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Does the growing general cultural awareness of slash fiction, specifically in the context of fanfiction, cause gay-themed original professional literature, especially, but not limited to, that written by women featuring men (although not necessarily exclusively) to be taken less seriously? And is this phenomena more or less present in particular genres?

Origin: In speaking to someone in passing about my novel this weekend, they said, "it's not slash is it?" in a tone I interpretted to mean that as such it couldn't be "real" or "serious literature." As a queer woman, my world especially my created world, both within and outside of my book, is a queer world. This is what turns me on. This is what turns me on. And in the damn loins is the last thing I mean.

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At what point does porn become art? Does it need to be? Can it happen by accident? Can't slash be happy with its status as sort of silly? What might it lose otherwise? Wasn't gay art more interesting prior to Stonewall?