The gentleman in charge of last week's Anthrocon spoke on an insider panel about how furries can protect themselves from being accurately portrayed as sexual fetishists in the press. As usual, they're not fooling anybody, but the fun is in watching them try:
The doctor's lab coat must be part of a side-fetish.
The doctor's lab coat must be part of a side-fetish.
This guy sounds like a cartoon professor.
Posted by: dafs | July 13, 2009 at 02:48 PM
Poor furries. Why are they so ashamed? They should own their weirdness, wear it proudly!
Posted by: Andy | July 13, 2009 at 03:37 PM
so these guys are basically scientologists...
Posted by: becca be commentin' | July 13, 2009 at 07:14 PM
Furries don't try to convert anyone. They just want to be left alone, it seems.
Posted by: Andy | July 14, 2009 at 08:29 AM
I am positively fascinated by Furries. Not so much that I want to become one. Just enough fascination to casually read blog posts and comment on them without embarrassment. Well, I'm still embarrassed for them but I'm not embarrassed to be embarrassed?
Posted by: Keith | July 14, 2009 at 11:19 PM
This was not an 'insider panel', and the bias that comes across in your post is exactly why this panel has to exist. Come back to reality friend, join the rest of us, the water is just fine.
Posted by: Your Pal. | July 15, 2009 at 03:42 PM
Pretty much this is about avoiding sensationalist media and yellow journalism.
Posted by: North American Society For The Prevention Of Gullibility | July 16, 2009 at 12:59 AM