The two weeks surrounding AnthroCon have seen a storm of controversy pop up in the furry fandom. One of the fandom's most notable voices, 2 the Ranting Gryphon, is being called out for a year-old comment made on YouTube in which he said that people who committed suicide because of cyber-bullying deserve to die. This … Continue reading My Relationship with 2 and Depression
Opening Up the Hidden Heart
There are very few things as alienating as feeling like some deep part of yourself isn't understood, or worse, hated. We each have core aspects of ourselves that we prefer to keep hidden -- only showing them to a few people we trust. Sometimes we don't get to trust anyone, and we move through life … Continue reading Opening Up the Hidden Heart
The Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 4
We're halfway through the Clarion Write-A-Thon, and I've been fairly remiss with hitting my goals consistently up until now. I'm up to 14,535 words now, 7K short of the 21,500 that I wanted to have by now. I'm still working on my second short story, but Civil Engineering should be done today or tomorrow. Still, … Continue reading The Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 4
Rabbit-Hearted Guy
No Shame Day was last week and I completely missed it, so I thought I would take a bit of time to open up further about my mental health issues. I believe that the more we discuss these things openly, the more people understand the nature of mental illness and the more we destigmatize those … Continue reading Rabbit-Hearted Guy
The Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 3
Two weeks of the Clarion Write-A-Thon are in the books -- we're one-third of the way there! So far, I've written 10,773 words (an average of 770 per day), raised $295 in donations and finished one short story! Feedback Loop has been completed, though I didn't submit it in time for consideration in Defying Doomsday … Continue reading The Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 3
Friday Fiction: The Exchange (Kraugh – Star Wars: Age of Rebellion)
This is a short short story featuring a character I'll be playing for a friend's Star Wars: Age of Rebellion game. He is a Togorian (a tall, feline-like alien species with a really interesting sexual dichotomy) who eschews the typical nomadic lifestyle of his species by choice -- he views traveling throughout the galaxy as … Continue reading Friday Fiction: The Exchange (Kraugh – Star Wars: Age of Rebellion)
Notes From the Zendo: A Softening
Last Wednesday I went to the Kannon Do Zen Centre up in Mountain View to hear Natalie Goldberg speak. A friend had invited me to see her, and when do you get a chance to actually meet the writer of Writing Down The Bones? Of course, I had to go. It was a bit of … Continue reading Notes From the Zendo: A Softening
The Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 2
The first week of the Clarion Write-A-Thon is in the books! I've written 3,643 words so far, raised $145 in donations, and finished a grand total of 0 short stories! My word count is a pretty far cry from where I had hoped to be by now; I started off strong, but a series of … Continue reading The Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 2
FurAffinity and the Realities of Capitalism
This week, FurAffinity decided that it would update its advertising policy to include "mature" ads on pages that included mature/adult work. It didn't take very long for the backlash to come, which is pretty much what happens whenever FA tries something new. More users and artists distanced themselves from the site -- if they didn't … Continue reading FurAffinity and the Realities of Capitalism
Clarion Write-A-Thon 2015: Why Am I Doing This, Anyway?
The sixth annual Clarion Write-A-Thon is underway! I've already explained just what the heck the Write-A-Thon is in Friday's entry, so I thought I would take a little bit of time to explain just why I'm doing this anyway. I'm not a rabbit who likes to pass the hat around and ask for things. I … Continue reading Clarion Write-A-Thon 2015: Why Am I Doing This, Anyway?
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 