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But it's something that politically is very important to me, that I, going back to an undergraduate, during the same time period, ironically enough, was doing male consciousness-raising sessions. And I had been talking about masculinity as an issue, and a lot of my own writing that isn't about fandom deals with questions of gender or masculinity in one way or another. But it was slash, I think, that really opened me up fully to the implications at a most personal level of what I was actually talking about, and helped me understand that much better. So this book has been both personally and professionally a really important one to me. It's one that was intended to be written as a fan as well as an academic, to both academic and fan audiences. I've been gratified by the responses on both sides. }}
But it's something that politically is very important to me, that I, going back to an undergraduate, during the same time period, ironically enough, was doing male consciousness-raising sessions. And I had been talking about masculinity as an issue, and a lot of my own writing that isn't about fandom deals with questions of gender or masculinity in one way or another. But it was slash, I think, that really opened me up fully to the implications at a most personal level of what I was actually talking about, and helped me understand that much better. So this book has been both personally and professionally a really important one to me. It's one that was intended to be written as a fan as well as an academic, to both academic and fan audiences. I've been gratified by the responses on both sides. }}
In 2000, a fan wrote: {{Quotation2|
Kirk & Spock aren't just close, they're *closest*. There is
an intrinsic problem with having your closest affectionate
relationship with someone other than your spouse. Even
in cultures where marriages aren't expected to be based
on love. To share your sexuality and your family name
with one person, and share your profoundest friendship
with another person, is inevitably problematic. Putting
all your emotional eggs in one basket is also problematic,
but in a different way.
I get frustrated with K+S friendship stories that do not acknowledge that the arrangement has problems... <Ref> comments by [[Mary Ellen Curtin]] at [[kscircle]] (March 12, 2000) </ref>}}
==Outsider Reactions To Slash==
==Outsider Reactions To Slash==