Re: gender=/=kintypes, I realize this was directed largely at anti-kin, and so I don’t blame you for not mentioning it, but there are times when your kintypes can affect your gender. Especially if said kintype is a noncorporeal/alien one, or a fictotype with a gender different than yours. Just worth mentioning, no t that Im necessarily suggesting you add it to the post.

There absolutely are times when gender can be influenced by your kinself/kintypes. I would say part of the reason I’m a transman is probably my…

Hi um! I appreciate your kin ≠ gender post, but the line about gender being “visible at all times” really rubs me wrong. For example: a stranger would probably assume I’m a cis girl. I’m agender; it’s not visible. The statement just feels really exclusive of people who can’t (or don’t want to) present in a manner that ‘matches’ their gender. Am I misinterpreting it?? Thank you.

Sounds like I phrased it a little bit poorly! When I wrote ‘visible at all times’ what I meant was that people are evaluating and…

inexplicablehanyou: “I have IDs but I’m not otherkin, otherkin are racist and bad!!”  translation: I think you can pick your kintypes. My hobbies include lying…

trashcats-palace: liongoatsnake: who-is-page: xuratotheokamii: Fictionkin are to otherkin like Mormonism is to religion (but at least religion has done the world good) Except for the…

trashcats-palace: liongoatsnake: who-is-page: xuratotheokamii: Fictionkin are to otherkin like Mormonism is to religion (but at least religion has done the world good) Except for the…

In case it isn’t obvious @smegmakin is not a real otherkin. They are a troll/anti-kin/parody account. Posting this because anti-kin always seem confused by parody/fake…

who-is-page: I have to wonder how the ‘hearted community feels when it comes to being told by some c’linkers out there that their community is pointless…

Hello, sorry if this is a bother, but could you talk about or direct me to anyone talking about “copinglink”? I think I understand what it means, but am not sure I quite get it. I did a Google search and a Tumblr search, but came up with 2 posts, which were both angry sounding posts and didn’t actually mention what copinglink was, just that it exists. :( I’m all for new terms to describe things, esp because “kin” has been twisted so much lately by others.

Copinglink is a very new term. I’m pretty sure it’s meant to replace copingkin? @inexplicablehanyou can probably explain better than I can.

geostigmata: I really, really hate when people use their kin identities to spite others. Harassing non-kin fans with your memories and headcanons, screaming that they’re…

inexplicablehanyou: @ that post regarding other/fictionhearted and copinglink being “ableist” I definitely didn’t appreciate the implication that there’s some secret link between kintypes and mental illness,…

In case it isn’t obvious @kiwi-chan-kin is not a real otherkin. They are a troll/anti-kin/parody account. Posting this because anti-kin always seem confused by parody/fake…

inexplicablehanyou: So, it’s been noted before that as the kin communities moved onto tumblr, the language to describe certain things has been left behind a…

inexplicablehanyou: lmao, yeah, there’s no need at all for words like other/fictionhearted or copinglink, oh no, can’t be, those were just made up by evil neurotypicals…

who-is-page: epochryphal: lmao the idea that “preserving the definition of a word” aka linguistic prescriptivism aka gatekeeping, isnnnnn’t quiiiite respectability politics and is tooootally unobjectionableeee,…

inexplicablehanyou: fromfiction: inexplicablehanyou: epochryphal: lmao the idea that “preserving the definition of a word” aka linguistic prescriptivism aka gatekeeping, isnnnnn’t quiiiite respectability politics and is…

inexplicablehanyou: epochryphal: lmao the idea that “preserving the definition of a word” aka linguistic prescriptivism aka gatekeeping, isnnnnn’t quiiiite respectability politics and is tooootally unobjectionableeee,…

In case it isn’t obvious @captainbiscuitkin is not a real otherkin. They are a troll/anti-kin/parody account.  Posting this because anti-kin always seem confused by parody/fake…

The thing is, otherkin/fictionkin stuff keeps getting mixed up with mental health issues and sexuality, gender and identity politics, and it… really has nothing to…

slothjusticewarrior: Okay, can we just get something straight? You can’t choose your gosh darn kintypes. Ooh!! Edgy!! I know, my friend, but before you mutter…

frameacloud: Being in the otherkin community for a long time is sort of like birdwatching, really. Like, “Oh, you know, I saw someone who identified as…