Hello. You don't know me, but I want to thank you and commend you on a wonderfully well-written paper and insights that I'm really very happy to see. Like many of your research subjects, I'm a queer woman who loves M/M slash, particularly yaoi. In the world of yaoi I see more and more female writers who call themselves gay, or bi, or simply refuse to define their sexuality using one of three pre-defined terms (straight, gay, bisexual). I hate it when non-yaoi fans make statements like, "Oh, so it's like how guys get off on girl-on-girl action." NO. In fact it's not like that at all. As you pointed out in your paper, it's largely about communities of women coming together in a safe, open place where we can say what we want.
Going to a yaoi panel at a convention and being able to say "cock" simply and repeatedly in front of a group of at least 50 young women, none of whom blushed or tittered when I said it, is absolutely one of the most empowering experiences of my life. It's this community where women rule. Some place that we are Free.
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Date: 2004-12-07 05:05 pm (UTC)From:Going to a yaoi panel at a convention and being able to say "cock" simply and repeatedly in front of a group of at least 50 young women, none of whom blushed or tittered when I said it, is absolutely one of the most empowering experiences of my life. It's this community where women rule. Some place that we are Free.
You deserve an A+. I hope you get it!