Is it a law that you have to be lesbian to write Femslash?

[runetraverse]

Okay, I know it's a weird title / subject / whatever, but it's something currently bugging me, so I figured I'd post and see what people thought.  Not that I haven't wondered something to this effect for a while, but it came to a head as I read yet another rant on YouTube about "all you queers watching queers" in a Bad Girls vid commentary.  (this

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[shatterpath]

Good! Because we're such a comparitively small group, the more friends in the sandbax, the better!

[breaktherules10]

*Sigh* I might as well admit it- I'm a married mother who has a six-year old son, and I love to read and write fem-slash. I also consider myself bi because if I were ever to divorce, I wouldn't mind dating a woman. This doesn't mean I am perverted or teach my son the wrong values. I am just very-open minded when it comes to sexuality, and I don't EVER judge a person by their sexual orientation.

I like fem-slash because I tend to get bored reading or writing heterosexual fics. I didn't start writing stories as a hobby until a few years ago, and know I still have a lot to improve on. (groan)

But no, I consider myself mostly straight (hmm..bendy..I like that..) and I write femslash fanfic. (and I suppose I'm a rarity since I'm married with a son:P )

You are a fantastic writer -"Darkness in the eyes" is possibly the best Noir fan-fic EVER! ^_^

[runetraverse]

*blink*

*blinkblink*

*tackles* OMG!!!! It is you!!! *snugs* You didn't get my emails, didja? *laughs* And as for being married / a mother and writing femslash, it works just fine. (especially for yours, I've read them and they're daaaaamn good.) ^^ Yep, I'll have to tell Heather that 'bendy' is the new definition for sexuality. xD

[elfcat255]

*stumbles in*..Umm..*waves*..tossing in my two cents...

To me it doesn't matter...like many have said already. If it's a good story and it draws me in, keeps me satisfied and at the end I want more then I could give a rat's ass about whether the person who wrote it was, gay, straight, bendy, man, woman or heck even purple..*g*...It's the talent and the will to create stories from your favorite fandoms that counts in my book...*runs away now*

[runetraverse]

*laughs* Hey, I like Artiste Elf cents! xD

[wisdomeagle]

[from femslash_today]

I'm a lesbian. I'm a femslasher. I have made many good friends who also slash girls: among them are other lesbians, bisexual women (including some who are married to men), straight women, and a lovely straight man. So in other words, no, please write more femslash, regardless of whom you ogle in real life. :)

[insanedeity]

So are you going to say all that and not recommend this virtuoso of fic? That's selfish...

[runetraverse]

*snickers* I'm gonna have to agree with ID. Or at least tell us the fandom and pairing so we can look for it. xD *crosses fingers on her faves*

[yellowsnakepoet]

men understand more than you imagine...it's kind of scary.