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Dear Papabear,

I am currently a politics student with aspirations to enter the world of politics later on in life, either as a councilor or as a Member of Parliament. However, I am concerned that, as a politician, my private life would come under much scrutiny by the media, including my identification as a furry. Based on your doubtless rich experience and opinion, do you think that it would be wise for a furry like me, whom nobody outside of the furry community knows that I am, to go into politics?

Many Thanks and Kind Regards,

Dai

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Dear Dai,

While I’m more familiar with politics in the U.S. than in Britain, it’s pretty much a cutthroat occupation, wherever in the world you may go. You can be assured that, should you run for public office, your private life will be scrutinized with a tweezer and microscope. And if any flaws—real or perceived—are discovered by an opponent, they will be used against you. It seems that these days more elections are won based on attacking one’s opponent, rather than running on one’s own merits.

Being a furry is not a flaw, of course, but you can imagine how it will go for you once someone discovers a site such as e621.net and calls you a furvert.

But, many people of various minorities have run for office, been attacked, and won. Public office used to be the domain solely of white, straight (or apparently straight) men. Britain has been a bit ahead of America in terms of accepting minorities into their government. In 1790, Robert Jenkinson (an Anglo-Indian) was elected to Parliament. And there have been quite a few minorities in Parliament since then.

It took longer for a gay man to be accepted in Parliament. Being gay in the UK was illegal until the Sexual Offenses Act of 1967, as you probably know (think of poor victims of this law, ranging from Oscar Wilde to Alan Turing). Since then, LGBT people have slowly been gaining ground and offices.

Now, if LGBT people—who were once considered deviants to a criminal degree—can gain acceptance, I believe a furry can, too (and more easily in Britain than in America, where half the population still thinks the Confederacy should have won). Really, it depends upon you and how willing you are to stick up for your furriness. You could, I suppose, hide or abandon that side of you in favor of your political career, or you could not hide it at all and assert your right to be who you are, including the best politician you can be.

There is some good news, too, concerning furries and acceptance. As with the LGBT community, there has been a slow turning around of public opinion about furries that is represented in articles such as this one from the Huffington Post.

I can’t make that decision for you about your career, but I would say that if you have a passion for public service and you abandoned it out of fear of your being a furry, then that would be quite a shame and a loss to your community. I, for one, would be very proud of you if you put aside your fears and won even a small, local election; that could be the start of an amazing future for you.

Good Luck,

Papabear

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I am sending this to you on my last 1% of battery. I've been stuck in a jar for days... I don't know how I got in here or even why I'm here. I've tried calling for help but it wasn't until recently that my phone picked up a signal, I don't know how much time I have left with internet.

By the time help arrives it may be too late for me. If so, tell my mother I love her, and annoy my little brother one last time for me. Let this be a warning, jars are not for the weak of heart nor the ones with low disposition. I must have thought this would make me a man, but it may as well turn me into a corpse. With my last few minutes of battery, and most likely last few minutes of air I spend browsing /r/furry as all who came before me have done.

Let it be known I lived a good life.

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Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Spirit of the Wolves, by Dorothy Hearst NYC, Simon & Schuster, December 2014, hardcover $26.00 (356 pages), Kindle $13.99. Spirit of the Wolves is a.k.a. The Wolf Chronicles, Book Three, following Promise of the Wolves (2008) and Secrets of the Wolves (2011). “I crouched at the […]

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So i was driving to work and had a thought. People in my life call me wierd all the time. None of them even know i'm a furry. Is this a common thing with other furs, or am i just a strange cat?

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Welcome to the first ever edition of the /r/furry art prompt thread! I'll try to make a thread every Monday - This one's just a little late because I've been judging popularity and wrapping up my last exams.

As you may have guessed, this week's theme is Your sona in a jar! If you haven't seen the dozen or so threads recently you may have been living under a rock :)

From now on, please post all your jar artwork here instead of on /r/furry - While it's all good fun, dozens of similar posts can get a little tiring. I REGRET NOTHING. Anyway, we all know comment jarma is more important than link jarma.

There's only one rule in these art threads! Have fun! :)

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i find it kinda jarring to be honest.

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Okay soooo... 1.COMPLETELY NEW TO REDDIT 2.Hi my names Sylar yes I'm a furry (duh cause I'm posting here) 3.Fursona is a Husky/Australian Sherp dog (Totally original cough cough) 4. I'm 22 by the way and finally 5. Pet peeve (only pet peeve) I AM HAWAIIAN AND JAPANESE NOT SAMOAN!! (not that you care lol just something that always gets me) any whoooot Nice to meet you all!

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We got this from author Tempe O’Kun regarding the new novel Windfall: “Tempe O’Kun (https://www.furaffinity.net/user/tempo321), author of the award-winning furry fantasy-western Sixes Wild, returns! His new novel centers around Kylie and Max, an otter and a husky, who are best friends grappling with falling in love with each other…and with the fact that the supernatural cable TV show they starred in was actually real. Featuring 22 illustrations from acclaimed furry artist Slate (https://www.furaffinity.net/user/slate), this new M/F furry romance is a mystery you’ll find irresistible. Available at the FurPlanet booth for $15 at Anthrocon and online afterward. Windfall is a sweet love story between a cute otter and a hunky husky. It’s also about alien horrors beyond the imagination. Want to read a book that would blow Lovecraft’s mind? This is your chance.” Check it out and pre-order over at FurPlanet.

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