http://lasultrix.livejournal.com/317980.html?style=mine

For "fandom" in this entry, read "slash fandom," and for "men" in this entry, read "gay and/or bisexual men." It's kind of an annoying shortcut, and totally obscures her point, because you then go "huh? WTF? There are tons of male fans, and in fact, in many fandoms they're the majority, especially if the work is directed at men in the first place."

However, I kind of think her question is sort of bizarrely naive, in a way. Haven't there been TONS of wanks about this issue? I just don't see why one would be surprised.

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	notjo 2008-06-22 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	In the past, I've fallen into the trap of "all I see of Fandom is all there is to see of Fandom", which is where I think she's gone wrong here. I'm also kinda wibbly - is "slash" fandom specifically m/m? Cuz, there are tons of f/f fics written by guys. They're just Sailor Moon & Ranma 1/2 fics (in my experience). (Reply to this)(Thread)

charmian
2008-06-22 10:17 pm UTC (link)

Hah, maybe I have also fallen into that trap a bit by just using slash to refer to m/m (in my defense, as I'm from anime/manga fandom, I tend to mentally just translate it to yaoi, which is definitely m/m only). However, I would say that Sailor Moon and Ranman 1/2 would be yuri rather than slash or femmeslash.

IIRC I did ask this question in the fandom_discuss comm. Most fans of femmeslash did say it's a subset of slash. Some people who like slash because it is gay, rather than because it is about gay men also do say this, but because of posts like the one I linked in this entry, I now tend to think that as most people in slash fandom use the word, it does refer only to m/m. (Since I'm not a slasher, I tend to defer to how actual slashers use the world)

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