Where the femslashers are: Media on the lesbian continuum
Some texts are femslashier than others. Drawing on Alexander Doty's argument that television shows with primary relationships between women are "lesbian sitcoms," I argue that media driven by relationships between women are "structurally lesbian media" that generate femslash...
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| description | Some texts are femslashier than others. Drawing on Alexander Doty's argument that television shows with primary relationships between women are "lesbian sitcoms," I argue that media driven by relationships between women are "structurally lesbian media" that generate femslash fandoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-666607f1796846f49aad770cb935f22e2022-12-21T20:12:50ZengOrganization for Transformative WorksTransformative Works and Cultures1941-22581941-22582017-06-012410.3983/twc.2017.0959Where the femslashers are: Media on the lesbian continuumMel Stanfill0University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United StatesSome texts are femslashier than others. Drawing on Alexander Doty's argument that television shows with primary relationships between women are "lesbian sitcoms," I argue that media driven by relationships between women are "structurally lesbian media" that generate femslash fandoms.https://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2017.0959HomosocialityLesbian potential energyStructurally lesbian media |
| spellingShingle | Mel Stanfill Where the femslashers are: Media on the lesbian continuum Transformative Works and Cultures Homosociality Lesbian potential energy Structurally lesbian media |
| title | Where the femslashers are: Media on the lesbian continuum |
| title_full | Where the femslashers are: Media on the lesbian continuum |
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| title_short | Where the femslashers are: Media on the lesbian continuum |
| title_sort | where the femslashers are media on the lesbian continuum |
| topic | Homosociality Lesbian potential energy Structurally lesbian media |
| url | https://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2017.0959 |
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