A Genderfuck Reader in SGA

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Title:	A Genderfuck Reader in SGA
Creator:	cupidsbow
Date(s):	2007-04-12 (updated February 2008)
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Fandom:	SGA
External Links:	A Genderfuck Reader in SGA, Archived version
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A Genderfuck Reader in SGA is a post by cupidsbow.

It includes a short introduction and a list of links to mainly essays (plus three stories, and some art) that focus on genderfuck fanfiction in the Stargate Atlantis fandom.

The post is here: A Genderfuck Reader in SGA, ^{Archived version}

The Introduction

Recently, I've been trying to explain to non-fanfiction readers that one of the most fascinating aspects of fanfiction is the way in which it exists as a giant meta-text, rather than lots of individual stories (although, of course, it is that too). It's hard to point to concrete examples of this back-and-forth conversation because, as you'd expect on the internet, the conversational threads are all so sprawling and ad-hoc. In the last few months, however, there's been a trend in "genderfuck" (people changing gender) stories in Stargate: Atlantis fandom, as well as a concentrated analysis of the politics of genderfuck. These stories and essays interrogate what it is to be gendered and often deal with issues such as misogyny, sexuality and identity to various degrees. The extraordinary cohesiveness of the theme allows me to put together a kind of "primer" foregrounding the inter-connectedness of these fannish texts.

The links below should be considered a starting point, rather than a definitive list. Genderfuck is a conversation which crosses fandom lines, as the theme has a long history; SGA is not the first fandom to use it, and many of the ideas articulated in SGA stories build on what has gone before. Likewise, the conversation is not yet over, and is branching out in new directions all the time.

Another thing to be aware of is that I'm privileging the texts I found most interesting, but they are just a sample: the tip of the proverbial iceburg.

The Fanworks Cited in the Main Post

Stories

• Three Things I Wish People Would Bear In Mind When Writing Genderswap by wychwood, has 125 comments (January 14, 2007)
• Genderfuck Recs by fairestcat (March 28, 2007)
• Recs: SGA Genderswitch {For 14 Valentines} by incidental_fire (February 1, 2008)
• Slashy het / het slash -- you decide. by monanotlisa (October 31, 2005)

Art

• SGA art: tracing for the win, ^{Archived version} by pentapus (April 13, 2007) (note: art no longer online)
• Fanart: SGA Dr. Meredith McKay, CSO (aka female Rodney), ^{Archived version} by aretria (December 11, 2007)
• Fan Art: Female John, ^{Archived version} by neths_athari (December 13, 2007)

The Essays

• gender and sexuality in three SGA stories by cathexys (April 9, 2007)
• what's more important, the brain or the bits?, ^{Archived version}, archive link page two, a poll by Trobadora (February 26, 2007)
• Where is all the hermaphroditism?, ^{Archived version} by thelastgoodname (February 3, 2007)
• "The Seven Basic Plots," Feminism and Fandom by emily shore (February 9, 2007)
• Of the blend of feminine and masculine in slash by paceus (February 4, 2007)
• Fanon characterisation and access character: feminisation or heroinisation by cimness (now offline)
• There She is Again...Like a Turd in the Fandom Pool... by slytherincesss (February 10, 2007)
• Slash Writers Demographics, a poll by skuf (now offline)

The Fanworks Cited in the Comments

• Genderbending Meta -- Life's a Party by lierdumoa (November 1, 2005, requires log in)
• Oh. My. God., ^{Archived version} by permetaform (November 11, 2008)
• Bad idea all around. And I'm too irate to cut-tag. by fiercelydreamed (January 5, 2008)
• John's Dilemma in Helen's "Take Clothes Off As Directed" by fiercelydreamed (November 19, 2006)
• An Open Rant Regarding The Genre Of "Genderswap," Specifically Referring To Supernatural And Weemo Bandslash Fandoms also titled "put your hand between an aching head and an aching wound" by thepurpleswitch (May 10, 2007)
• Genderfuck in Supernatural and in general archive link by black-samvara (April 15, 2007)