ann-arcana

Queen of Burgers 🍔

Writer, game designer, engineer, bisexual tranthing, FFXIV addict

OC: Anna Verde - Primal/Excalibur, Empyreum W12 P14

Mare: E6M76HDMVU
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the-nerdskull
@the-nerdskull

I personally see furry as inextricably linked to queerness because Fursonas are an implicit declaration of radical autonomy over one's own identity and how other people see you.

It's impossible to separate queerness from furry as long as that's the center of it.

Furry has ever been a space where you can make yourself a rainbow-haired hermaphrodite sparklevixen and not only will everyone accept that as your identity, some people are going to be into that, and you'll find them.

Furry also introduced me to the idea of non-binary pronouns, and we all accepted them without question. That's always been why I'm so confused to see transphobic furries.

You're existing in a space where people have been using five different sets of custom pronouns for hermaphrodite characters since the 80s, and you're complaining about someone deciding they're a girl? Make it make sense.


the-nerdskull
@the-nerdskull

I don't understand the anti-trans transhumanist techbros out there either.

My dudes, the entire point of transhumanism is radical bodily autonomy.

If you're hung up on what someone's original meatsack was, you're gonna have a bad time in the transhumanist future you're after.


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in reply to @the-nerdskull's post:

On the one hand, according to the FurScience folks who did surveys at Anthrocon, the rate of queer identities at said con is about 2-3x the rate reported in the general population. Obviously this combines actual self selection greater concentration combined with more comfort disclosing the fact in context compared to the usual rate, so it's a little fuzzy. Appropriately enough. So it's not just a thought exercise, it's verified data, the furry community is queer.

On the other hand, identification with power is all too understandable. For now, cis-hetero-patriarchy is the powerful norm. And there's little to offer as a counter example to the capitalist paradigm supported by that norm, in terms of concrete power, in the USA and UK. That's why some furs become nazifurs. That said, Nazi furs can fuck off. Understanding doesn't mean I don't think their choice is the evil one.

I choose solidarity with the oppressed.

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