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monsterqueers) wrote2020-01-10 02:35 pm
Compiled Resource Dump - Nonhuman Things
This one is otherkin[d]-based, might update the post as time goes on, might just make new ones in the same tag. Whichever I find easier.
'Phantom Limb' Sources Compiled by 'Liongoatsnake' on tumblr:
Non-amputees experiencing phantom limbs because of a stroke:
- Bell, Vaughan. “Phantom third arm appears on the chest,” Mind Hacks, August 12 2010, http://mindhacks.com/2010/08/12/phantom-third-arm-appears-on-the-chest/ (accessed December 13 2016).
- Halligan, P.W., et al. “Three Arms: A Case Study of Supernumerary Phantom Limb After Right Hemisphere Stroke.” J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, Volume 56, Number 2, (1993): pages 159-166, http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/56/2/159.short (accessed October 16 2016).
- “Woman with ‘A Phantom Third Arm,’” Metro, April 7 2009, http://metro.co.uk/2009/04/07/woman-with-a-phantom-third-arm-10744/ (accessed December 12 2016).
- Yoo S.D., Kim DH, Jeong Y.S., Chon J, Bark J., “Atypical Supernumerary Phantom Limb and Phantom Limb Pain in Two Patients with Pontine Hemorrhage.” Journal of Korean Medical Science, Volume 26, Number 6, (2011): pages 844-847. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102884/ (accessed June 25 2016).
-Curt, Armin, et al. “Supernumerary phantom limbs in spinal cord injury,” Spinal Cord, Volume 49, Number 5 (May 2011): pp 588-595. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21079624 (accessed January 12 2017).
Non-amputees experiencing phantom limbs because of a simple illusion using a rubber hand:
- “Body Illusions; Rubber Hand Illusion,” New Scientist, March 18 2009, https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16809-body-illusions-rubber-hand-illusion/ (accessed June 25 2016).
-Cases, D M, D M Casas, G G Gentiletti, & A A Braidot. “Somatic and Movement Inductions Phantom Limb in Non-amputees.” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 705, Issue 1, (2016): 1-11 http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/705/1/012062/meta (accessed June 26 2016).
- Choi, Charles Q. “Even Non-Amputee Can Feel a Phantom Limb,” Live Science, April 12 2013, http://www.livescience.com/28694-non-amputees-feel-phantom-limb.html (accessed June 25 2016).
- “Scientists Create Phantom Sensations in Non-amputees.” 2.46. Posted by “karolinskainstitutet,” April 11 2012.http://youtu.be/98JEwfc4pto
- “The Phantom in The Mirror: A Modified Rubber-hand Illusion in Amputees and Normals,“ Perception, Vol. 39, No. 1 (2010): pp 103-118. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20301851 (accessed June 25 2016).
- “The Rubber Hand Illusion - Horizon: Is Seeing Believing? - BBC Two.” BBCTwo, 3:12. Posted by “BBC,” October 15 2010. http://youtu.be/sxwn1w7MJvk
Non-amputees experiencing phantom limbs because they are transgender:
- Blakeslee, Sandra. “Gender Identity and Phantom Genitalia,” SFGate, April 13 2008, http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/GENDER-IDENTITY-AND-PHANTOM-GENITALIA-3219560.php (accessed June 25 2016).
- Case, Laura. K. and Vilayanur S. Ramachandran. “Alternating Gender Incongruity: A New Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Providing Insight Into The Dynamic Plasticity of Brain-Sex.” Medical Hypotheses, Volume 78, (2012), Page 626–631, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22364652 (accessed January 18 2016).
Non-amputees experiencing phantom limbs because they are otherkin:
- Plante, Courtney N., Reysen, Stephen, Roberts, Sharon E., Gerbasi, Kathleen C., FurScience! A Summary of Five Years of Research from the International Anthropomorphic Research Project. Waterloo: FurScience, 2016. Page 116.
