toxic fans, the truth about furries, and how consumer culture manipulates you into resisting change

Research:

Toxic fandom:

https://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2018/07/06/toxic-fandom-cult-of-identity/

Effects of bullying:

https://www.mentalhealth.com/library/long-term-effects-of-bullying

Furries:

https://furscience.com/whats-a-furry/#:~:text=The%20furry%20fandom%20is%20a%20diverse%20community,stories%20*%20Have%20more%20active%20fantasy%20lives

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=uEroEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=sexual+orientation+of+furries&ots=0DxhE-xL6M&sig=GdxtYRPGRa67orYHJnVEHwMMBjY#v=onepage&q=sexual%20orientation%20of%20furries&f=false

https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/7b630c2f-8139-4762-a71d-9620bcfa6228/content

Identity development:

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/adolescent/chapter/identity-development-theory/

Consumer culture:

https://medium.com/cultivated-identity/why-we-abuse-others-over-things-we-like-and-how-to-stop-it-6f3a833f2edf#.659627km5

Not specifically discussed in podcast but relevant:

Proposed laws against furries (neither were passed):

After I recorded this podcast, I found the two following bills that were proposed (and not passed) regarding furry regulation in schools. They are ridiculous:

Oklahoma House Bill 3084: https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2023-24%20int/hb/HB3084%20int.pdf

Texas House Bill 4814 or the F.U.R.R.I.E.S Act (see everything underlined) - https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/HB04814I.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUnEe5bBX2s