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- From: glp@fig.citib.com (Greg Parkinson)
- Subject: Re: Bear Crap
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- Originator: glp@merlin
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- Organization: Citibank IBISM
- References: <1992Nov16.014831.25069@reed.edu> <69735@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:13:09 GMT
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- In article <69735@cup.portal.com>, Furr@cup.portal.com (George Dalton Madison) writes:
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- |> Awwww... POOR **BABY**! I'm only buried under disillusioning,
- |> disenfranchising images of nothing but an *exceedingly* narrow
- |> band of physical type in the gay media, absolutely NONE of which
- |> I can identify with in the slightest. Forgive the FUCK out of me
- |> for being pissed off that our supposedly more "enlightened"
- |> community is as fucking bigoted against Persons of Fur as a lot
- |> of WASP society is against Persons of Color or QueerFolk.
-
- Perhaps it's time you stopped worrying so much what
- the "community" thinks about you and people like you.
- What impact does their attitude have on your day-to-day
- life other than how upset your perception of it gets you?
-
- |> What the hell does it SAY when it's many times over easier for me
- |> to find images I can identify with in the STRAIGHT media? _Al_ on
- |> "Home Improvement"? Jeff Smith, the Frugal Gourmet? Wolf Blitzer
- |> on CNN, for Gaia's sake!
-
- It means that you don't have to buy your pornography,
- you can get it for free on the TV.
-
- |> I realize we're probably not going to do away with the prejudice
- |> against "overweight" any time soon; but there is no reason
- |> whatsoever -- bullshit aside -- that the much-vaunted (by others)
- |> _International Male_ catalogue couldn't have a handsome,
- |> muscular, 40ish Daddy type with a furry chest and a thick, salt
- |> and pepper moustache -- or a late 20s Bear Cub with a nice beard and
- |> a "torso-t" of fur to emphasize his pecs and abs.
-
- I wouldn't mind looking at pictures of men like this,
- but it would bother me immensely wearing the twee
- outfits that International Male sells.
-
- It's like getting upset that Playboy doesn't feature
- more naked men - it's just not their market.
-
- |> And this is just one example.... It goes on *much* further.
-
- Space Aliens?
-
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