I started off my Saturday with this note from Filament's editor, Suraya Singh:
"Fan mail already!" and linked to a Twittered comment:
And the slash article was AWESOME. I may have problems moving away from the interweb...

So I'm over the moon. I don't even have my own copy yet! :D

All-knowing flist: there was an SPN episode in which Sam and Dean discover that Wincest fanfic has been written about them- you all must know what that episode is called, or which season it was? Can you guide me to the youtube link? I want to reference this in my article.

You're the best!

Apparently there's already some Inception slash out there. I've not seen the movie- I'd like to see it, but it's not showing here in the 'burg. Can anyone on my flist whose seen this tell me who the main pairing is? somebody/Eames, I believe? And while there were homoerotic overtones in the film (I believe) there wasn't anything explicit, right? ( Read more... )

I'm going to be revising my slash article and would like people's thoughts on a couple of things: One is the very definition of slash. Is it still slash if the characters canonically are already gay or bi? Say writing Queer As Folk fanfic. Is it slash or just fic about canonically gay characters ( Read more... )

I've heard back from Filament's editor about my article; I'll need to rework it and get some more feedback from people, but she also mentioned that she was going to consult with her lawyer about the possibility of including some slash fan art. I'm not really up on fan art as much as writers, and most of the artists whose work I do know is older- ( Read more... )

If there's anyone on my flist who's actually bought a copy of Filament and would like to preview my article to compare it in tone and in terms of referencing primary sources, I'd love to have a person or two look this over before I send it over to the editor. Or if you've worked in the editing world… wait, that's too many of you, lol! At any rate, ( Read more... )

I'd really love to get some more responses to my slash meta questions; I know I'm not writing an article to try and get in a sexuality journal or anything like that, but I'd like to get a wider selection of responses. I'm thrilled that as many of you have replied thoughtfully to my questions. Perhaps this will lead to another academic paper after ( Read more... )

Thank you so much for those involved thus far! Feel free to ask friends who you think would be interested in sharing their views who may not know me from Eve's housecat and send them on over. All of these posts are public, but you do have to be a registered LJ'er. Women only, however, for this particular article ( Read more... )

Same rules apply for the first one: be considerate, be as honest as you can be, as long or short as you wish. Filament often talks about the female gaze, and the fact that women enjoy looking at men and men's bodies, not just reading about them. In regards to slash, thinking about characters with an inner eye to their bodies (written slash), or ( Read more... )

Okay! 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:

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 ( Read more... )