Not Forcibly Sexualizing Trans Bodies Includes Not Sexualizing Packers Against The Users Will

i would give up everything if i could be a raccoon

living on the outskirts of society, in a hollowed out tree with a few others

scavenging for food and finding wild berries on the ground

simply making noises to communicate such as chattering, purring, hissing, barking

occasionally finding a nice human friend and being a nuisance to humans who are jerks

Craft ideas for non-humans

Hey! Im super bored so I made this list full of crafts otherkin can do. Feel free to add on! This list includes some links to tutorials and supplies!!

Yarn tails- Tutorial

No sew animal ears- Tutorial

DIY antlers- Tutorial

DIY fairy wings- Tutorial

DIY Bird/Angel wings- Tutorial

Paper claws- Tutorial

DIY hoof shoes- Tutorial

DIY horns- Tutorial

Paint a cat mask- Buy one here!

Paint a dino mask- Buy one here!

Fangs- Tutorial

Decorate a collar

Make tags for a collar

how my brain picks a new favorite character who sucks

getting into bed with a loud “hrrmph” and curling into a ball as we speak

I think they should be welcomed here but they should (and I mean the general tiktok side of the community) mature a little? I think the culture shock will help a little, but both of us can see that there are bad parts specifically of the tiktok branch that should be shed off over time

Like the demonizing of certain dysphorias or how to deal it, or how they handle disabled and disordered people in their community

With all my complaints I have with that side of the community, I don't hate them nor do I want them to stay away, I want to mature though so they can be kinder to each other and themselves, as the discourse they have over there has hurt people

okay, ive seen way too many posts on the community tags talking about the tiktok ban and saying stuff like "i hope tiktok therians dont come in here theyre so awful and i hate them lol". and... i dont know what to tell you guys, i think thats mean as hell.

imagine, just for a second, that youre a therian on tiktok. at 13 years old, youve found a friendly community where people express themselves with masks, tails, and a type of movement called quadrobics. they seem to be having fun, so you decide to join in. and for a while, youre having fun too! you start practicing quadrobics, which is tough at first but you work hard to get better. you ask your parents for some cat masks, which you decorate with paint and faux fur. you make videos of yourself and your friends, wearing cat masks and dancing on all fours to some bland indie song.

then, out of nowhere, one of your posts goes viral. and suddenly, youre not having fun anymore.

"therians are crazy", "if you identify as a dog you should be chained and made to sleep naked outside", "my little brother came out as a therian and i bullied him until he stopped lol", "if i see a therian in the woods im shooting them", "if you want to be an animal, ill treat you like one".

again, YOURE 13. so you get defensive, because people you dont know are attacking you online and as a young teen, you dont know what to do to make it stop. so instead of confronting them, you try to please them instead. "im not crazy, im just having fun" turns into "i dont identify as an animal, only crazy people do that!" and then to "therians dont actually think were animals; thats lycanthropy and its wrong". this is what others in your community are saying, so it must be true, right? it helps slow down the criticism at least, if only for a little while; even if it never fully goes away. so you keep saying it, even to others in your community, because if it protects you from judgment, why not?

but now youre dealing with the possibility of your platform disappearing. youll lose your friends, the community youve worked so hard to be a part of. you heard some friends say they might switch to instagram if tiktok gets banned, while others prefer reddit or tumblr. Feeling curious (you didnt realize there were therians on other sites!), you decide to check out tumblr to see what that community is like there. the first post you come across at the top of the tag? "i hope tiktok therians dont come here theyre so awful and i hate them lol".

so yeah. thats the problem with making blanket statements like these; it only pushes away members of our own community. shame is not a motivator, and your aggressiveness gets us nowhere. remember, one catches more flies with honey than with vinegar. so be kind.

Actually, I now see why that turned into such an argument

Glad to get out of that thing fucking hell

Man I make one post that doesn't go into an entire essay and people assume I've seen the things they've seen, which I have not

Told someone "I don't like it when people sexualize bottom dysphoria against others will" and bro really said "okay but do you support animal packers"

BRO

DID I OR DID I NOT SAY "don't sexualize others dysphoria against their will"

CAUSE I THINK I FUCKING SAID I HATE THAT

And that's literally THE ONLY reason people are against packers like that

I’m not aroace but this just dawned on me

therian culture is looking at things with your big sopping wet eyes like this