We lost a lot of good talent because of creepiness in those days. I miss those days when you got your art fix from Furrlough or Yerf and Elfwood

You are probably going to see a lot of those in the coming weeks, as I move more of the old Yerf jokes and art jams here. A lot of artists we ejoyed that no longer participate.

It's been a nice trip down nostalgia lane for me already.

What does it want? Food? Attention? Walkies?

After nearly two decades, I have no memory of what it was. Probably some sort of request to join in to pranking another artist on yerf. as pranking each other was something we did a lot of, for fun, back then.

(* sigh *)
These days, some folks will break out in tears, and some will lawyer up...

Man, that's always a sad thing.

Ahhh, Nami Jarrett. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a while...
But you can only get called a nazi so many times before you make sure the door doesn't hit your rear on the way out.

Pretty much, though I think some people were creeping on her as well.

Yeah, and I have a pretty good idea WHO was creeping on her...names will be withheld to protect the innocent.

Yeah, it's too bad we lost her. She had some real talent.

What's this nazi thing? She was more ruski than germi

I don't remember things clearly but it may have had something to do with the "Burned Furs" or some such.

Why was Jarrett called a nazi? Therein lies a tale...

The mid-to-late nineties was the intersection of two unfortunate points in furry history: the height of the alt-lifestyle creepiness and the fact that the media was starting to notice the community. A handful of writers, artists, critics and demagogues (including myself and Ms. Jarrett) who saw the direction the fandom was going in and didn't like it banded together and basically said "Yo, we're not telling you how to live your life, but your antics are damaging the community you claim to be a part of. Don't you think you could rein it in?" Of course, how DARE we ask the furry fandom to show some self-restraint, so the lot of us were called everything from homophobes to (you guessed it) Nazis, with a follow up of 'If you don't like it, you can leave!'

Neither Ms Jarrett or myself liked it, so we left.

And now 'furry' is listed on multiple dating sites as a sex fetish.

Interesting. And unfortunate.
You've stuck it out, you're here.

Red just up and vanished entirely and utterly. Also she probably did what she could to disassociate her professional image and her illustration/commission image, which required (for her) a total disassociation. Not only the asshats from within, but the close minded world outside who get a whif of someone being 'furry' and turning on them like rabid dogs (which happened to me - 15 year career washed down the shitter).

pretty much. I limited, and still limit my contact somewhat for professional reasons, especially after the Steve Martin Interview at Warner's Animation, which alerted the industry to Furry, and "Quozl" Faulk's creeping on Bab;'s Bunny's Voice Actress. Then animation staff would cruise the internet looking for visual road kill, for shits and giggles around the studio, and sending anything actionable up to Corporate Legal to stomp on. I worked in a game Studio at the time and among my fellow artists, "trolling Furries" for the Lulz" was a common after work pass time.

Well, sex will always be a big part of the furry world, and the word "creepy" is highly perspective-oriented. Everyone has their own comfort levels.
On the other hand, baselessly making accusations because you see things differently, like calling someone a nazi as indicated in the comments, is inexcusable.
Also, enthusiastic Jaggiri FTW.

Thanks to everyone for the info on what happened to Nami Jarett. I got my very first commissions from her back in 1998 and always wondered what happened to her. She did wonderful wing and feather detail.