Well, let us think back to a time before the Internet - indeed, to a time Before I knew that "slash" meant something other than a vicious slice with a blade.
I was going to cons on a regular basis from 14 years old to about 21 years old. These were science fiction cons, generally lit based, with a strong gaming component. Balticon, Disclave, and others that I don't even remember the name of. Cos play was the norm, and hook-ups were half the reason you went.
The art shows at these cons were big and vibrant and vital, but if you knew where to look, and could get around the warning curtain, that kept it separate, you cold find the slash art. The one I remember was at the back, in the adult art section, and the print itself had a flap on itto hid the frontal nudity - no intercourse, just a penis. It was K/S (of course) and the title was something like "Who says only every seven years?" the boys were in an romantic pose - but they weren't having intercourse. I don't even think there was any touching of genitalia.
Fast forward a few years. I'm in my first online fandom - a really tiny fandom for the show Prey, which at that time was in syndication on scifi (as it was spelled then) My friends Margaret, Mary Willing-Prey and I started writing the first slash ever in that fandom. We warned for slash - I think. I should double check. We warned for it because no one else was writing it in that fandom, and there was a very strong following for the canon het relationship. I don't think we posted it on the main bulletin board either - I think we posted it on our own websites and on a mailing list. We were REALLY nervous about it at the time. I think we also warned for het sex in our het fics - I'd have to go back and look to refresh my memory...
Now, I still see "this is slash, if you don't like it hit your back button" as a warning on some fics - especially on ff.net
I'm not sure if this is exclusionary... but I know that it resulted from a feeling of paranoia and not wanting to get flamed.
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I was going to cons on a regular basis from 14 years old to about 21 years old. These were science fiction cons, generally lit based, with a strong gaming component. Balticon, Disclave, and others that I don't even remember the name of. Cos play was the norm, and hook-ups were half the reason you went.
The art shows at these cons were big and vibrant and vital, but if you knew where to look, and could get around the warning curtain, that kept it separate, you cold find the slash art. The one I remember was at the back, in the adult art section, and the print itself had a flap on itto hid the frontal nudity - no intercourse, just a penis. It was K/S (of course) and the title was something like "Who says only every seven years?" the boys were in an romantic pose - but they weren't having intercourse. I don't even think there was any touching of genitalia.
Fast forward a few years. I'm in my first online fandom - a really tiny fandom for the show Prey, which at that time was in syndication on scifi (as it was spelled then) My friends Margaret, Mary Willing-Prey and I started writing the first slash ever in that fandom. We warned for slash - I think. I should double check. We warned for it because no one else was writing it in that fandom, and there was a very strong following for the canon het relationship. I don't think we posted it on the main bulletin board either - I think we posted it on our own websites and on a mailing list. We were REALLY nervous about it at the time. I think we also warned for het sex in our het fics - I'd have to go back and look to refresh my memory...
Now, I still see "this is slash, if you don't like it hit your back button" as a warning on some fics - especially on ff.net
I'm not sure if this is exclusionary... but I know that it resulted from a feeling of paranoia and not wanting to get flamed.