Mostly due to the fact there weren't as many people in the fandom. I am just a young woman trying to get where I need to be. This process is automatic. Change ). 'Cause I'm not just a pretty girl [Verse 1] I'm more than just a picture I'm a daughter and a sister Sometimes it's hard for me to show That I'm more than just a rumor Or a song on your computer Cute bunny ears are a plus. The west coast fandom became fans not of anthropomorphic animals per se, but of themselves as they established a sort of furry party culture where the point is not the exact theme, but having an excuse to meet other like-minded people and a common code that says "here we're all weird, so you can be too". Not all that long ago we all saw a news report about a parade of people claiming to be "reincarnated" Na'Vi from the movie "Avatar." We are this way on the inside, and we are not afraid to put our inside image on the outside for the world to see. ❤. Other commenters here have already corroborated my observations, so, I'm not sure what you are upset about. Full furry costumes, or fursuits, were virtually non-existent in the 80s and didn't really take off in numbers until the mid-90s. 7:32 pm, Annette Durette You seem to want folks to listen. Similarly, people assume that an interest in anthropomorphic animal characters is akin to an "animal fetish" or sexual attraction to animals—something that, again, is not borne out by the data, which show that furries are no more likely to be sexually attracted to animals than the general population. "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); At least she’s in the driver’s seat of the (normal height) pickup truck. And found someting I did not suck at drawing. It's not that more or less people are into/not into fetishizing furry. My point was that it exists. //]]>. ********** Nowadays the tables have turned: it's the hidden east-coast furries that came to retain the weirdness and the fetishism because they're still in hiding online in their small more or less closed communities. And when you get some recognition  they will be like “She got that Coz she is pretty”. That takes a big person to admit they are wrong, Fuzzy. I have told them it is just a hobby. I'm just out to find The better part of me I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane I'm more than some pretty face beside a train It's not easy to be me I wish that I could cry Fall upon my knees Find a way to lie 'Bout a home I'll never see It may sound absurd but don't be naïve Even heroes have the right to bleed Trigger 2:30 pm. It's nothing new. They maintain the asylum for the the sexual deviants as the more public west-coast furries have cleaned their act up in face of public pressure. It was okay, but nothing to go bananas about. Perhaps that's a skewed sample, but I'm a very sexually-overt person. I kind of agree with that “lost Country classic” tag… This sort of reminds me of the type of sappy, empty-headed fluff that early Buck Owens used to sing before he started doing stuff like “Big in Vegas.” This would fit right in with “Hello Trouble” and “Let’s Stop Kicking our Hearts Around.” both melodically and sonically. Not just a pretty face. Facing people. While many people simply "grow out" of that interest, some people retain a lifelong fascination with it—in the same way that some people continue to love Star Wars or model trains well into their adulthood. Your beautiful inside. I know, I know, we’re supposed to just let the image go and hone in on the music, but I at least wish she would wear things that people actually wear in daily life, instead of trying to look like a magazine ad. Love this one! 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Would anyone ever dream of lambasting Loretta Lynn or Dolly Parton or any of the other myriad country songwriting trailblazers for the way they chose to sing their own songs when introducing them to the world? Sex is not wrong but sadly Americans are so prudish and demonize sex. Nice song. She's--not--just a pretty face She's--got--everything it takes She has a fashion line--a journalist for "Time" Coaches a football team She's a geologist--a romance novelist She is a mother of three She is a soldier--she is a wife She is a surgeon--she'll save your life [Chorus:] She's--not--just a pretty face She's--got--everything it takes BRAVO!!! Often at times, we have to teach people how to treat us. That’s just, well, lazy. Where can people read more about your research and where can they find more accurate information about the furry fandom? The support in the community is just overwhelming, and even a peek into the online side of things is an escape. I struggle to find a time in my life where meeting and getting to know people wasn’t one of my very favourite things to do. Free to be who you are. Not "G" rated at all. May 12, 2016 @ You apparently have done it before. They  don’t believe in you. May 11, 2016 @ It led me to yours. You only listened to one song, then proceeded to tear the artist apart. Couple this with the fandom's strong progressive/liberal orientation, and you end up with a community where LGBTQ members feel welcome and where people who may have been unwilling to consider non-heterosexual or non-traditional gender identities feel welcome "testing the water" when it comes to expressing these aspects of themselves.Q: You have been doing a lot of research and publishing on furries.