when slash isn't actually slash and why Irene Adler is a fierce bitch

[majorshipper]

So I was just scrolling through my flist when missyjack linked to this post by hells_half_acre about Irene Adler and why fandom has ~feelings~ about her. The title is Women, Sex, And Power - A Rant, so know that's what you're getting into. But it's still a fantastic look at Irene in BBC's Sherlock.

I got into a very, very interesting discussion with hells_half_acre in the comments of that entry, and it directed me to these posts of hers, on the subject of Love (and Slash). Both are very, very interesting reads for anyone who gets slash, doesn't get slash, likes slash, likes gen, likes SPN, doesn't like SPN, loves Sherlock, doesn't care about Sherlock...etc. Everyone. She makes some very interesting observations on society's perception of sexuality in relationships.

The points brought up at first glace seem almost asexual to most people's(mainly misguided) perceptions, but that's just an overreaction to the fact that everything in today's society is so hyper-sexualized, and so something without that sex is seen as oddly lacking in sex(even when it was never supposed to have sex in the first place, hence the perceived asexuality). The original three articles are all short and to-the-point and very well enunciated. So what are you still doing reading my measly words? gogogogogo!

Comments

[morganlucas41.livejournal.com]

Hi there! Your post intrigued me when I first saw it and then I read hells_half_acre's post, which is just as brilliant as you said. I'm terribly interested in the phenomenon of slash, and why people do it. (For the record, I like slash, but I always have to find a way to justify it for the characters.) So anyway, I left a long ramble-y comment on hells_half_acre's post, but I wanted to thank you for pointing it out to me!

[majorshipper]

I'm terribly interested in the phenomenon of slash, and why people do it. (For the record, I like slash, but I always have to find a way to justify it for the characters.)
I'm the exact same way. That's what made these so very interesting to read. I'm glad you could get a chance to read and enjoy them too!