Elrod: >>I'd like to know who came up with the idea that the authors, who >>are usually women, must be lesbians? What a bizarre thought! > >Good Point! It was this in that newspaper article that I wanted to >question originally, before I got caught on my scholarly digression. No >attack at all on M. Bunster here (I thank him for bringing this interesting >topic up!) Me, too! >In short, fan writing is a complex practice, not only worthy of serious >attention by the thoughtful, but--importantly--they are fun to read. I agree and I'd like to know about your research. Were you writing a paper for a course? Did you deal solely with ST and slash? Sue