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Fan fiction is often synonymous with slash in the press. Non-fans reading these articles could easily receive the impression that all or most fan fiction is slash.
Fan fiction is often synonymous with slash in the press. Non-fans reading these articles could easily receive the impression that all or most fan fiction is slash.
Slash has also been misdescribed in the press as a genre exclusive to straight middle-class women, and even as a kind of "mommy porn" written by housewives in their copious spare time. Many slash authors may have portrayed themselves in this way in order to keep anonymity, since writing and mailing explicit homosexual narrative (fanfic or not) could get you jail time in the '70s. The real slash demographic has always included Lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender women along with trans men and male-identifying gay and straight men. (see the [[Livejournal]] community [http://men-who-slash.livejournal.com/ Men Who Slash]) -- who, even today, might use female names just to fit in.
{{Quotation|In 1979, a fan wrote about fans who chose to write slash could give people who were outsiders the wrong impression:
"[[Alternative Thoughts]]" by [[Gerry Downes]]. An intelligent and well-written article to justify the writing of the "let's-not-talk-it-out-loud-theme".
[...]
To write Star Trek stories for fun is fun. But to believe that expanding and elaborating on these characters is the one reason for writing is self-defeating. It may also be one of the reasons that for anyone who does not know and love Star Trek and all its characters, and who happens to read one of these stories, may conceive Star Trek as something entirely different. <ref> from a letter of comment by Fern Lynch in [[Enterprise Incidents (US)]] #7 </ref>}}
Slash has also been described in the press as a genre exclusive to straight middle-class women, and even as a kind of "mommy porn" written by housewives in their copious spare time. Many slash authors may have portrayed themselves in this way in order to keep anonymity, since writing and mailing explicit homosexual narrative (fanfic or not) could get you jail time in the '70s. The real slash demographic has always included Lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender women along with trans men and male-identifying gay and straight men. (see the [[Livejournal]] community [http://men-who-slash.livejournal.com/ Men Who Slash]) -- who, even today, might use female names just to fit in.
==The Future of Slash==
==The Future of Slash==