Phil” and “The Tyra Banks Show,” focused on the kinky aspect of the community - in short, that many of its adherents find the suits a huge turn-on. The initial public portrayal of furries, in everything from a Vanity Fair article to an episode of “CSI” to appearances on “Dr. Many of those in the “furry fandom” enjoy dressing up in animal suits and attending conventions, the biggest of which is the annual Anthrocon in Pittsburgh in late June, where more than 6,000 furries convene. “The only definition that I feel like everybody more or less agrees on, as a community, is that it’s anybody who is fascinated by anthropomorphic animals,” explains Rodriguez. So what, exactly, is a furry, according to someone on the inside? Misconceptions and vilifications, many of which are addressed in the film, abound. I could just put it on and get, though.”įurries, as they are known, have been the subject of much eyebrow-raising since the community came into the spotlight in the 1990s.
“The suit is so beautiful, it’s so much better than I thought it would be, I don’t want to mess it up. “When I imagined getting a suit, I thought it would be something I would want to do,” says Dominic Rodriguez, director of a new documentary on the “furry” subculture - and a member himself. No, he doesn’t have sex in the wolf suit.
