Category:Media

This is a category for mentions of otherkin, therians, or vampires in the media.

To Be Written

Newspapers

• Elven Like Me by Nick Mamatas in The Village Voice [1]
• Forty-Foot Winged Reptiles Need Your Love, Too by Baxil in The Daily Nexus [2]
• Entry Level: Otherkin by Karl McDonald in TotallyDublin [3]
• Furries Have Feelings Too by Eihleen Stahl in The Michigan Daily [4]
• “‘Ibland får jag lust att yla som en varg’ (‘Sometimes I get the urge to howl like a wolf’),” by Thomas Lerner in Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish) [5]
• “My name is Isaac and Dragon: The people who only look like humans" by Alma Gore in Israeli Maariv
• “Get furry: Aggies unleash their animalistic nature.” by Sonia Moghe in The Battallion [6]
• “A Quest for Dragons." by Randy Salas in The Minneapolis Star Tribune [7]

• Otherkin Remove Masks for Halloween by Sarah Fitzgerald in Metro Vancouver [8]

• Amanda Greene, “In the movies, elves—like rats—usually get the raw end of the deal.” Star-News. [9]

Magazines

• The Internet Goes Mythic by Cara Destai in Fate Magazine [10]
• “Otherkin – dziwactwo czy fantastyczny sposób na życie? (Otherkin – a quirk, or a fantastic way to live?),” by Ewelina Czarnecka in We-Dwoje. [11]
• “Dragons & faeries & gnomes oh my! The fascinating world of otherkin,” by Michelle Belanger in PagaNet News [12]
• “Elven Group Dynamics and Bonding Ritual.” by The Silver Elves in Circle News Network
• Kinships - magazine by and for otherkin - 1999 to 2002, Pentagram Comix/Angelic Press. Katrina Joyner, Rick Silva.
• The Forest Voice - Tsu - 2011-?

Newsletters

• They Suck by Maureen Hennessey in After Dark (Coast to Coast AM Newsletter) October 2005.

• Interview with Sanguinarius in Vampire Church Newsletter [13]

Journals

• “Ο Μαγικός Κόσμος των Otherkins (Οtherkins- Oι'Ανθρωποι Δίχως Ανθρώπινη Ψυχή!) (The magical world of the otherkin [Otherkin: the

people with a non-human soul!]),” by Βάγια Ψευτάκη in Mystery

• Fortean Times. Vol. 283. [14]

Academic Articles

• Laycock, Joseph. We Are Spirits of Another Sort: Ontological Rebellion and Religious Dimensions of the Otherkin Community. Nova Religio - The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. Vol. 15, No. 3 (February 2012), pp. 65-90.

New Media

• Teens Admit to Trolling Tumblr: JK, There’s No Such Thing as Transethnic Autistic Pangender Asexual Demiromantic Otherkin by Nitasha Tiku on BetaBeat
• From Otherkin to Transethnicity: Your Field Guide to the Weird World of Tumblr Identity Politics by Max Read on Gawker
• “Otherkin and the Pagan community,” by Lupa on WitchVox
• Peck, Jamie. “‘Honey, I think I’m a cat.’” 2013-01-22. The Gloss. [15]

Television

• Strange Creatures: Monsters' Ball: Werewolf Transformation on The Discovery Channel (http://science.discovery.com/video-topics/strange-creatures/monsters-ball-werewolf-transformation.htm)
• The Real Wolfman on The History Channel (http://www.history.com/videos/special-the-real-wolfman#special-the-real-wolfman)
• Animal Imitators on TLC (http://www.factualtv.com/videos/animal-imitators/1)
• Weird, True, and Freaky: Humanimals on Animal Planet (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1370125/)
• Mad Mad House on Sci-Fi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Mad_House)
• The Secret Life of Vampires (A&E, 2005)
• Vampire Secrets (History Channel, 2006)
• Hannity's America: "Night Neighbors" (Fox News, 2008)
• Paranormal State (A&E)
• Twilight Weekly:Spotlight (Reelz Channel, 2009) One episode.
• Outsiders on Sweden's Channel 5. One episode. [16]
• Teenage vampires.” November 1, 2011. Channel 4 Press. (http://www.channel4.com/info/press/programme-information/teenage-vampires)

• WETV's Secret Lives of Women - The Occult - 2008

• History Channel's Monster Quest (S2, E11) - Vampires in America - 2007

• National Geographic - Taboo: Blood Rites (2004)

• National Geographic - Taboo: Blood Buzz

Film

• Vampyres (Avalanche Productions, 2007)

