Furry Nation
The True Story of America's Most Misunderstood Subculture
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4.1 • 18 Ratings
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Winner of the 2017 Ursa Major Award for Best Non-Fiction Work!
Furry fandom is a recent phenomenon, but anthropomorphism is an instinct hard-wired into the human mind: the desire to see animals on a more equal footing with people. It’s existed since the beginning of time in prehistoric cave paintings, ancient gods and tribal rituals. It lives on today—not just in the sports mascots and cartoon characters we see everywhere, but in stage plays, art galleries, serious literature, performance art—and among furry fans who bring their make-believe characters to life digitally, on paper, or in the carefully crafted fursuits they wear to become the animals of their imagination.
In Furry Nation, author Joe Strike shares the very human story of the people who created furry fandom, the many forms it takes—from the joyfully public to the deeply personal— and how Furry transformed his own life.
Customer Reviews
Amazing book!!
Awsome
Excellent Read
As an experienced rock musician and furry myself I really enjoyed how thorough and humanizing the context of this book was. Regardless of all the debate around furry culture, it helps to know that we have someone who cares deeply about all it stands for.
Quail:
That was so interesting to read lol and it was very helpful in clearing some things up. Like, I was kind of worried that therians thought they were animals because then they would probably be zoophiles, but if they aren’t, then that’s good :3
And funnily enough I’ve had strong urges to act like an animal since I was very young, but I always assumed it was just me being ✨autistic✨ since I’m high-functioning. Not saying that I could be a therian, just saying that I know about what it feels like to have those urges. And sometimes I imagine myself as an animal doing what I’m doing (ok when I’m just walking around the house or smth) and in my head I can see myself as a wolf.
What that means, I don’t know, other than the fact that part of me wants to be reincarnated as a wolf after this life haha
Also, do you know a lot about otherkin? I think those are the ones who believe they aren’t humans or animals, but I’m not exactly sure :(
And the quads seem so fun! I haven’t watched any videos (I don’t have my own YT sadly) but I have tried it and it’s both slightly challenging and fun!
Moving away from therians…
I’m so happy to be in the furry fandom because it’s such a creative place to be. Yes, you have the strange people, but what fandom doesn’t. I mean, the Genshin fandom has a lot of weird ones (me possibly being borderline weird hehe) but that doesn’t make you weird for playing Genshin Impact.
I like furries — and being a furry — because of the OCs and the art and the fursonas. I like how you can be anybody or anything you want as your fursona, and that’s just as much a part of you as who you truly are. And, if you’re like me, your fursona IS who you truly are, because I mask a lot so I hide or alter some aspects of my personality to accommodate people around me (wow gotta stop doing that especially because I’m only really ever around my parents)
I don’t mind the slightly stranger or weirder fandoms or communities (in fact, I recently found out what a femboy is and my life is forever changed, for better or worse), so don’t worry, be furry, and be YOU!
- Callisto the Samoyed