Men may travel light, but some pack teddy bears
“A recent study by British hotel chain Travelodge has found that 25 percent of men take teddy bears on the road with them when they travel for business. These men report that their stuffed animals remind them of home and the significant others they have to leave behind. ”
The study been going on for a while, I first heard about it in 2007.
An e-maile is going around the fandom:
My name is Josh and I’m a producer in New York working on a tv documentary about furries and the furry fandom. And since everybody asks, no I’m not a bot, and yes I am a real person (you can google my name). I had a chance to check out your AWESOME video and I’d like to know if you still keep in touch with the fursuiters. I’m trying to find some suiters who would be willing to participate in the doc we’re producing.
I’m really looking forward to hearing from you. Many thanks in advance.
You can check the rest of conversation here. Mr. Haygood has tires to MTV and it looks like another plushies furries hack job. This guy had been thown out of FA. Mr. Haygood I know the media, the fandom has been burnt once by MTV twisting the fandom into a sick fetish; not this time John not this time.
The opinions expressed here are the views of the writer (Action) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the furry community nor posting of my opinion does not in any way enter a convenient relationship with the furry community.
In other words do lay this “why you are causing drama in the furry community” line on me. I am not you and you are not me. In addition, I never recalled joining your idea of community and have to sway over my life. Finally, you do not have to read what I am posting below the cut.
I been listening in on the All Fur Fun Forums, The owner has been posting letters from (Freak ) Reality show produces who want to “Interview” furries.
“Hello,
My name is Michele Spinak and I work on a program you may be familiar with that airs on Discovery Health Channel called I’m Pregnant and…
The show airs Tuesday nights at 9:30pm. Four out of our six episodes have aired. They have been very successful so we have been asked to gear up for a second season.
We are doing our initial outreach for the second season and one topic we are looking to include is I’m Pregnant and…a Furry. I was hoping to speak with someone in greater detail about the program and the outreach I am doing. Please give me a call at your earliest convenience. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Michele Spinak”
Some had don some research and found
The show sounds like another shock the audience reality shows.
If that not enough here another letter:
“I am also casting for another program for Discovery Health Channel called Strange Sex. We were looking to do a segment on Furries for that program as well. I know only some Furries are into the sexual aspect of it all. I was wondering if you could suggest people for me to reach out to about the program. We are just simply trying to tell the story of what it is because I think a lot of people have different conceptions about what being a furry really is.”
What in hell Mr. Spinak thinks we are, some freak show for his business aspirations.
To me he just another Hollywood schlock want to make a buck by pedaling trash TV,
It looks like Foxmas is being put on hold until they find a new venue’ hopefully the scrap heap or somewhere in Las Vegas. I guess I should had spoken out earlier but after years of preaching about sins during my fundamentalist days, I realize spouting about sins only waste energy, doesn’t change things, and is not the Gospel. So, when Frozen Oasis revealed about their new mini con Foxmas I was happy until realize it was going to be an 18+ event. Even more discomfiting was the warning on the web site not NSFW. A bad omen especially when we are trying to clean up the image of the fandom.
Frozen Oasis is a gray area in the fandom. Most furry cons want very (officially) little to do with them. Frankly, it better they go away. The fandom doesn’t need the potential for more bad media. A +18 party is not what we need.