Historical debates
Opinion: Do rabbits need a reason?
Posted by crossaffliction on Mon 3 Sep 2012 - 21:53In my review of fluffy’s Unity Book 1: Ascent, I mentioned in the first line that I was dubious about furry science fiction. I gave that book a positive review, despite it being furry science fiction, because it was good science fiction. In concluding my opinion piece on furry criticism, I added as an afterthought that I am also dubious about the value of furry prose.
In both cases, Phil Geusz seemed to take these assertions as personal challenges. To the furry criticism piece, he suggested I try Watership Down, a book I was – to put it mildly – already familiar with. As readers had given me plenty more suggestions about what I could spend my spare time with that were not as friendly, I did not give it much thought.
But Geusz was more effective with his response to the Ascent review, offering up one of his own books in defense of the idea. I immediately plumped for another rabbit book, The First Book of Lapism, based on an earlier review by Fred Patten.
I chose this book for a variety of reasons, but the main one is the basis for this piece. Geusz’s story about a rabbit based religion is another good piece of furry science fiction, and it illustrates a need for “justification” in furry writing.
'True Life' still keen to film furs, but Brits want therians
Posted by GreenReaper on Wed 23 May 2012 - 21:28
Since we last covered MTV's True Life, the show has taken footage of several furs, but is seeking more. From an email:
This is a docu-series to chronicle the real life of a Furry. We have no intention of showing Furries in a negative light but instead hope to dispel some of the media myths out there about them.
The renewed casting call was recieved with scepticism on the furrymedia LJ community.
Meanwhile, UK-based Zig Zag Productions (whose shows are often "factual entertainment") hopes to contact a more rarified group – therians and otherkin.
Adult Swim's 'Check It Out' to profile furries on Sunday night
Posted by GreenReaper on Thu 12 Apr 2012 - 21:18U.S. cable channel Adult Swim is showing an episode of Check It Out! about furries, entitled 'Animals', to be broadcast Sunday 11:30PM CST (10:30PM MST, 12:30AM Monday EST/PST).
Update (18 Apr): The full segment is now available, but has no more furry-specific content.
Interviewer 'Dr. Steve Brule' leads with such incisive questions as "How come you wanna be an animal?", "What kind of animal do you want to be?" and "How do you catch an animal?" Excited by the concept, he suggests "[turning] into some animals and see what'd happen!"
Brule (dressed in a donkey suit) was not impressed by the resulting mini-fursuit-parade, calling it "not that fun", but "what else are you gonna do, dressed up like a dang animal?"
The furs, Amy and Crash the Dog, were recruited after the producers had difficulty finding participants. [Higgs Raccoon]
'Anthro' comeback is announced
Posted by Fred on Thu 18 Aug 2011 - 00:33Quentin “Cubist” Long, editor/publisher of online literary magazine Anthro, has announced its comeback starting on 1 September with issue #31, September-October 2011:
IT LIVES! It seems that a lot of you have been under the impression that ‘Anthro’was dead. Pushing up daisies. An ex-netzine. And it’s true; given the evidence at hand, we have to admit that ‘Anthro’ certainly looked like it had assumed ambient temperature. What happened? A fair amount of personal stuff got in the editor’s way, much of which can be summarized as, ‘Man, that Real Life sure does suck sometimes, huh?
Fortunately, the suckage has stopped sucking. And that means the editor can get back to doing what he does so well – namely, producing new issues of ‘Anthro’. [cont.]
Anthro, with a mixture of fiction, poetry, comics, articles, columns, interviews, and editorials, appeared in thirty bimonthly issues from September-October 2005 to July-August 2010, then stopped updating without any word, although all issues have remained online. It was assumed to be dead, but Cubist now says that it was just dormant.
Furry convention scam: Furry Beach
Posted by Rakuen Growlithe on Wed 27 Jul 2011 - 08:59In a recent journal (now deleted), Dragoneer reported the 'new' furry convention, Furry Beach, to be a scam. Its advertising movie was made using clips from a variety of furcons and furmeets.
Since the announcement, the convention's website has gone offline and the fkandfriend's deviantART account, linked to the convention's PayPal account, has been deactivated.
So . . . fursuit sex?
Posted by GreenReaper on Wed 26 Jan 2011 - 12:12Philadelphia Valentine burlesque show to feature 'furries'
Posted by GreenReaper on Tue 25 Jan 2011 - 00:41The topic of anthropomorphic animals is coming to the Walking Fish Theatre next month, as it shows "Kiss Me Furry" – a Valentine edition of Revival Burlesque. [broadwayworld.com]
When the heir to the Yummy Pussy cat toy company fortune is kidnapped, her stepmother, Mrs. La Prix, hires a Private Jane to solve the mystery. One P.I. Martel and her boy Friday go undercover and infiltrate the secret nightclub, "The Fur Pile".
Explore the seedy underbelly of the world of ..."furries"?!?
The noir burlesque play – described as "like Hitchcock, but Grace Kelly is dead and there is more nudity" – was written by Max Guerin and is guest-directed by Madi Distefano (interview).
The show plays Friday 11th (8 & 10PM), Saturday 12th (8 & 10PM) and Monday 14th (8PM) at 2509 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19125. Tickets are $15 online, or $18 at the door.
Ursula Vernon makes waves, ruffles feathers at NJ libraries
Posted by GreenReaper on Mon 26 Jul 2010 - 22:22
Ursula Vernon's mythological representation of Capricorn as a sea-goat was commissioned as the poster-beast of the New Jersey Summer Reading Program, and featured in libraries and promotional material across the state.
Her work was packed with symbolism, but turned out to be controversial in a way she had not anticipated. [snow pigeon]
Video: Alpha and Omega trailer
Posted by GreenReaper on Sun 23 May 2010 - 20:39Alpha and Omega, to be released September 17, tells the story of two wolves of different social status, relocated to Idaho, who must find their way home. [TaniDaReal]
Canine fans hope for an equivalent of The Lion King, but some fear a My Little Wolfie instead.
Arizona Senate votes to ban human-animal hybrids
Posted by GreenReaper on Sat 1 May 2010 - 12:59Politico notes the Arizona state legislature's attempt to ban human-animal hybrids. [Bos'n]
Senate bill 1307, which passed 16-12, prohibits (among other things):
- creating or attempting to create an in vitro human embryo by any means other than fertilization of a human egg by a human sperm.
- creating or attempting to create a human-animal hybrid
- transferring or attempting to transfer a human embryo into a nonhuman womb
- transferring or attempting to transfer a nonhuman embryo into a human womb, and
- transporting or receiving for any purpose a human-animal hybrid