- Plante, Courtney. “Anthrocon 2015,” Anthropomorphic Research Project, August 9 1015, https://sites.google.com/site/anthropomorphicresearch/past-results/anthrocon-2015 (accessed October 1 2016).
- Grivell, Timothy, Helen Clegg and Elizabeth C. Roxburgh. “An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Identity in the Therian Community.”Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research. Vol. 14, No. 2, (May 2014): pp 113-135.
History Of Yandere Bitch Club, and the damage it did to fictionkin.
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Resources For Coping With Past Lives by Flock-of-changes on tumblr:
Manifest Beastie by Ozenwolf
Balancing Fingers and Pinions by Mahksi
Your Optimal Functionality by Mahksi
Finding a Therapist by Mahksi
Coping with Past Lives: Articles and Sources by Makhsi
The Anorexic Animal: Therianthropy and Eating Disorders (Includes a long thread with multiple perspectives on coping with disorders that intersect with one's nonhuman identity and discussion on how this is avoided as a topic in the communities)On the design of foreleg extensions and quadrupedal costumes by Orion Scribner
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Definitions (from various, edited):
Alterhuman: Controversial umbrella term. A member of non-human and non-human-adjacent(plurals, voidpunk, etc) communities or identifies as someone or something from or connected to a place other than this earth. A therian/otherkin is Alterhuman.
Therian/Therianthrope/Therianthropy: An individual that identifies as being, in part or whole (non-physically), one or more non-human animals on an integral and personal level. Therians cannot choose their thereotypes.
Otherkin[d]: A person that identifies as being, in part or whole (non-physically), one or more non-human creatures or beings on an integral and personal level. Otherkin cannot choose their kintypes.
Phytanthrope/Plantkin[d]: A person who identifies as a plant other than an animal or creature. Plantkin cannot choose their kintypes.
Fictionkin[d]: A person that identifies as being, in part or whole (non-physically), one or more species and/or characters shown in media on an integral and personal level. Some fictionkin are character-specific, such as Sonic the Hedgehog, while others identify as a fictional species, like a non-specific Chao or a Pokémon. Fictionkin cannot choose their kintypes.
Otherhearted: A deep spiritual connection to a creature. This is different from otherkinity, being that you identify WITH a creature as opposed so AS that creature. Proper usage is x-hearted (e.g. Dragon-hearted, Wolf-hearted.) You cannot choose what you are hearted with.
Were: An old term that used to be used to refer to therianthropes, derived from were-wolves. This term is rarely used.
Coping Linkers: People who use non-human entities as a way to cope with depression, anxiety, and general day-to-day troubles. They are not considered the same as otherkin or therians despite vague similarities, as they have chosen their identities. The name was changed from copingkin to copinglinkers to cement that they are not associated with the otherkin community. Shortened to 'c-linkers'
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Polytherian/Polytherianthrope: Someone who identifies as more than one animal.
Polykin: Someone who identifies as more than one non-human species.
Cladotherian/Cladotherianthrope: A therian that identifies as a larger group than just as a specific species. E.g. identifying as a bird therian rather than an eagle therian.
Contherian/Contherianthrope: A therian whose animal and human sides are intertwined and doesn’t experience shifts as they are constantly in a stable state of both.
Sun Therianthropy: Similar to contherianthropy, only instead of being constantly half shifted, the base instincts and behaviors of the theriotype are ingrained into the individual’s personality, and small amounts of shifting is experienced.
Theriomythic: A person who believes that they are, in part or whole (non-physically) one or more mythical type creatures, such as dragons, griffons etc. It usually describes a more animalistic side of the being, aka having a dragon be more like a wild animal than a magical all-knowing one.
Awakening: The process of realizing and accepting that you are a therian or otherkin, and then discovering your therio/kintype. Not everyone experiences an awakening.
