomfortable! Does he feel it? Does it tickle? Surely it must make him sneeze when he breathes. Kinda looks like a spider trying to climb out of his skull... No, don't think of spiders or skulls. This situation is frightening enough without thinking of those.

An hour later the interview was over and I walked out of the building. That wasn't too bad. Now I just wanna go buy some Pringles and play Dark Souls. Then I headed to the bus station.

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So I recently found out there actually is a subreddit for furries to post off-topic stuff. This was news to me because I didn't yet see anything about it, although a Reddit search for "furrylobby" did come up with results.

I have no idea how I or anyone else missed it, as it has a nearly nonexistent number of subscribers, but I think we should be using it because there's more to this world than anthropomorphics and I like the idea of being able to openly discuss non-furry things with other furries.

As a side note, I also think it should be added to the list of Related Subreddits.

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