Media inspirations, influences, and resources
Creativity never happens in a vaccuum. The postfurry community is endlessly creative, but it would never had existed without the other things that inspire and influence its creators. From avant-garde sci-fi to silly cartoon nostalgia, we always love to hear about and share books, music and shows with a Postfurry sense of the fantastic, visionary, and humane.
None of these items are "required reading;" likely no one has experienced all of the media here, and it may not all appeal to everyone. But each of these entries had, or could have, something to contribute to the creativity of one or more postfurries, in terms of their asthetics, philosophies, tropes, or themes.
These lists are meant to be ever-expanding, and added to by anyone. If it inspired you, and you're in the postfurry community, it belongs here. You can put a short blurb on this page (280 characters is a good guideline), or create a whole article to write a full-length review.
Books - Fiction
- Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone - A 20th century tech mogul is catapulted into a weird future, and finds out whether or not her prized business skills are a good fit there. Full review by Indi on Goodreads
Books - Non-fiction
- TechGnosis by Erik Davis - A rambling, hypertextual guide to the hidden spirituality behind and within technology
- Laboria Cuboniks Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation : This manifesto written by a pseudonymous feminist collective shares a number concepts with Postfurry as well. This text is a bit dense and other content here will hopefully be able to explain some of the concepts.
- Donna Haraway A Manifesto for Cyborgs : The precursor to the Xenofeminism Manifesto. One of the first pieces discussing posthuman feminism.
- Jean Baudrillard Simulacra and Simulation: The true inspiration for the The Matrix. Explaining that our reality is already a simulation of the real.
- Murray Bookchin Post-Scarcity Anarchism: Post Scarcity is a concept that shows up often in Postfurry works. This text from 1986 talks about the politics behind it.
Comics and Graphic Novels
- The Invisibles by Grant Morrison, Phil Jiminez, Jill Thompson, et al. - Freedom fighters for reality itself, in a drug-fueled aventure through different times and universes. Dated and problematic at points by a 2020s perspective, but still hugely influential for early Postfurry.
Games - Computer/Console
- Outer Wilds - Explore a tiny solar system that's in turns adorable, beautiful, and terrifying, as you seek to understand the time-looped supernova that keeps destroying it.
