One of my irrational irritants within the alterhuman community is treating humans like they aren’t animals or creatures
The idea that humans aren’t animals is a uniquely human ideology & it’s not one i subscribe to; humans are animals. The separation of humans & the concept of humanity from animals has caused many many issues; more harm than good id argue
I hate that nonhumanity can only be expressed and accepted if its "pure! and whimsical! and perfect!" with no negative emotions attached.
cause there are bad (and perhaps gross) parts about therianthropy and alterhumanity and nonhumanity, and those also deserve to be accepted and expressed.
stop forcing folks to hide a part of themselves for fear of hate from their own community and make a safe space where nonhumans can be nonhuman, with all aspects of it. good and bad.
for example, a common thing I've seen is younger nonhumans shaming others because theyre nonhumanity affects their sexuality and/or how they experience sex.
one infamous case is when someone was selling animal packers and marketing them towards nonhumans. and then nonhumans on TikTok (mostly) made a big fuss about it, not understanding that nonhumanity can indeed affect all parts of someones existence.
(unfortunately TikTok just generally sucks so Theriantok sucking is a product of that)
another thing that I witnessed myself (on youtube) is nonhumans claiming that "therians don't act like animals!" HELLO???? sorry I'm gonna be a bit less organized here but...HAVE YOU SEEN LITERALLY ANY NONHUMAN???? ACTING NONHUMAN IS KIND OF A COMMON THING FOR THOSE WHO ARE NONHUMAN. arghhhhh this pisses me off so much. anyway..!
also, nonhumanity being caused by trauma and/or being an escape is very much a thing. saying stuff like "therians don't become therian, people are born therians" is ignoring the nonhumans who wouldn't be nonhuman unless something happened (like trauma). hmmm, It seems like avoiding potentially uncomfortable topics to keep up the glorified version of nonhumanity. (maybe I'm reading too much into this, idk)
ALSO (this was added on August 25) someones non-human identity being complicated, or hard to explain, or contradictory, or seeming unreal or impossible. I've seen that these identities don't get talked about often and that yes, it can be complicated and overwhelming at times.
there are probably 100 other examples of the more gritty side of nonhumanity being pushed aside, but these are the ones I've seen that are most prevalent.
let me know if there are more examples !!
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tagging the gang so it can be reblogged!!
and also @skylargoesbark bc ur cool and I've been following u for a while and this is probably something you'd reblog I think! but lmk if u want the tag to be removed
Anyone with any kind of type or kin can use this! HOWEVER!! This is especially geared at the appreciation of nicher & lesser acknowledged creatures!
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