Dear Prudence: Help! My 13-Year-Old Daughter Has Been Reading Pornographic Fan Fiction.

(I've also posted this on Tumblr)

Q. 13-Year-Old Daughter Reading Porn Disguised as Fan Fiction: I discovered my 13-year-old daughter has been reading fan fiction for a very popular all boy band which describes in explicit detail sex acts between the male band ( Read more... )

I was reading a fanfic about a week ago, and right from the start, things felt off. I couldn't tell if it's was the author's style, or a case of "your kink is not my kink, and that's OK, but I'm closing this fic". I kept reading to see if things improved, and got to a reference of one of the characters as an Irishman. Um. He's American. Or at least ( Read more... )

Just watched the first episode, and I have to say... that wasn't slashy. At all. Nope.

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USA Today: Women who love men who love men: The appeal of M/M

This is actually a non-snarky article about the genre. Don't see many of those. They even get M/M's origins in slash (and the origin of the term) right, plus includes the explanation that M/M is generally written by women for women, while gay romances are generally written by gay men for ( Read more... )

Today was my "eReaders: What the Hell are They?" session. OK, it was actually titled "eReader Petting Zoo" since we have multiple devices on loan from a non-profit library group. Only bummer in the selection was they don't have some of the newer devices, such as Kindle's Paperwhite, which was a device someone asked about specifically. Though we did ( Read more... )

Hijinks Ensue: Sherlocked and Loaded

And you absolutely have to read the alt-text.

I heard about this on Tumblr, which is the place where I found this video, from G4's Attack of the Show, in which John Barrowman is talking about shipping. He explains how Entertainment Weekly had a "favorite ship" online poll, but deleted suggestions for Stiles/Derek ( Read more... )

AfterElton has an article about "slashwink" which is something that I as a slasher for over two decades have never heard of before. From what I can tell, they're defining it as scenes that intentionally acknowledges the gay subtext instead of slashers just reading subtext only they can see.

First off, it's really difficult to tell if something is ( Read more... )

RT Book Reviews: It's Raining Men: Tackling The Torrents Of Male/Male Romantic Fiction Flooding The Market

I'm rather surprised to see a five page article on m/m romance (with a blurb about f/f too) in RT Book Reviews (Romantic Times, once upon a time). Just a few years ago, I ended my subscription to the magazine once I learned that while they'll ( Read more... )

Someone asked for some titles, so I thought I'd share with the class. In no particular order, but I do tend to glom onto an author if I like their style. By no means a comprehensive list, but hopefully a sampler for those interested in different genres. Please feel free to comment with further suggestions. I'm always looking for new stuff.

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