I Wanna Start Posting More Therian Stuff Especially Of Quads (I'm Still Terrible) But I Can't Bc I Don't

I wanna start posting more therian stuff especially of quads (I'm still terrible) but I can't bc I don't have a proper mask and I don't wanna censor my face, so can people recommend places to get stuff for the mask? I'm gonna ask my friend to make me a tail, so any recommendations on stuff to get mask supplies that isn't Amazon would be great!

no, you don’t need to wear your mask/tail to school.

i wish young nonhumans didn’t feel compelled to be ‘out’ at school, especially when it’s a dangerous environment. i keep seeing posts along the lines of “wore my tail/mask to school! people berated/teased/put their hands on me, but it’s ok”.

no, it’s not.

like.. i understand a mask or a tail can be a very validating thing for some people. and i’m not saying NO ONE should wear them at schools. but i just keep watching this mounting trend of young therians insinuating you need some physical accessory or to do quads to be a ‘real’ nonhuman. and then it leads to things like this and it makes me incredibly sad.

i’d known i was alterhuman since late elementary school, actually. it’s a huge part of my life even now, years after graduation. there wasn’t a reason for it to be brought up, so i never did. it was a closely guarded secret to me, but it didn’t feel like a weight i was carrying. i always thought “no one needs to know i’m an animal if it jeopardizes my safety. so, oh well”.

“but, how will people know that i’m an animal?”

they probably will. they probably already do.

i was the designated ‘animal’ person my entire school career despite not ever handling animals in front of anyone. if there were pets, lost wild animals (baby rabbits, birds, lizards), or sometimes even loose livestock that got onto campus, it was always me who had to go tend to them.

everyone wanted me in their group in environmental science. if a project called for animal illustrations, the same thing would happen. it was certainly weird because i was also a ‘weird kid’ and not especially desired to be around outside of that, lol. but i was never harassed for it. it made me feel very validated, actually.

i had fun during gym running and fiercely destroying the opposing team in field hockey. i taught everyone which plants were okay to forage (and we snacked on them when we had to sit on the lower field for practice). every day i was hyperaware of the limbs i had that weren’t quite there. friends noticed my ears twitch and my nose wiggle at certain stimuli. i felt nice walking on two legs. i felt nice because i felt animal and i didn’t have to prove it to anyone.

really like… just do what makes you happy. i admire the bravery it takes to so earnestly wear your identity on your sleeve like that. that’s very impressive. however, there is NO obligation to do anything like that if you understand that there will be a reaction that poses a threat to you.

i want our kids to be safe, too. you don’t have to feel dysphoria over being discreet. sometimes it’s the safest option. and sometimes, that can be really fun, too.

study everything you can about your ‘type. wikipedia and animalia are good resources. ramble about them to anyone who will listen. jokingly refer to yourself as one in friend spaces. wear discreet clothes that remind you of your ‘type. find a nice private place outside where you can run and explore and look at plants and smell the air and feel like yourself. but by no means do you have to prove yourself. you know you.

two versions cuz i couldnt decide which was funnier

so the book of bill is making my head explode

Sometimes you just need to let yourself and others be free

idc if it’s “cringe”

idc if it’s not “normal”

idc if it’s something someone else isn’t gonna do

You’re only living for yourself not the jackass who’s to caught up in your life :3

stay little critters

destroy ableism in the therian community.

destroy sanism in the therian community.

if you see others shitting on fellow creatures because they can't physically do quads due to a disability, call them out.

if you see other therians saying that those who are physically nonhuman/clinical lycanthropes/zoanthropes are "delusional" and "insane", call them out on their sanist ablist bullshit.

divided we fall. together we are stronger.

don't let ableism or sanism exist in our communities. call out these fucks who perpetuate these kinds of shitty things. it has no place in therianthropy. it has no place in alterhumanity. it has no place anywhere.

support disabled therians. support schizospec therians. support not sane therians. support therians that are neurodivergent, and I don't just mean autism and adhd. support therians with personality disorders. support therians with heavily stigmatized disorders. support therians with intellectual disabilities.

support ALL your fellow therians/alterhumans/nonhumans/fictionkins/holotheres/endels/animals/creatures.