#otherkindity

The idea that humans aren’t animals is a uniquely human ideology & it’s not one i subscribe to; humans are animals. The separation of humans & the concept of humanity from animals has caused many many issues; more harm than good id argue

Humans are animals

cause there are bad (and perhaps gross) parts about therianthropy and alterhumanity and nonhumanity, and those also deserve to be accepted and expressed.

stop forcing folks to hide a part of themselves for fear of hate from their own community and make a safe space where nonhumans can be nonhuman, with all aspects of it. good and bad.

for example, a common thing I've seen is younger nonhumans shaming others because theyre nonhumanity affects their sexuality and/or how they experience sex.

one infamous case is when someone was selling animal packers and marketing them towards nonhumans. and then nonhumans on TikTok (mostly) made a big fuss about it, not understanding that nonhumanity can indeed affect all parts of someones existence.

(unfortunately TikTok just generally sucks so Theriantok sucking is a product of that)

another thing that I witnessed myself (on youtube) is nonhumans claiming that "therians don't act like animals!" HELLO???? sorry I'm gonna be a bit less organized here but...HAVE YOU SEEN LITERALLY ANY NONHUMAN???? ACTING NONHUMAN IS KIND OF A COMMON THING FOR THOSE WHO ARE NONHUMAN. arghhhhh this pisses me off so much. anyway..!

also, nonhumanity being caused by trauma and/or being an escape is very much a thing. saying stuff like "therians don't become therian, people are born therians" is ignoring the nonhumans who wouldn't be nonhuman unless something happened (like trauma). hmmm, It seems like avoiding potentially uncomfortable topics to keep up the glorified version of nonhumanity. (maybe I'm reading too much into this, idk)

ALSO (this was added on August 25) someones non-human identity being complicated, or hard to explain, or contradictory, or seeming unreal or impossible. I've seen that these identities don't get talked about often and that yes, it can be complicated and overwhelming at times.

there are probably 100 other examples of the more gritty side of nonhumanity being pushed aside, but these are the ones I've seen that are most prevalent.

let me know if there are more examples !!

“Why was this happening to me?”

I always followed the rules and tried to be good for my parents but yet bad things still happened to me

I see myself as an angel now. Used to see myself as fallen because I don’t feel god anymore but I think I’m still an angel

I want to be good and obey

“On all levels except physical, I am a wolf”

If you want more serious discussion posts- you need to make more serious discussion posts.

If you want more silliness around your type- you need to post more silliness around your type.

If you want more art, writing, photodumps etc. of your type or kin- you need to get to creating and posting.

I am fat & magical & joyous & also a pig!

How lovely it is to be me

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