Slash meta #1: please discuss!
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thrihyrneOkay! I've begun reading a couple of recent-ish articles so I can have some non-anecdotal references for this article I'm writing, and came across this rather stunning sentence:
I'll be getting the book from interlibrary loan that has the essay that made this argument. I had an instant response to the comment, but rather than put out my thoughts, I'd like yours. I probably won't respond to these as I'm positing myself as an observer and will organize and interpret what happens later, but for anyone who has a thought on this who would like to share it, please do, and comment among each other. But play nice!!! No bashing on my LJ. Everyone is allowed to her own opinion.
For those who are interested, that argument came from an essay contained in the book Magic mommas, trembling sisters, puritans & perverts: feminist essays, edited by Joanna Russ and published in 1985. It's a bit older, but that premise still stunned me. And with a title like that, why wouldn't I want to read all of the essays?!
- In fact, it has been argued that slash is not really about male homosexuality at all; rather, it is about a female fantasy of heterosexual sex acted out via ostensibly male bodies.
I'll be getting the book from interlibrary loan that has the essay that made this argument. I had an instant response to the comment, but rather than put out my thoughts, I'd like yours. I probably won't respond to these as I'm positing myself as an observer and will organize and interpret what happens later, but for anyone who has a thought on this who would like to share it, please do, and comment among each other. But play nice!!! No bashing on my LJ. Everyone is allowed to her own opinion.
For those who are interested, that argument came from an essay contained in the book Magic mommas, trembling sisters, puritans & perverts: feminist essays, edited by Joanna Russ and published in 1985. It's a bit older, but that premise still stunned me. And with a title like that, why wouldn't I want to read all of the essays?!
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Date: 2010-07-15 06:38 am (UTC)edit to add more clarity:
(which is tricky cos i can't view the comments while i edit this :P )
agree with: not being restricted by the 'girl' archetype. sometimes it's about producing a new 'level' power structure, so far as the personalities themselves making one rather than battling against the gender constructed assumptions.
disagree with: it 'not being about homosexuality at all'. i read femmeslash because i want to read about women. i read slash when i want to read about men. sometimes i read the stories purely because of the people/characters themselves. sometimes i love the dicks. sometimes i love seeing men having broader roles than society gives them.
i love reading poly fic for a whole group of reasons, too.