402 Headpats Reyquired @rey@vulpine.club

New year, new #introductions post...

Hi, I'm Rey, a polyamorous, postfurry, queer as fuck, non-binary trans catgirl and nascent fox. I share my path with @ezricatte and @tastymochafox but tbh I'm a slut who dates a whole bunch of people. I'm probably dating you, somewhere in time.

I am an engineer, the sort who makes embedded hardware do cool things. I was the founder and admin of vulpine.club, until my foxgirl transformation was complete at the end of 2018.

I am in Rochester, NY mostly, Boston regularly, Seattle occasionally, and perhaps NYC and Toronto once in awhile.

I am made of love. It's stronger than you. Says so on the label.

Hey #VulpineClub,

This is my last message as an admin of vulpine.club.

It began as a weekend project, something cool to play with, to fill up time between jobs.

Then others showed up. And we became friends. And we became a community.

We built a decidedly queer space, atop radical acceptance and boundaries and consent and respect and love.

What started as a novelty became a safe space, a judgement-free place for self-exploration, for myself and for so many others.

This was the first community where I was Rey, 100% of the time. This was the first community where I've felt *normal* for being into the things I'm into, for loving folks like I do, for being _me_.

But at some point, it began to feel like v.c was usurping my identity. Being "Rey, the Vulpine Club admin" became awkward and uncomfortable. This isn't who I *am*... I am so much more.

I've also struggled with the conflict between having responsibility for the safety of this community, and being in personal intimate relationships with a substantial part of it.

So, I figure it's time to turn in my badge and pun, and leave things in the paws of the best admins, mods, and friends I could leave y'all with: Sariya and Clara.

I love you all. You are such beautiful and amazing critters. Thank you for being here with me <3

P.S. I'll still be around, you betcha

An official statement of response to the gentleman's concerns is attached.

@mwlucas a policy I should make explicit: if I boost something and it brings shitheads to your yard, please let me know so that I can block them too

This, of course, got me down the path of Robert Bork and his instrumental role in the Nixon meltdown and Reagan's Supreme Court legacy

"What do I want... beef or pork..."

"Peef!"

*groans*

"... or bork."

the Kinsey scale, but for toasting

wait

we have that

thinking about Zambonis