I guess it's like her cutting in some respects, overlooked for what it is in part due to her being Corky?
She's certainly one of the only cutters I've ever felt sorry for, not because of the self-pitying pictures in which she presents this attention-seeking activity, but because I really don't want her to accidentally clip an artery and die. Then again, that's a part of it, isn't it? Hmm... protective of a boring, needy girl I've never met and never will... I think it comes back round to what Corky represents, rather than her actualitee: the youthful, interested, arty girl who doesn't actually exist... and a large part of it is wishing girls could be this way.
Isn't furry like these girls who wear Playboy TM accessories? A way of saying "I'm not scared of sex me, oh no..." when actually furries are mortified by the physicality of penetration, a large part due to hang-ups about themselves? "I couldn't fuck the object of my desire, but my character could" sort of thing?