Not always. For me it’s performance art that I do in my private time to handle life at home better. Its not to feel special, its to draw bravery to do things as an anxious person highly avoidant of mamy activities.

I love seeing a badass, graceful, reaslistic animal costume so I am a furry in that way.

Genuinely asking, what’s the harm in having both animal spirits and being a furry? Btw, I do not connect mine with an Indigenous culture, but I’ve met an Indigenous person who has. That’s what made me think to add that last sentence to my question in the title.

What about chakras? I thought that was Indian, so someone please potentially de-orientalise my understanding of chakras. I did notice them tattooed on the arm of someone indigenous to America. This is why I wish more people would be open about their complaints of appropriated pieces of their culture. She told me about her tattoos but never got to the fact that chakras are her culture’s.