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!! OMG why am I the last to know about "Furries"? !!

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My friend JEREMY was shocked that I hadn't heard of Furries when he started talking about them last night.

According to DAN SAVAGE'S ARTICLE FROM 2002:

Furries emerged in the late 1990s, right when the first generation of children whose entire lives were dominated by Disney products and imagery came of age. After being exposed to images of cuddly, safe, saucer-eyed, anthropomorphized animals throughout their childhoods, during puberty these same kids had sex presented to them as something deadly and dangerous. The abstinence "educators" and AIDS "awareness" campaigns they were subjected to exaggerated the actual risks of HIV transmission, pregnancy, and death. Is it any wonder that a tiny percentage of this Disney/abstinence generation came to fetishize the safe and cuddly stuffed animals of their childhoods?

There's also THIS ARTICLE FROM VANITY FAIR about Furries. I always thought they were called "Plushies" but I guess Plushies are just the more cartoony subsection of Furries. Furry fetishists apparently come in all forms - from hyper-realistic to science fiction to cartoon-inspired costumes.

Check out a segment from the Jimmy Kimmel Show about Furries after the jump.

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Salon.com had an excellent article about Furry Culture (written by Dave Hill) on their site about 7 1/2 years ago.
http://archive.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/06/19/plushies/print.html

Posted by: Gail | January 17, 2008 10:18 PM

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I must lead a sheltered life, too, because I thought it didn't go beyond 'plushies' like Plushie Schwartz.

Posted by: Cosmos | January 17, 2008 8:44 PM

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Wow. I missed that too. I guess that makes me more sheltered than you!

Posted by: Tom in LA | January 17, 2008 4:50 PM

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They used to be called Furbies, which was from a so-named product that stormed a certain Christmas or two.

Posted by: Noxx | January 17, 2008 4:35 PM

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Yeah it's really gross.

Theres videos on xtube of people jerking off in stuffed animals an stuff, it's really strange.

Posted by: Patrick | January 17, 2008 1:34 PM

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