Another Fannish Meta-tale


	Another Fannish Meta-tale

aerynvala

12-30-2007 5:33 AM

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fandom, feminism, slash fiction

aerynvala says:

Seriously, being part of slash fandom (and media fandom in general) is one of the best things that's happened to me. I've met the best people and it's things like this essay that reaffirm that.

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First, I must ask (again, sorry) that y'all read what fairestcat had to say about RPF and compartmentalization <A href="http://fairestcat.livejournal.com/449918.html">here</A>. I promised that if she posted that, I would write this post, though this shall be nowhere near as well-thought-out as hers. So, here you are, my dear. Sorry that it's so tardy, holidays and all.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://stele3.insanejournal.com/129577.html">1. It's a <B>creative outlet</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://stele3.insanejournal.com/129577.html">2. It's a way to <B>hone writing skills</B>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://stele3.insanejournal.com/129577.html">3. You <B>meet the strangest people</B>. And that's good, because you're probably strange, too.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://stele3.insanejournal.com/129577.html">5. <B>Slash is hot</B>. Let us take a moment to get friendly with our vaginas, shall we? Hello, vaginas!</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://stele3.insanejournal.com/129577.html">6. Slash is an <B>exploration and affirmation of the 'other.'</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://stele3.insanejournal.com/129577.html">Reimagining straight characters as gay gives us power. It takes the socially-accepted 'norm' and turns it on its ear</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/34984E17-62E2-4E0B-B958-F03028848AB7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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