About Akhila
I am a French guy in my mid-twenties, and I'm the writer behind most of the articles on this website. I live in Paris, grew up near the Mediterranean sea, and I learned English at school (Spanish as well, though I forgot most of it). You'll find a bunch of misspells and errors in my grammar, even though I do my best to avoid this.
Here are some stuff to know if you want to try and understand me. I'm a nice and quiet person until one steps on my toes. I am honest and sometimes pretty blunt. I am will-powered, territorial and proud. I also am more of a loner but I enjoy sane and mature discussions with interesting individuals. I'm into (a non-exhaustive list in no particular order) linguistics, mythology, non-fluffy spirituality, sociology and anthropology, webdesign, books, travelling, dream exploration and art (anthropomorphic, non-anthro illustration, photogaphy, calligraphy). In my spare time I like writing, drawing and hanging out with the heart-family that I've met and got to know over the past years.
I'm trans (-gender/-sexual/-gressor), I use male pronouns, I take testosterone, I have a masculine chest and I've lived fully as "male" for several years. When asked though, I identify much more with something "other" than a purely male ideal. I can easily talk about my transition; I can just as easily send you packing as you don't have to know about my private life just because you want to hear about trans stuff. If you say sexist, homophobic, transphobic and other stupid comments, I'll be merciless.
I am both skeptical and spiritual. I incorporate in my beliefs system what is rational or what I must admit by experience. A lack of tolerance annoys me as much as a lack of critical thinking. I don't believe in gods the way people do. I hold strong ties with Jaguar. I identify as a Mediterranean person and I relate the most to the Greek pantheon. My beliefs are quite distinct from my identity as a trans and animal person, and ultimately they're my own business, so it's rarely up for people to discuss.
I'm an animal-person. I believe that my identity is other than only human. My inner self is a combination of clouded leopard and raven. Every side is an integrated part of me, they are not distinct entities living in my head. If you're here you probably already know what a therianthrope is, but if it's not the case you'll find more information in the Echoes section. Animal people aren't all the same. Chances are that we think differently - deal with it.
There used to be a shoutbox on this site, but I took it down eventually. I appreciate the nice comments some of you people took the time to write, however I was getting a lot of junk through it and I figured if you want to get a hold of me, you can use my e-mail address instead. Just please don't contact me to ask "how to tell if ur a therianthrope?", I've got enough of these.
You don't have to ask me if you want to link to Thébaïde from another website, and it's perfectly legal to quote my writings. Just give the source and be reasonable; I've had someone using whole paragraphs from my work in one of their writings as their introduction, conclusion and several bits of content - with no quotation marks and refusing to take that down. The best I could obtain was quotations marks, my name at the bottom, and last time I checked it didn't link appropriately to my URL. The sad thing is that this person did ask permission "to use my work", it just wasn't proper use.
Quote to show a point, as an example or something, but do not quote instead of writing your own content, that's not appropriate use (and also fucking rude regarding the efforts the original author put into this). One last thing: if you want to mention my stuff in your research paper or such, please contact me first, I've rarely said "no" to anyone but I want to know in which context my property appears. :) As a fellow in the research field, I also want to see your final work afterwards please. That's nice and professional.
~Akhila
August 2004