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Regarding Paw Day/Paw week
6 years ago
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I was talking with some friends earlier this week about Paw Day. There was some confusion between that and somebody's idea to draw a paw print on your hand today, (May 25th), to help other Furries find you. (This seemed like a bad idea to me as it might also help people who were hostile to Furry find you. But that's a different issue.) I'm sure that Paw Day was originally May 20th, because I made a note at the time of the original proposal for Paw Day. But the Furry who proposed it didn't say what it was for exactly, (although it was used that year as an excuse to post paw fetish art), or whether it was supposed to be on a certain day on a certain week in May, (the way Mothers Day is always the second Sunday in May), or on May 20th no matter what day it was,. Nor did he say if it was meant to be perpetual or just for that one year.
My friends and I discussed the matter at length. We even came up with ideas for a Paw Week and to declare May "Furry Month." (We abandoned the latter idea.) We did agree that Paw Day was May 20th. Then, somehow, I ended up in charge of reviving the day.
A quick search on FA seemed to show that Paw Day never really took off, but it didn't entirely die, either. I think it started in 2011 or 2012, as those are the oldest references I found. But it's always been May 20th. So let's make that official, (or what passes for "official" in Furry.)
Well, you'll all either pick this up and run with it or you won't.
May 20th will now and forever be Paw Day! Its purpose will be to celebrate paws in all their wonder, (including, but not limited to, paw fetishes.)
Paw Week will be the Sunday through Saturday in which May 20th falls. Its purpose is to celebrate Furry in general and paws in particular and to help bring local Furries together.
Paw Week 2020 will start on May 17th and end on May 23rd.
Celebrate these occasions in friendship, with a positive attitude and otherwise in whatever way you see fit. Please pass this information on if you like the idea.
And stay tuned for a discussion of the Furrinalia! (Please Google it before starting the inevitable drama-fest.)
-- Dee
My friends and I discussed the matter at length. We even came up with ideas for a Paw Week and to declare May "Furry Month." (We abandoned the latter idea.) We did agree that Paw Day was May 20th. Then, somehow, I ended up in charge of reviving the day.
A quick search on FA seemed to show that Paw Day never really took off, but it didn't entirely die, either. I think it started in 2011 or 2012, as those are the oldest references I found. But it's always been May 20th. So let's make that official, (or what passes for "official" in Furry.)
Well, you'll all either pick this up and run with it or you won't.
May 20th will now and forever be Paw Day! Its purpose will be to celebrate paws in all their wonder, (including, but not limited to, paw fetishes.)
Paw Week will be the Sunday through Saturday in which May 20th falls. Its purpose is to celebrate Furry in general and paws in particular and to help bring local Furries together.
Paw Week 2020 will start on May 17th and end on May 23rd.
Celebrate these occasions in friendship, with a positive attitude and otherwise in whatever way you see fit. Please pass this information on if you like the idea.
And stay tuned for a discussion of the Furrinalia! (Please Google it before starting the inevitable drama-fest.)
-- Dee
