#polytherian

So today I’ve seen posts on multiple platforms from those living in Latin America saying the news and social media is suddenly discussing therians a lot, in a very negative way.

Something I need y’all to know, based on my experience living as trans for 10 years and being a furry for several as well: DO NOT TALK TO THE MEDIA. You can speak to TRUSTED, preferably independent journalists. Previously center and liberal news media like CNN and the New York Times have taken a steep rightwing shift. Do not go on podcasts, do not talk to tv reporters, etc. It will put you in harms way. You will be taken out of context. They will attack you with premeditated questions to make you look bad, knowing you are not prepared to debate/justify your existence. I repeat,

it moves like a taxidermy tail which is what I was going for, I think I’m gonna be making one or two to sell as well since idk if I’ve seen a alternative to real fur tails like this and some beings might want the look and motion but not the real fur that comes with taxidermy tails

I bite and stomp

I bark and howl and moo

I eat like an animal in my own time

I like to sleep outside

My therianthropy enters the bedroom

I think it's fine to eat out of animal bowls

I think the animal packers are FINE

In the way I crave another wolf’s teeth on my nape, the intertwining of tails, brushing wingtips against one another’s, a gentle chuff as we bathe in the sunlight, paws outstretched, in the chase of a pack, butting shoulders together as we run.

I love the people in my life so dearly. But they will never understand me in the way I want them to. And honestly?

That aches. It tugs on my heart and my soul.