autism – Thousand Year Picnic

What I Love About the Furry Fandom

I’ve been involved with the furry fandom for 23 years. It’s not a huge part of my identify…heck, lotsa my friends know nothing about it! They might know me as that dumpster diving, freegan, radical activist, hippy dancing guy. But nestled among all those other gems of joyful weirdness, it’s part of my identity too.

I wrote this article to explain, to all the “normal” people of the world…what’s the deal with furry fandom? Why does it exist? And what draws me to it, personally?

The Dance That Taught Me About Being Myself: An Autistic Person’s Guide to Ecstatic Dance

I’ve been doing ecstatic dance for a year now, and it’s changed my life. I think it has the potential to change so many more lives…especially those of people on the autism spectrum.

National Unicorn Day

April 9th is National Unicorn Day!

To me, it’s about celebrating individuality. Whether it’s neurodivergence, or queerness, or gender expression, or whatever makes you feel like an isolated “other” at times. “You’re not just a defective horse. You’re a motherfucking unicorn.” That which makes you different, is what makes you unique!

Or, it’s about unicorns being cool.