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  • kristina [she/her]M
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    2 months ago
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    Well there might be something to those patterns, but if you wanna start framing validity of identities through 'biological support' and sorting some things into the Biologically Supported box and the Not Biologically Supported box, we'd better start deciding what's biologically supported and how. Otherwise it just reminds me too much of essentialism, Idk. I don't really trust that sort of stuff because again it reminds me of "scientific" research into why people are gay. [The identity] is biological because it sprung from the human mind and is therefore biological in origin.

    I consider all trans / not cis / enby / etc. identities valid, I think theres just a physical reason for why people feel the way they do and why they resonate with certain labels. Have we dug into every identity and fully understood it? Will we ever? No, and probably not, given the number of identities?

    And that is also sort of what I'm getting at. Of course the identity is always biological because it sprung from the human mind, but what is the mechanism? Its a question of neuroscience. Why are people different? How do we make them feel better? I feel like its a fundamental question for the field.

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      2 months ago
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      imaginator Then otherkin and therian identities are also biologically supported! power-genius

      • kristina [she/her]M
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        2 months ago
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        Then we just go back to 'does acting on it, altering themselves, make them feel better'. We're in a time loop, ash thurston

        • ashinadash [she/her]
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          2 months ago
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          Do they even act on it though? What's that look like for them? We don't have otherkin or therians in the room right now and I don't have enough knowledge to say, so that's sort of a stopping block Idk. I want to interview and annoy people now...

          • kristina [she/her]M
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            2 months ago
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            Do they even act on it though? What's that look like for them? We don't have otherkin or therians in the room right now and I don't have enough knowledge to say, so that's sort of a stopping block Idk. I want to interview and annoy people now...

            Now you understand why Ive talked to thousands of trans people over the past 10 or so years, you have the worm brainworms

            Theres a documentary of some person that tried to make themself look as much like a tiger/cat or something as possible. I can't say I've met any otherkin IRL (but LOTS of furries of course), I've met some otherkin online but its usually questionable if its just some reactionary is cosplaying as one, they usually say something bad that tips me off.

            Theres also some overlap with the bodymodding community, I think.

            • ashinadash [she/her]
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              2 months ago
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              Good thing I'm way too fuckin socially inept to do anything about it badeline-anxious cool as it would be...

              "Documentary" here being "gawkfest"? I have low expectations for docs on "out-there" topics tbh. Do luv me furries tho =)

              • kristina [she/her]M
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                2 months ago
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                Yeah gawkfest is a better term, lmao. Definitely a similar vibe as 'transgender documentaries' but at least it follows a real subject.

            • ashinadash [she/her]
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              2 months ago

              Yeah I saw the One Dog Suit Guy, I could not peer through the fog of excited gawking to see what his actual thing was tbh.

    • iridaniotter [she/her]
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      2 months ago
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      I think it's clearly a combination of social and biological factors. I know, very brave of me to be a centrist lol.