Yeah... that's what I've always thought. We probably won't get much in our own lifetimes, but it's worth it so future generations don't have to suffer.

I can't believe that anyone would think that we get respect by being silent. As long as we show that we are afraid to speak too loud, people know they can manipulate us.

It really frustrates me how the therian and otherkin communities always seem so self-hating... "oh, don't worry, we don't want anything big." "We don't need otherkin pride, that's a silly idea." "We're not oppressed! (And if you say you are, we'll hurt you!)" "Oh, one person was raped because they were otherkin? Well, I'm sure it's just a one-off thing..." Like we're too frightened to say, "hey, we matter! You can't just kick us and walk away, we're going to defend our selves!"

We talk like second class citizens, bowing our heads to every other group and acting like we don't need any help, trying to be the "model weird people" so that no one can get offended by us. When I was on Tumblr, I worked really hard to try to change that. I'm too tired to do it for ever, but I hope that everything I did, and everything I do in the future in different places, will start to change the flow of things.

To make people realise they're allow to speak for their selves. That's all I wanted.