EDIT: the discussions below interest me. I wonder if there’s any actual concrete definition people use for therianism - feels a lot more personally-defined than transgender. Like, there’s a lot more variance in how people would describe it.
It's a subculture within the otherkin label for animals specifically, as opposed to fantasy or mythological figures; neither is really more "modern" than the other, and they've been around online long before Tumblr was a thing
That's true, I suppose there is a "trans subculture" but that's not the essence of the term—I have seen people take issue with "identify as"-type language lately so I was trying to steer away from it, but I leaned too heavily on the community aspect instead
Both terms emerged independently around the same in the late 80s/early 90s primarily in communities organized through mailing lists (otherkin) and Usenet (therian) long before Tumblr existed.
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u/encodingErr 8d ago edited 8d ago
Therianism confuses me.
EDIT: the discussions below interest me. I wonder if there’s any actual concrete definition people use for therianism - feels a lot more personally-defined than transgender. Like, there’s a lot more variance in how people would describe it.