Slash Essay Research Poll/Post

[pepperlandgirl]

Ok, some of you may remember that I'm writing an essay for my Sex and Gender class about slash fiction. I need to do a bit of original research to get some stats on just who, in fact, reads slashfic. My (rough) thesis statement is Certain scholars are concerned with explaining and qualifying slash because it still seen as abnormal, or outside what is expected for women to fantasize about. In order to understand why this is, one must understand what slash is, who reads and writes it, and how it differs from accepted fantasies. Of course, for 'who reads/writes it" my hypothesis is normal women. But I'd like some data to back that up cuz it'll impress my professors. So I'm posting this poll. I have some requests though.

1) Could you, if you read slash and know several people who also read/write slash, post a link on your LJ to the poll? The bigger the audience, the more response, the better my stats are. I don't think I have a big slash audience looking at my LJ, so I'm going to need some help getting this poll some attention.

2) If you take the time to answer the questions, and you feel like it, could you reply to my post and give some thoughts on what you like about slashfiction? I may want to quote from a few people, so if you're cool with having your thoughts quoted, please post. Also, I would never use somebody else's words without their explicit permission, so if I think you have stunning insight, I will email and ask your permission.

3) I'm posting this in hopes that it will not cause a Kerfluffle. I just need some numbers to make my essay stronger.

I'm also going to put this in my memories so it'll be easy to find and link to. I think I'm going to leave it open for 2 weeks.

So, onto the poll!!!


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[wemblee.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! :)