If any stupid attitude-oozing fucktard ever has the nerve to try and tell me I'm "not a bear", he's gonna find out why pissing off a grizzly is never a good idea. Though I have to admit, it will be difficult to NOT start off with the Patsy Stone line, "Oh, you little bitch-troll from hell!" *grin*
I've been a "bear" since shortly after the concept took off amongst furry gay men in the '80s; if anyone can claim to "know what a bear is," I'd say that my qualifications in that area are impeccable. Hell, I was published in BEAR Magazine when it was still digest-size!
A lot of people seem to want to make it very psychological - but for me, it boils down at the core to "A Bear has fur." On the face, on the body - preferably both - but there's gotta be fur. Whether the body under the fur is muscular, skinny or chubby makes little difference, though the "archetypical" bear is stocky/burly, after our namesake animal. (And if some guys identify more with "otter" or "wolf" - that's up to them. Wolves and Otters and Bears, oh my!)
Because, you see, there's nothing wrong with NOT being a Bear, and to me - if "anyone can be a Bear" then the term has no meaning.
As for the sewage-filled skinbags attempting to co-opt beardom, all it takes is for those of us who've been Bear longer than they've known where their cock is to stand our ground, channel our inner Grizzly and snarl at them until they run for cover.
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Date: 2011-Jul-09, Saturday 09:12 pm (UTC)I've been a "bear" since shortly after the concept took off amongst furry gay men in the '80s; if anyone can claim to "know what a bear is," I'd say that my qualifications in that area are impeccable. Hell, I was published in BEAR Magazine when it was still digest-size!
A lot of people seem to want to make it very psychological - but for me, it boils down at the core to "A Bear has fur." On the face, on the body - preferably both - but there's gotta be fur. Whether the body under the fur is muscular, skinny or chubby makes little difference, though the "archetypical" bear is stocky/burly, after our namesake animal. (And if some guys identify more with "otter" or "wolf" - that's up to them. Wolves and Otters and Bears, oh my!)
Because, you see, there's nothing wrong with NOT being a Bear, and to me - if "anyone can be a Bear" then the term has no meaning.
As for the sewage-filled skinbags attempting to co-opt beardom, all it takes is for those of us who've been Bear longer than they've known where their cock is to stand our ground, channel our inner Grizzly and snarl at them until they run for cover.