Wanted: your most embarrassing Furry Trash for a “Mortified” style article.
by Patch O'Furr
Do you know John Waters? He’s “the Pope of Trash” – a movie maker, author, performer and beloved icon of freaks everywhere. In the 1970’s, his no-budget, LSD-infused comedy took John and his cast into Midnight Movie superstardom and beyond. In 2013, at a stage show, I got him to talk about furries to the audience. My article about it mentioned giving him an invitation to San Francisco’s legendary Frolic fur dance.
This week, that got attention from another creative force, the organizers of Mortified. They were looking for help to invite John to a project. They reached out to Dogpatch Press and I was happy to hook them up with info. I wanted to help (with furry hugs on top) when I saw what they do:
“Mortified celebrates stories revealed through the strange and extraordinary things we created as kids.
Witness adults sharing their most embarrassing childhood artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, plays, home movies, art) with others, in order to reveal stories about their lives. Hear grown men and women confront their past with tales of their first kiss, first puff, worst prom, fights with mom, life at bible camp, worst hand job, best mall job, and reasons they deserved to marry Jon Bon Jovi.”
I’ll bet that might strike a chord with some furry fans. Do you have an old Livejournal you cringe about? RP chat logs? A horrible Durrsuit? A story about wanting to marry Robin Hood? Would you share some of it, if we promise to be nice about it or keep it anonymous if you ask?
