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schmericaI don't really find the "why do lesbians dig m/m slash, anyway?" discussions all that interesting anymore -- like most slash discussions, it seems to have lots of interesting theories but basically come down to "why are people turned on by what turns them on?" which, really, strikes me as a question that doesn't need an answer -- but it struck on this last go-round that, hey. No one ever asks about the straight girls who write/dig femslash, eh?
I imagine this is possibly a combination of several things:
a) That femslash tends to be under-represented or -cared-for or -considered in slash fandom in general.
b) That there aren't that many of us (and possibly an assumption of queerness goes along with the writing of f/f, though I'm not really confident on that point. At any rate, straightness is not necessarily something immediately apparent, especially since slash fandom tends to be a very queer-seeming place, at least in the circles I'm most familiar with).
On a completely different note, my dad and brother left yesterday for their week at the national trapper's convention. I love them both dearly, but the week every year when they're gone? It's like vacation, man. Yaaaaay.
I imagine this is possibly a combination of several things:
a) That femslash tends to be under-represented or -cared-for or -considered in slash fandom in general.
b) That there aren't that many of us (and possibly an assumption of queerness goes along with the writing of f/f, though I'm not really confident on that point. At any rate, straightness is not necessarily something immediately apparent, especially since slash fandom tends to be a very queer-seeming place, at least in the circles I'm most familiar with).
On a completely different note, my dad and brother left yesterday for their week at the national trapper's convention. I love them both dearly, but the week every year when they're gone? It's like vacation, man. Yaaaaay.
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10/8/04 06:04 (UTC)I don't really find the "why do lesbians dig m/m slash, anyway?"
As a "complete dyke except I was once married", I often get tired of defending my m/m slash. I write f/f as well, and, based upon what little feedback I've gotten on it, people so assume queerness if I'm writing femmeslash. But I write het too. For me, it's not about the gender of the characters in question, it's about the chemistry. Hence, my writing of all nature of fic. I've even written a threesome (m/m/f).
Oh, and the "little feedback" comment was not a dig at fandom, it was merely an observation. I'd guess that my m/m feedback gets easily tem times the feedback my f/f fic gets. (Of course, I write pairings that are less likely to get attention in f/f, and usually in m/m.) It just seems like there aren't as many readers out there for it.
On the A) side of it: I don't think that the fact that there are fewer strong women in shows out there should be overlooked either. I am thrilled to see all the femmeslash coming out of Buffy, for canon and non-canon pairings. There are a lot of fandoms where they just are not any female characters at all, or there are really only one main character. Of course, that is where the crossover comes in. And, I'm not a Stargate fan, but from what I understand, there is a decent amount of SG1 femmeslash. I've even read some of it. Because, hey, it's not like I can overlook ANY femmeslash when I find it!
and possibly an assumption of queerness goes along with the writing of f/f, though I'm not really confident on that point.
Yes, I think that most people assume queerness when they see f/f fic. I'm not clear on the thought process behind it though.
And B): I do think that fandom tends to be a very queer-seeming place in general. I also think that people feel a little safer being open about being bi or queer. That is, when you are talking to people that you KNOW are accepting enough to write m/m or f/f fic, even if you know there are straight, then you feel safer being open at your sexuality. I know I do. There seems to be less of a chance of being judged.
(And, yes, I am agonizing over which f/f icon to use!)