Thanks! I really do think that, by sitting down and really thinking about the sexist/racist implications of our fic, we'll end up writing better fic, so, yay.
...and, man, periods are just ridiculous and improbable, aren't they? Glad I'm not alone in that. ;)
Oh, this is really great commentary; I'm particularly moved and inspired but your articulation of the redemptive experience--not for them, though that's great, but for us, as slash writers and readers; the way we might use stories like this--(and do use stories like this) as transitional moves to reclaim our own (female) sexualities and the words we use to talk about them. For all the years I've spent writing about "cock" and learning that that's okay to say "cock" and "fuck" and "ass" and "suck", I still DO find it harder to say or write "pussy" and not hear it as the echo of male sexism. This story did make "pussy"--the word, the text--genuinely erotic (acafan title: "The Power of Rodney McKay's Pussy"), and successfully helped me make the literal transition from the male bodies I desire to feeling similarly and positively about my own female body. All the more impressive considering how overt that meaning is within the story, but that's a sign of its artistry: it never once feels like a lesson, issue, or agenda fic. Really,
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(acafan title: "The Power of Rodney McKay's Pussy")
ha! nice.
I distantly remember the days, many moons fandoms ago, when I was weirded out by the word "cock." Fandom has done so much good for me, without me even realising it.
Having spent a lot of time reading and seriously respecting your acafan writings (and fan writings, of course), reading such positive feedback from you, about both the fic and the commentary, makes me very glad indeed. I certainly felt, like John, that I was different after going through this whole experience; to hear that others are different too is just wonderful, and overwhelming. Sometimes I really feel like fanfiction is the most positive, powerful, redemptive discourse on female bodies and female desires available in the world today; I'm so proud to be a part of that.
I've been thinking about it since you first suggested it, and I've looked over the kerfuffle about fanfic in the Tiptree last year, and I've decided that, if you want to nominate it, you can go ahead. :) Like I said to Ces, I really do think that fanfic is an incredibly important subcultural literary genre and forum for discussion on desire, sexuality, and gender; since I believe that so wholeheartedly, I have to say yes when asked to stand up and represent fanfiction to larger, or more mainstream, cultural groups. What we're doing here is important, I think, and maybe non-fans should get a chance to see that, too.
I'm honoured that you think me worthy of representing the genre in this way; thank you.
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...and, man, periods are just ridiculous and improbable, aren't they? Glad I'm not alone in that. ;)
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ha! nice.
I distantly remember the days, many moons fandoms ago, when I was weirded out by the word "cock." Fandom has done so much good for me, without me even realising it.
Having spent a lot of time reading and seriously respecting your acafan writings (and fan writings, of course), reading such positive feedback from you, about both the fic and the commentary, makes me very glad indeed. I certainly felt, like John, that I was different after going through this whole experience; to hear that others are different too is just wonderful, and overwhelming. Sometimes I really feel like fanfiction is the most positive, powerful, redemptive discourse on female bodies and female desires available in the world today; I'm so proud to be a part of that.
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I'm honoured that you think me worthy of representing the genre in this way; thank you.
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