That Which Snatches And That Which Flies
[By Zedjeb (from the Chimera System).] I am harpykin, or harpy otherkin. Or at least that is a nice label for what I am. I use that label to describe myself sense my form is what society would call a...
View ArticleThe Wings, the Sky and the Bird
human bodies are temples for the human soul cages for the birds swanblood, Nonhuman Haiku I find this haiku beautiful, and at the same time I feel conflicted. I wonder: is it really so? if some...
View ArticleThe Alien Avian
Humans are social creatures, pack animals by nature; apex predators; and of course, mammals. It makes sense, then, that other apex predators, other mammals, and social apex predators in particular...
View ArticleExpressing Hawk
Once, I wanted a body long and lean, all bird-boned lightness. When I looked in the mirror, I expected on some level to see sharp features and steep angles and was startled every time by softness and...
View ArticleRaw Raven
I will now tell you of my story as corvus corax, with the truthfulness, candidness and yet sentiment of pudeur that I feel suit this aspect of my animality. I always say I’ve known I’m an animal-person...
View ArticleExpressing Phoenix
I’ve written on what phoenix means to me, and what it means (for me) to be phoenix. I’ve talked about how it manifests in my spirit and mind, the traits within me that I attribute to “phoenix”. I’ve...
View ArticleHeron story
I saw a heron earlier today, at the river on the trail. Herons are not rare, but it was nice because this is the second different species of heron I’ve seen in the exact same spot, so it’s good to know...
View ArticleThe purity myth and the liminal mute
I’m always amused when people talk about swans as “pure”. If you were talking about the trumpeter swan, or tundra swan, who live in remote Arctic areas and mostly eat rice, then maybe you would have a...
View ArticleThe Nature of Buzzard
[This is a guest post by Sunburn.] When I write Buzzard, I do not mean the scavengers of North America. I am talking about the Common/Eurasian Buzzard, the Buteo buteo. Well, now, where do I start...
View ArticleWings
Guest post by Faileas. Abstract A look into the phenomena of phantom wings with respect to the therian and otherkin communities, based off a series of surveys conducted via various forums and...
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