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Why can't we all just get alooooong?
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queer_rage , and I remembered why I stopped following this speeding failtrain. Ann Somerville continues to annoy me. Ever since Lambda Fail, the more I read about and by m/m writers, the less patience I have for these straight women (well, female and straight male M/M writers in general, to be honest) and their quest to write male-on-male porn or ~romance~ in peace. This "romance" usually is a type of porn, too, the only difference being that the emotional vulnerability of the characters is fetishized rather than their sexuality.
EDIT: I think it'd be a good idea to edit this because what has started out as a rant in response to reading a blog entry has grown into something completely different, so I ought to be making my points more concisely on here to save everybody from digging through the comments.
( Original reaction to Ann Somerville's post - a rant. )
For clarification, here is a summary of my problems with the M/M genre specifically (as opposed to slash within fanfic, which is a different kettle of fish in my opinion):
Members of a majority writing about a minority is always problematic. ( Read more... )
gayness is not a metaphor for straight experience ( Read more... )
the fetishisation of gay men is wrong. ( Read more... )
Fiction is fiction, reality is reality: it's not that simple.( Read more... )
queer_rage , and I remembered why I stopped following this speeding failtrain. Ann Somerville continues to annoy me. Ever since Lambda Fail, the more I read about and by m/m writers, the less patience I have for these straight women (well, female and straight male M/M writers in general, to be honest) and their quest to write male-on-male porn or ~romance~ in peace. This "romance" usually is a type of porn, too, the only difference being that the emotional vulnerability of the characters is fetishized rather than their sexuality. EDIT: I think it'd be a good idea to edit this because what has started out as a rant in response to reading a blog entry has grown into something completely different, so I ought to be making my points more concisely on here to save everybody from digging through the comments.
( Original reaction to Ann Somerville's post - a rant. )
For clarification, here is a summary of my problems with the M/M genre specifically (as opposed to slash within fanfic, which is a different kettle of fish in my opinion):
Members of a majority writing about a minority is always problematic. ( Read more... )
Gay characters in stories written by straight people in particular are problematic, because ( Read more... )
gayness is not a metaphor for straight experience ( Read more... )
the fetishisation of gay men is wrong. ( Read more... )
Even though exploring female sexuality is necessary and good, doing so through gay romance is troubling. ( Read more... )
Fiction is fiction, reality is reality: it's not that simple.( Read more... )
Claiming that writing m/m is an LGBT activism is completely out there. ( Read more... )
Tone arguments used against gay critics are wrong. ( Read more... )
The genre is not subversive, it's porn. And it does not subvert gender roles. ( Read more... )
So, what am I saying to you M/M writers? You can, of course, write whatever you want and no one can keep you from it.
I would like you to know what it means that you are writing, however, and critically and thoroughly examine why you are writing a minority and what implications your writing may have for the minority you are writing about.
I would like you to know what it means that you are writing, however, and critically and thoroughly examine why you are writing a minority and what implications your writing may have for the minority you are writing about.
