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I accidentally took the HRT that turns you into a dog and now here we are!

[nemfrog]

W. ABC book. 1923. C.B. Falls, arrtist.

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[cosmicstrays]

[guelwaar]

clinical medicine is simple, basically the way it works is 99.999% of doctors don't know anything at all, so they only treat the 10–15 most common problems in their specialty. this might sound bad, but actually it's better, because 99.999% of patients don't have any complex medical problems anyway, which we know because they've never been diagnosed with anything except the 10–15 most common problems in the relevant specialty, because in order to be evaluated for something else they would have to be referred to one of the 0.001% of doctors who occasionally know something about some other condition, but they can't get that referral because they obviously don't need it because they've only been diagnosed with simple problems that the other 99.999% of doctors evaluate. so as U can see it's really about ensuring every patient gets the best possible care.

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[urie]

did you receive abstinence only education in school? (and please say where your school is located in the tags)

yes

no

Voting ended onJun 20

[canidfigures]

☆ athenian vase of dog, 510-500 bce

[frameacloud]

Therianthrope resource masterpost

This is a collection of articles, blogs, and more about therianthropes, real people who identify as animals as an integral part of who they are. The following resources come from throughout the community's history, as far back as when the therian community began in the 1990s in a werewolf fandom group. I don't necessarily agree with everything in the links below; instead, I recommend reading them to understand the many different experiences and opinions of therians.

Introductions and definitions

A simple introduction to otherkin and therians, an essay by Orion Scribner

Are you a therian? an article by Strill

Terms and definitions, by Sonne Spiritwind

The experiential nature of therianthropy, by Mokele

Anti-otherkin: A symptom of a greater problem, a lecture by Page Shepard

Therian: Dispelling the earthen animal myth, a community history research essay by Daski

Self discovery

How to determine if you are a therianthrope, a video by Therian Nation (transcript)

Introduction to the newbie's guide, an article by Jakkal

InstaWeres, an article by Katmandu

Shapeshifting

Some therians have experiences in which their thoughts or sensations become more similar to their species of animal for a short time. The therian community was inspired by feeling similar to folklore about animal people and werewolves, so therians call this shapeshifting or shifting, though their bodies don't change.

Types of shift, by Sonne Spiritwind

Debunking the P-shift myth, by Kiera Ember

On cameo shifting, by Strill

Phantom limbs & phantom sensations, human & otherwise, a lecture by Orion Scribner

Spirituality

Therianthropy isn't a religion, though it is spiritual for some therians.

The number one misconception, by SummonerWolf

A theory of misplaced souls, by Yaiolani

Christianity and therianthropy, by Page Shepard

Life and religion, by Kefira

Psychology

Therianthropy isn't a mental illness, though some therians consider it part of a harmless mental difference.

Therianthropy: Wellbeing, schizotypy, and autism in individuals who self-identify as non-human, a peer-reviewed journal article by Helen Clegg, Roz Collings, and Elizabeth C. Roxburgh

"Understanding the otherkin," a magazine article by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, which has an interview with Dr. Jan Dirk Blom about therians

A Comprehensive Introduction to a Psychological View of Therianthropy, an essay by Liesk, about therians who explain their therianthropy as a mental difference rather than as a spiritual belief

"Different" isn't "insane," an essay by Akhila, about how therianthropy is a harmless difference

Large collections of writings and resources

The WereLibrary

Animal Quills

Shifters dot org (archived version)

Project Shift

Bird of a Feather

Therian Wiki

There are 320+ neatly tagged and organized resources by many in the therian section of the Alterhuman Archive

Community

The Werelist, a web forum

Nonhuman National Park, a web forum

Alterdirect, a public directory of Discord servers, which has a list of servers for therians

Therian Webring, a directory of therian web sites

A Timeline of the Therianthrope Community by House of Chimeras

Otherkin News, a blog of current events for therians and other alterhumans

Safety in Alterhuman Spaces, a booklet by the Dragonheart Collective

[cuteshape]

ouppyboros!

[bodyofdeath]

crossfaded on what no longer is and what remains to be seen

[godogmode]

inspired by this post!!

[glorioustragedykid]

This is a poll for us hairy dykes and other fellow hairy people

Why you *don't* shave your legs?

I like being hairy

Just don't want to

Don't like the process of shaving

Sensory issues

Other reason

Voting ended onApr 8

No "i shave/see results" option

[hjbender]

The Four Discoursemen

[tpwrtrmnky]

Transition actually meaningfully impacts your life and is more than just a band-aid fix. Look. Listen to me. It Actually Fucking Works. In real life. There are people in the world right now whose lives are getting better because they are transitioning. Do you understand?

[dreamsy990]

i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to

[dreamsy990]

unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school

[dreamsy990]

things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)

how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem

what common file types are

some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)

how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private

how to understand terms of service (hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)

what a cookie actually is

internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl

basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)

common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)

as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on

vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)

how to not get a virus while pirating something

what a temporary email is and when to use one

red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)

what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls

[dreamsy990]

ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)

an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous

a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps

a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)

some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself

[seeyoulatergator-deactivated202]

hi dog therians. *flips your ear inside out*

[tgirl-thucydides]

[vintagewildlife]

African wild dogs By: Jonathan Scott From: Natural History Magazine 1989