Books

• "From Pulp Fiction to Revealed Text: A Study of the Role of the Text in the Otherkin Community" by Danielle Kirby in Exploring Religion And The Sacred in A Media Age
• "New Religions and The Internet: Recruiting in A New Public Space" by Lorne Dawson and Jenna Hennebry in Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet
• Adler, Margot. Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers and Other Pagans in America Today. New York: Beacon, 1986.
• Belanger, Michelle. The Psychic Vampire Codex: A Manual of Magick and Energy Work. York Beach, ME: Weiser, 2004.
• Belanger, Michelle. Vampires In Their Own Words.
• Bibeau, Paul. Sundays with Vlad. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2007.
• Cohen, Daniel. Werewolves. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1996.
• Coudray, Chantal Bourgault du. The Curse of the Werewolf: Fantasy, Horror, and the Beast Within. London: I. B. Tauris, 2006.
• Courau, Laurent. Vampyres: When Reality Goes Beyond Fiction by
• Ellwood, Taylor, ed. Magick on the Edge: An Anthology of Experimental Occultism. Stafford, England: Megalithica Books, 2007.
• Faileas. Walking in Twilight. Lulu, 2007.
• Fortune, Dion. Psychic Self-Defense: A Study in Occult Pathology and Criminality. London: Rider & Co., 1930.
• Godfrey, Linda S. Hunting the American Werewolf. Madison, WI: Trails Media Group, 2006.
• Godfrey, Linda S. Werewolves. New York: Chelsea House, 2008.
• Greene, Rosalyn. The Magic of Shapeshifting.
• Laycock, Joseph. Vampires Today: The Truth about Modern Vampirism. New York: Praeger, 2009.
• Lupa. Fang and Fur, Blood and Bone: A Primal Guide to Animal Magic. Stafford, England:
• Lupa. Shifting, Shamanism and Therianthropy: Magical Techniques For Your Therioside. Lulu, 2007.
• Lupa. The Lupa Liturgy. Lulu, 2007.
• Lupus, Ebon. Poems of the Wolf. Lulu, 2006.
• Noctis, Natassja. The Therian Bible. Lulu, 2006.
• Parsons, Zack. Your Next-Door Neighbor is a Dragon. New York: Citadel, 2009.
• Polson, Willow. The Veil’s Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic. New York: Citadel Press, 2003.
• Rushkoff, Douglas. Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.
• Russo, Arlene. Vampire Nation.
• Silver Elves, the. The Book of Elven Runes: A Passage into Faerie. Sebastopol, CA: Silver Elves Publications, 2001.
• Silver Elves, the. The Magical Elven Love Letters Vol. 1. Sebastopol, CA: Silver Elves Publications,

2001.

• Silver Elves, the. The Magical Elven Love Letters Vol. 2.
• Silver Elves, the. Through The Mists of Faery: A Magical Guide To The Wisdom Teachings Of The Ancient Elven.
• Silver Elves, the. The Elven Book of Changes: A magical interpretation of the I Ching.
• Silver Elves, the. The Elven Book of Powers: Using the Tarot for magical wish fulfillment.
• Silver Elves, the. The Elven Book of Dreams: A magical oracle of Faerie.
• Silver Elves, the. The Book of Elven Magic: The philosophy and enchantments of the Seelie Elves.
• Silver Elves, the. What an Elf would do: A magical guide to the manners and etiquette of the Faerie Folk.
• Silver Elves, the. Arvyndase (Silverspeech): A short course in the magical language of the Silver Elves.
• Silver Elves, the. Caressed by an Elfin Breeze: The poems of Zardoa Silverstar.
• Silver Elves, the. Eldafaryn: True tales of magic from the lives of the Silver Elves.
• Silver Elves, the. Magic Talks: Being a correspondence between the Silver Elves and the founders of the Elf Queen’s Daughters.
• Steiger, Brad. The werewolf book: The encyclopedia of shape-shifting beings. Visible Ink Press, 1999.
• Van Houten, Sebastiaan. The Vampyre Almanac 2006. Lulu.com, 2006.
• Virtue, Doreen. Realms of the Earth Angels: More Information for Incarnated Angels, Elementals,

Wizards, and Other Lightworkers. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2007.

• Wicker, Christine. Not in Kansas Anymore: a Curious Tale of How Magic is Transforming America.

New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2005.

• Wilkinson, Roy. Are You a Unicorn? The Mission and Meaning of Unicorns. Kaysville, UT:

Unicorns United, 1998.

• Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon. Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page, 2004.