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Wolf ΘΔ | Norse pagan | Biologist | ttRPG enthusiast | Leftist | Sex-positive feminist | Gamer | She/her *Languages: Swedish, Finnish, English*

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Went to Sunshine Aquarium yesterday. It was lovely. I have SO many photos I don't know which to share. So take this short video clip. I'm now convinced that fish are actually pretty cool.

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offer not available in Australia but if this link works for you, go watch it -- i rewatched it the other day and was surprised how good it was it's a heavily remixed Red Riding Hood with many cautionary tales against menfolk from Granny Angela Lansbury that hits this great dark dreamy vibe

the company of wolves is such a good werewolf movie and it's on youtube. you can just watch it for free right now. it's both thematically interesting and has a bunch of cool practical effects! for free right now!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqOK...

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Kommer inte ihåg var jag hörde det, men någon sa att de som gör det viktigaste jobbet är de man märker först om de slutar gå till det. Märkligt nog sammanfaller lägre inkomst med just det..

Music meme. This was HARD. Some of these are more obvious choices than others. And to be honest, a lot of karaoke CDs from the 00s would have also been a huge influence. Tried to also find the *exact* cheap CD of Finnish 60s hits that my mum bought in the 00s, and couldn't find it.

I was 8 years old when I realised that whoever gossips about other people behind their back to me, is likely to gossip about me to other people when I'm not there. Which is why I try to avoid to talk negatively or speculate about others. It's not always possible, but I try.

I want more optimism in the world. But it's hard, right? Or maybe not optimism, at least not of the blind kind. But hope and trust and people working together.

Started to read The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, aka The Golden Ass. (Not to be confused with Ovid's Metamorphoses). Recent Swedish translation. It's surprisingly fun and silly. Sometimes spicy too.

Speaking of the mainstream attention to therianthropy, here are some of the things that have happened since the tiktok kids got into the community. Before starting: I'm happy that kids are crafting, playing outdoors, connecting with nature! Kids are kids, let them play. Keep them of social media?

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These three groups hardly interact. Parents ask for super local meetups for their tween kids, or where to buy tails. Adult/older teen therians talk about actual experiences. Kids usually post a selfie, or try to organize a meetup... tomorrow in the park. They don't tend to respond to each other.

Several libraries in Sweden have hosted "therian meetups"... Which seem to be pretty much kids' crafting meets. When I've asked whether adult therians are welcome (in the cases when an age wasn't specified), I've gotten a "no". When I've asked if I can help out in anyway, also a "no".

Speaking of the mainstream attention to therianthropy, here are some of the things that have happened since the tiktok kids got into the community. Before starting: I'm happy that kids are crafting, playing outdoors, connecting with nature! Kids are kids, let them play. Keep them of social media?

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I tried to connect with local furries in a telegram group, in order to find local therians that way. Several times people have been confused, sometimes not really believing me, when I've said that I'm a therian who is in my mid-30s. "That's kids stuff, never heard of adult therians".

I joined a Swedish therian group, ran by yet another mum-of-a-therian-kid. She later invited me to be admin, since her daughter lost her interest in the therian community. The group is part teen/adult therians otherkin, and part kids too young for facebook (10-12) and part parents/grandparents.

Speaking of the mainstream attention to therianthropy, here are some of the things that have happened since the tiktok kids got into the community. Before starting: I'm happy that kids are crafting, playing outdoors, connecting with nature! Kids are kids, let them play. Keep them of social media?

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The former admin of the subreddit quit (or was kicked out?) and new admins put in new rules. No *mention* of adult topics at all were allowed, no post about Howls, posts containing "zoo" were auto-removed (even when writing about zoology etc). Similar drama in the connected discord server.

I joined a Finnish therian facebook group, and was kicked out for "claiming to be a REAL therian". That is, I pointed out to a parent-of-a-therian-kid that therianthropy wasn't a hobby but an internal identity. People claiming to be actual therians were not allowed in the therian group.

Speaking of the mainstream attention to therianthropy, here are some of the things that have happened since the tiktok kids got into the community. Before starting: I'm happy that kids are crafting, playing outdoors, connecting with nature! Kids are kids, let them play. Keep them of social media?

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Which in turn lead to coworkers of mine dropping disparaging comments about "kids who think they're cats and dogs". Rumours about "those kids" barking at people, or being taken to vets instead of doctors when sick. They had no idea that they were sitting with a therian when gossiping about this.

Meanwhile, online: r/therian went from a somewhat sleepy subreddit, to absolutely exploding in low-effort threads focusing on gear, quadrobics, coming out, or lazy intros. I was confused why so many focused on the colour of their theriotype's pelt. "I'm a white cat", "a black dog" and so on.

Speaking of the mainstream attention to therianthropy, here are some of the things that have happened since the tiktok kids got into the community. Before starting: I'm happy that kids are crafting, playing outdoors, connecting with nature! Kids are kids, let them play. Keep them of social media?

Finnish media tried to create a moral panic about "therian kids", after one school had banned the use of masks as well as sending a reminder to guardian that children that yes, kids need to wear shoes when playing in the schoolyard. However, it was short-lived and most people probably didn't care.

Swedish media latched on to therianthropy, apparently separately from the Finnish one. The perspective wasn't about school dress codes, but about children's mental health. The tone was slightly positive, but news stories focused VERY much on 9-13 year olds, treating it as a "kids trend"...

I was even in the community and saw this happen in real time, and it was still confusing (since I wasn't on tiktok). From niche label nobody knew, to commercialization and A LOT of local newspapers interviewing "therian kids". And the community becoming kid-adapted, any controversial topics banned.

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Otroligt svårt val, älskar animation. Men just nu är jag besatt av Den långa flykten (Watership Down), efter att ha låst om boken. Såg den om och om igen som barn, tror den gjort något med min hjärna. Våga vara brutal!

Ett missförstått geni 🦋🌿@filiphallback.bsky.social

Okej på allmän begäran, NY utmaningar på temat film. Svara med en GIF din favoritfilm inom animation!

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Our internet, how we get all of our information, now has banned using the word "sex" without writing it like "s*x" but our kids are being inundated with people falling off rollercoasters, being mauled by Tigers, and jumping off buildings. It creates a culture afraid of people but in love with death.

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Hörrni barn, när jag var liten fanns det inget brainrot eller sixseven eller sådant. Nej, då var alla ”memes” roliga bilder och helt begripliga.

Min tid i högstadiet/gymnasiet: - Tystlåten kille i min klass med långt hår - Tjej i min klass med vassa hörntänder och teaterintresse - Kille (numera icke-binär) med långt hår och läderjacka - Kille (numera tjej) som delade en massa kinks med mig, och morbid humor. - Kristen tjej i elevrådet

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Nästa utmaning: presentera dig med fem personer du tidigare varit kär i ❤️

Och "kär" behöver alltså inte innebära "ihop". Vad som hände var: - Lite trånande på avstånd, när jag bekände hade han inget intresse av mig. - olyckligt kär i två år - En dejt, sen blev han ihop med en annan - ihop i några månader - dejtade inofficiellt några månader, bröt upp pga religionen