Fred Patten and Furries in FLAUNT fashion magazine
by Patch O'Furr
Historian and “elder statesman” of Furry fandom, Fred Patten, was recently asked to contribute to a high-end magazine: FLAUNT. They’re “an international award-winning arts and culture publication based in Los Angeles.” The editor’s request was for “a feature on cat people/cat culture for our upcoming NINE LIVES Issue.”
Fred sent me the below piece, adding a personal note –
I had hoped that it would contain more material about furry fandom, considering all of the material that I sent them. But considering that FLAUNT is primarily a fashion magazine, it’s probably lucky that we got as much attention as we did.
If you got it, FLAUNT it!
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