Well, now we are queering the reasons why people write slash in the first place.
Slash did not develop in a queer environment, yanno?
Here's my theory about the first thirty years;
For many (generally straight) women, slash was a tool to explore the parameters of their own desires, minus the baggage of being the lesser, weaker sex in our culture. The mechanics of male sex weren't nearly as important, despite all the attention paid to it all-- as that.
Once slash hit the internet though, the audience began to expand, and gender-troubled folk found that slash could be used to explore other things-- like interior identity. And it can be a good tool in the hands of a good writer, of course.
But one cannot expect good work from every writer. Nor can one expect every writer to share our aims and interests. We can promote our goals, but to prescribe them-- that's a futile endeavor.
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Slash did not develop in a queer environment, yanno?
Here's my theory about the first thirty years;
For many (generally straight) women, slash was a tool to explore the parameters of their own desires, minus the baggage of being the lesser, weaker sex in our culture. The mechanics of male sex weren't nearly as important, despite all the attention paid to it all-- as that.
Once slash hit the internet though, the audience began to expand, and gender-troubled folk found that slash could be used to explore other things-- like interior identity. And it can be a good tool in the hands of a good writer, of course.
But one cannot expect good work from every writer. Nor can one expect every writer to share our aims and interests. We can promote our goals, but to prescribe them-- that's a futile endeavor.
Just my opinion.