Daimon

Some sticker designs for my shop, for all my calico men!!

alterhuman is not just about nonhumanity , but about any identity and experience when could be alternative to humanity , alternative form of humanity , or alternative expression of humanity . 

this can then also include hearthomes , fictionkin of human characters , and yes , some kinds of plurality . after all , societal expectation of humanity is one mind , one body , one person who live within . not all plurals must identify with alterhumanity , but that is why that choice is there . that list is also definitely not exhaustive !

also grind gears when folks bring up clinical zoanthropy alongside physical nonhumanity , especially in ways that imply zoanthropes do not really get to be alterhuman , and must instead seek fix . everyone is different - some will be safer and more comfortable to regard experiences as struggle of psychosis , but not everyone will , and may consider psychosis to be side effects of experiences rather than cause . 

know anti-psychiatry can be ... controversial , but have to recognise psychiatric spaces can be so cruel , that even folks who might want to pursue certain options do not feel safe to do so . others have immense trauma from stigma against experiences - experiences of psychosis can be stressful , but sometimes worst part is how others react . truthfully , those folks still need community spaces too , and psychiatric ones will not necessarily fit .

“BUT I DONT WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY!”

“BUT NOT IN A SEXUAL WAY!”

and what i will say in response is, why are you ashamed of sexuality? why are you ashamed of instinct? why are you ashamed to potentially associate with kink?

it is true there are people who might treat you weirdly if they suspect it’s sexual, but at the end of the day those people likely hate you already for some other reason (ie: if you’re not white, able bodied, or cishet).

provided you are physically safe, should you care about the opinions of others? NO.

firstly, as i said above: YOU don’t have to like sex. YOU can find it repulsive. but there is a way that sex is talked about in the therian community that i find grating, as a sexual adult. im allowed to feel the way i do as are you.

secondly, within the THERIAN COMMUNITY i feel it unnecessary to clarify that it’s not sexual. your fellow therians know it is not. if someone reblogs your post to an nsfw blog and that makes you uncomfortable, that is within your right and you have access to the block button.

lastly, to the “therianthropy shouldn’t be sexualized” argument: is it “sexualization” or are people just having sex how they want to, as the species they are?

nothing is inherently sexual, except maybe sex itself. we don’t need to clarify within the community that it’s not sexual, when we as therians know it is not.

to everyone shouting they are a minor or bringing up minors: minors are not exempt from being harmful? at least half of the packer discourse was exacerbated and created by minors.

'Sleeping Fox' (early 19th century) by Mori Tessan (Japanese, 1775–1841).

Ink and colour on paper.

Types of British Animals. Written by Frederick G. Aflalo. Illustrated by Edmund Caldwell. 1909.

Sport in Europe. Edited by F. G. Aflalo. Illustration by Edmund Caldwell. 1901.