Sunday, September 12th, 2004 01:43 pm
a must-read
Link snitched from
wrenlet.
Colors in the Dark (To the Choir), by C.M. Decarnin.
What
wrenlet said about it:
a lovely, erudite, roll-around-in-the-pretty-pretty-words comparison of slash to the phenomenon of "women's only" cultures through history. It begs the question, what of men who participate in slash? And I think that's a valid query... but when you get right down to it, women built this, and I don't believe acknowledging that fact pushes slash-loving men aside.
"Who built that building?" "Women." "Who lives there now?" "Anyone who wants to."
She knows how to summarize. Go read.
Colors in the Dark (To the Choir), by C.M. Decarnin.
What
a lovely, erudite, roll-around-in-the-pretty-pretty-words comparison of slash to the phenomenon of "women's only" cultures through history. It begs the question, what of men who participate in slash? And I think that's a valid query... but when you get right down to it, women built this, and I don't believe acknowledging that fact pushes slash-loving men aside.
"Who built that building?" "Women." "Who lives there now?" "Anyone who wants to."
She knows how to summarize. Go read.
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From:OK, nothing at all to do with this link (although I'm looking forward to reading it, I love dissecting the cultural context of slash just like I love reading it) but I just wanted to ask if it would be OK to friend you.
You were one of the first SV writers I discovered when I started lurking forever ago. I think it was when you were still in SV and just getting into QaF? Anyway, I absolutely fell in love with your fiction. And your posts are always fun, too . . . i'm basically a loyal minion. Who's hoping it's OK to friend you. (And who's very excited to see you starting to watch/write a little SV again).
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