![]() ![]() “I’m actually a cat who thinks she’s a dog,” she says, laughing through her mask. She’s dressed in a head-to-toe cat costume: her fursona is called K2. The woman I’m chatting with is a part-time EMT who has attended 15 furry conventions since 2007. They draw pictures of their animal personas (“fursonas”), sometimes dress in full-body mascot-style costumes, have meetups with other members of the community, and occasionally even identify as part animal. No, I haven’t just swallowed a tab of LSD-I’m talking with a “furry,” one of the many men and women across the globe who identify with anthropomorphized animals. ![]() As we talk, she gesticulates with giant fuzzy paws. But the most striking things about her are her ears, mainly because they’re pointy and the size of pizza slices. Her eyes are huge, and their bright green color pops against her scarlet hair. We talked to ladies in the scene to find out what life’s really like behind the mask. “Furries”-a community of folks famous for their full-body animal costumes-are overwhelmingly white and male. In front, from left to right: Hulex the Fox, Haruki CatFox, and Kilcodo the Jackal ![]()
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