The Otherkin and Therian's say on Wolf is worth the wait
Added 2022-06-20 17:11:02 +0000 UTCHere's FFF Podcast Episode 16: Wolf.
First, I must apologise for forgetting to post it here sooner; Discord users already got this a week or so ago. But it's no worse for wear by being a little late, and in my defense, the lateness is also due to how much I've been working on FFF projects like Integument Review lately. Anyway, this episode is well worth the wait, it's a very interesting discussion between two Otherkin (myself and Alynna) and a therianthrope (Erin Wolfsune), concerning the impact that a movie like Wolf has on perceptions of species dysphoria, comparing it with our prior experiences and considering how we might do it better...
- Atha
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Last year, a flawed, art house movie called 'Wolf' came out from a little known director by the name of Natalie Biancheri in a limited release before then being released more widely on multiple streaming services. It touched a subject matter very central to our purpose at the Freedom of Form Foundation. We wrote reviews and talked about it on social media, but ultimately, our feelings, particularly among those of us who feel species dysphoria the strongest, needed a more thorough opportunity to be explained. This episode of the FFF Podcast is dedicated to that. To really go into the details, we have brought in the long time Otherkin community leader, Alynna Trypnotk, and the equally experienced Therianthrope, Erin Wolfsune, to join our host Athamanatha, who a mere couple of years ago discovered their own otherkin side.
Impassioned feelings and strong language on occasion punctuate the conversation, and this is about a movie rated 'R' in the USA for the inclusion of abuse, nudity and sex, so there is an advisory of discretion and common sense in choosing who to view the referenced movie with. We do not use movie screenshots in this video slideshow for the podcast, for copyright reasons.
Video and audio editing by 'Tabs'
Previous episode:
Previous FFF newsletter in which Athamanatha reviewed Wolf:
https://freedomofform.org/3975/december-2021-newsletter/ (page 4)
Other links relevant to the discussion (all are for reference and do not count as endorsements):
For when we mention about a variant on clinical lycanthropy, https://www.tijdschriftvoorpsychiatrie.nl/media/4/55-2013-5-artikel-blom.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23696338/
Natalie Biancheri's video interviews about Wolf which we only heard about after recording this podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05n21kVr-z8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFBop0OTlpM
On gay conversion therapy being banned in Canada:
Definition of 'art house' movies:
https://wonderfulcinema.com/art-house-definition/
Toronto International Film Festival's page on Wolf:
Wikipedia on the CSI episode 'Fur and Loathing':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fur_and_Loathing
Links we found in a quick Google search for Species Dysphoria:
https://www.patientslikeme.com/conditions/species-dysphoria
https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Species_dysphoria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin
Trans conversion therapy news article from Pink News:
Clinical Lycanthropy:
https://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13030057
Deepfakes:
https://tekhdecoded.com/deepfakes-when-contemporary-content-creation-goes-too-far/
Wikifur on Furmorphed:
https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/FurMorphed
Definitions of therianthropic shifts:
https://theriannation.tumblr.com/post/148201160652/05-therianthropic-shifts
On therianthropic 'awakening':
https://therian.fandom.com/wiki/Awakening
Event Horizon (movie):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119081/
NIMH:
Erin's comic series, 'A Wolf's Journey':
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/40080065/
The Freedom of Form Foundation:
https://www.freedomofform.org/
Vulpine Designs (aka Vulpine Labs):
https://www.vulpinedesigns.com/
ConFurence 8:
https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/ConFurence_8
VR Motion Sickness:
https://virtualspeech.com/blog/motion-sickness-vr
Heathrow Airport:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Airport
The International Astronautical Congress 2021:
Erin's talk on Therianthropy from Pine Fur Con 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWuq1yHfPsQ
FurScience:
Furry Weekend Atlanta:
Denver furry convention cancelled due to neo-nazi infiltration and other allegations:
A link cannot as yet be provided to Alynna's new furry convention in Denver, as she has yet to make a website for it live.
Otherkin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin
Morphological Freedom:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphological_freedom
Donations:
https://www.patreon.com/freedomofform
https://www.freedomofform.org/involvement/donate/ for all methods.
Art of Athamanatha Kitsune discovering having 7 tails by Dragonfeathers https://www.deviantart.com/dragondealer.
Art of Erin Wolfsune in first class on a plane provided by Erin herself, by 'When Wolves Cry Out' https://www.furaffinity.net/view/43393562/
Facerig avatar of Alynna Trypnotk shown to us by Alynna herself, when we find out who made it, we will update this to reflect that.
Numerous images sourced from internet searches are used here for humorous or informative fair-use references and are not intended to infringe upon copyright.
Should you or your organisation or someone you represent object to their use, please contact the Freedom of Form Foundation first via our website so that we may come to a low cost, sensible resolution with you.
Where we can, we use public domain and creative commons licensed images.
Intro and outro music: Huma Huma - Eureka
Images used in blurred backgrounds: in and around the movie filming location (the Kiltiernan Hotel, County Dublin, Ireland) on Google Streetview: https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2226257,-6.1816489,3a,75y,233h,98.89t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s_IRUN8-H3buHylBdb0U2Ow!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D_IRUN8-H3buHylBdb0U2Ow%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D103.26671%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
Recorded 18th March 2022
Released 14th June 2022
