[WRITING] Website Update!

[monsterqueers]

Two new essays and a 27 page pdf for alterhuman stuff have been posted on the website;
Culturally Cats - On being 'culturally nonhuman' in relations to our shared psychological cat identity.
Archetrope Chatter- on the nature of this label in relation to one of us
Safety In Alterhuman Spaces - A safety guide for alterhuman and plural folks for the unique challenges we face in those spaces. 27 pages.

Comments

[citrakayah]

Culturally Cats is rather interesting to me, and I've suspected for a while that a lot of therians are therians in part because of the sort of cultural transmission you speak of. I know I was raised around and emotionally close to many cats, and dogs are one of the most common pets while wolves are one of the most common theriotypes.

It kind of makes perfect sense that a lot of the behavioral traits we associate with therianthropy could be transmitted from a housepet to a child, especially an introverted one.

[monsterqueers]

Yes! We see a lot of the more psychologically oriented therians talking about how they were raised with animals, so its likely a certain portion of other therians 'imprinted' for a lack of a better term on those animals in some way and it may have effected their animality. Its part of the reason why I felt the need to talk about it- its a discussion I feel like the community hasnt really done much with.