Theriotype: What a therian identifies as being on a spiritual and personal level. A therian may identify as one or more animals as their theriotype. E.g. a therian may have a wolf theriotype, meaning they identify as a wolf.
Kintype: What an otherkin identifies as E.g. Dragonkin means identifying as a dragon, wolfkin as a wolf.
Kin: Shortened form of Otherkin, not a verb. You can’t ‘kin’ something, and ‘kinning’ isn’t a thing. “My kin/theriotype is (x)”, or “I am (x) kin” are correct ways of phrasing it. “I otherkin across the street” makes no sense.
Kind: The former way of identifying ones kintypes, ex. Dragonkind, dogkind, etc.
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System: A body in which two or more minds, alters, fragments or other conscious beings reside. Also called Plural or plurality. It is controversial to lump them in with Otherkind.
Headmate: A being residing within someone’s mind, capable of their own thought, feelings and desires. This can appear through trauma, tulpamancy and spiritual origins.
Fictive: A system-mate/headmate/alter that is a fictional character or species (E.g. Sonic the Hedgehog or a Chao.)
Tulpa/Tulpamancy: A headmate made by will and preservation, not by trauma or spiritual reasonings. A being bought into consciousness by the mind itself. It is controversial to lump them in with Otherkind.
Soulbond: A contact that has been established through the mind to another being, enabling the two or more to communicate. Usually across universes/dimensions. It is controversial to lump them in with Otherkind.
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Fluff: A term usually used to describe people who are trying to make their experiences seem bigger than they actually are to make themselves seem more important. This is also used commonly to describe Tumblrkin. Usually used as a derogatory term.
Kinnie: Used derogatorily toward younger Alterhumans. Used on Tumblr as a synonym to Otherkin. Deeply controversial.
Kinfirm: To confirm a kintype as what you identify as. Usually used by trolls or anti-kin online, as well as people from Tumblr, though it is becoming more commonly accepted.
Tumblrkin: A person usually from Tumblr who has done no research on otherkinity, and claims to be kin just for the ‘aesthetic’, to jump on the bandwagon, or otherwise. They usually have kintype lists of 100+ and the term is used derogatorily.
Species Dysphoria: The experience of dysphoria (discomfort, depression, anxiety or similar based around one’s self) associated with the feeling that one’s body is of the wrong species. Not all therians and otherkin experience this.
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Shifting: Feeling, sensing and/or having experience that one attributes to their non-human identity for a period of time. Not all nonhumans experience shifts.
Astral Shifting refers to when someone has an out of body experience and travels to another realm or spiritual plane as their kintype.
Aura Shifting is when the auric or energy field around someone’s body changes to that of their kintype.
Berserker/Feral Shifting causes the individual to act more like their kintype. In many cases, the individuals report a total loss or near total loss of human-self-awareness. If the experience is frequent, it is recommended that you report to a local psychiatrist.
Cameo Shifting is when a person experiences a shift of a being different than their identified species.
Dream Shifting is when someone dreams of being their kintype.
Mental Shifting is when someone has an altered state of consciousness in which they begin to think like they are their species. This can range from only behavioural changes to losing the ability to comprehend language during the shift.
Phantom Shifting refers to Supernumerary Phantom Limbs, where the person experiences limbs, (Tails, extra arms, wings, etc.) characteristics (Fur, feathers, horns, etc.) or sometimes a complete body of their kintype overlaying their physical, human one.
Sensory Shifting is when the brain tries to perceive regular senses in a way that fits their kintype, causing the senses to feel stronger or duller. Species who have senses humans don’t have may experience a sort of phantom or ghost copy of what they may feel from those senses.
Spiritual Shifting is when one’s astral body or spiritual self changes into that of the individual’s kintype.
Voluntary Shifting is when a person consciously makes themselves shift, through music, meditation, sensations or else.
Involuntary Shifting is when a person spontaneously shifts, sometimes due to stimuli such as emotions (fear and anger are common) or other sensations.
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