Interesting Article and Discussion about Slash

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Do any of you read The Mary Sue? It's a website with a feminist perspective on fandom.

They posted this interesting article yesterday, On the Fetishization of Gay Men by Women in the Slash Community. But what was really great was the comment section--some really interesting, thoughtful discussions of slash by all sorts of fans. (In which I participated. Don't hate me!)

Comments

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But the criticism in that thread about one half of the m/m slash pairing getting overly feminized has more than a grain of truth in it.

Yes. I avoid those, but they seem to have an audience. To each his or her own, I guess.

"Badfic" is so subjective. I learned long ago that my tastes are not the same as everyone's. My favorite thing to read is SGA John/Rodney slash, because there is so MUCH of it I can find a lot of stories that I like. But the slash often seems pasted on, and I wish some of the writers had just written friendship fics instead.

[princessofgeeks]

Lucky you! There's TONS of John/Rodney. I doubt anyone could ever read it all.