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Coming soon to Space Channel on July 13: Fanboy Confessional, a documentary mini-series from Markham Street Films. Judging by the trailer, some episodes will be looking at fans of furry, cosplay, zombies, and cyberpunk.
The extremely popular BoingBoing blog has mentioned furry fandom numerous times - usually doing the typical jokes, but perpetuating the negative stereotypes nonetheless. Recently they've started to do special Feature Articles, and Lisa Katayama has written a pretty good one, "Fur Fun: The inner lives of furries", an interview with fan and fursuiter Josh Strom.
" wrote this in 1992 for the ConFurence 4 program book. Much has happened since 1992, of course, but this is where it all began. There is a better known history written by Fred Patten — it would probably interest the reader to compare them for the differences between our interpretations. In summary, Fred was closer to the people and events, living in California. On the other hand, I think California looms altogether too large in his view, as does the contribution of certain interests (such as anime and gaming). My perspective is from the point of view, mainly, of the publishing scene. I tend
Wil Wheaton - Stat Trek: The Next Generation's much maligned Wesley Crusher has stated in a public blog post that he hates Furries. It started out as a jab, but after being confronted by Furry Musician Matthew Ebel, Wil got a bit more vocal on his Furry Hate. Read the comments for Matthews follow-up and Wil's response.
Reposted from Wikifur:
"After two years since it first began asking for participants, The Furry Sociological Survey was published online on October 23rd, 2008. The study was based one of the earliest surveys of the furry community: The Sociology of Furry Fandom by David Rust, which was published online in 2001. Rust's survey is arguably one of the most known and referenced study of the furry community."
You can compare this to earlier fandom-wide surveys:
http://www.klisoura.com/furrypoll.php
http://studyf3.livejournal.com/1383.html
The Yiffy.Tk site review database has passed a milestone only once before reached, and without polluting itself with journals and mailing lists!
• A social news website for the furry fandom • 2007-2011
