Femslash

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The symbolic slash, used to separate the two names in a romantic pairing, from which slash fiction takes its name
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Femslash (also known as "f/f slash", "f/f", "femmeslash", "altfic" and "saffic")[1] is a genre which focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between female fictional characters.[2]

Characteristics

Typically, characters featured in femslash are

Sapphic love and fiction.[5] "Altfic" as a term for fanfiction about loving relationships between women was popularized by Xena fans.[2]

There is less femslash than there is slash based on male couples;

Buffy the Vampire Slayer counts as "slash", their relationship storylines are more coy than heterosexual ones, which entices Willow/Tara femslash authors to fill in the gaps in the known relationship storyline.[2] It is "relatively recently" that male writers have begun writing femslash, and this entry of males into femslash has occurred within Buffy femslash. The femslash authorship is mostly female.[9] As of 2006, femslash is enjoying increasing popularity and is the "dominant form" of slash in some fandoms.[10]

History

Femslash was relatively rare in fanfiction communities until the 1990s. The show Xena: Warrior Princess served as one of the first major femslash fandoms, with the relationship Xena/Gabrielle, and also served as one of the first major fandoms where alternative universe fics were widely written.[11]

The television show The L Word set up a contest at the website FanLib.com where fans could submit a femme slash fanfic. The winner's story was incorporated into a scene of a third-season episode.[12][13]

In more recent TV series, such as

Rizzoli and Isles, Warehouse 13, Orange Is the New Black, Supergirl and Once Upon a Time, the slash-shipping portions of the fandoms are significant, particularly in online forums.[citation needed
]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lawrence, K. F.; schraefel, m. c. (2006). "Web Based Semantic Communities – Who, How and Why We Might Want Them in the First Place" (PDF). University of Southampton. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d Lo, Malinda (January 4, 2006). "Fan Fiction Comes Out of the Closet". afterellen.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Herzing, Melissa (April 2005). The Internet World of Fan Fiction (PDF) (Thesis). Virginia Commonwealth University. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Lunaescence". Dictionary of Anime Fandom. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
  5. doi:10.1353/chl.0.0017
  6. ^ a b "Fan/tastic Voyage". bitchmedia. April 1, 2003. Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
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  8. ^ Julie Levin Russo (August 2002). New Voy "cyborg sex" (PDF). j-l-r.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  9. ^ "Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies" (PDF). slayageonline.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  10. ^ K. Faith Lawrence (March 2008). "The Web of Community Trust" (PDF). University of Southampton. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  11. ^ Cranz, Alex (4 August 2016). "The History of Femslash, the Tiny Fandom That's Taking Over the Universe". Gizmodo. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. ^ Hibberd, James (December 5, 2005), "Lights! Camera! 'L Word' Action!". Television Week. 24 (49):4
  13. ^ (December 5, 2005), "At Deadline".MediaWeek. 15 (44):3
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