Timeline of Femslash Meta

This page lists meta and other written discussion about femslash, arranged in chronological order.
Also see Timeline of Slash Meta for meta with a male/male focus.
==90s==
===1997===
* Why I Am A Subtextite by rabbit133, posted to Whoosh! (November, 1997)
===1998===
*Spinning Off From The Source: Alternative Fan Fiction Changes With The Seasons by Christine Boese, posted to Whoosh! (October, 1998)
*The Sex Lives of Xena: Warrior Princess Alt Fan Fiction Authors, posted to Whoosh! (October, 1998)
*Romancing the Fan: Romance and Xena Fan Fiction by J.C. Winter, posted to Whoosh! (October, 1998)
=== 1999 ===
* The Subtext Anxiety by Shomeret (November 21, 1999)
* WHAT IS THIS...ÜBER?, article at Whoosh! (July 3, 1999)
==00s==
===2000===
* The Other Side: Writing Alternative Xena Fan Fiction from a Male Point of View by Rooks, posted to Whoosh! (July, 2000)
* Don't Mind the Ladies: Lesbian Fanfic as an Old-Fashioned Romance by Bongo Bear, posted to Whoosh! (September, 2000) 
===2001===
* Xena & Gabrielle In Your First Period Psychology Class: Trends In Uber Fan Fiction by Rachel Gordon, posted to Whoosh! (February, 2001)
* The Use of Cliche in Alternative Fan Fiction With a Focus on Xena by Katia Davis, posted to Whoosh! (May, 2001)
===2002===
* How To Write A Typical Über by invidere, posted to Whoosh! (August, 2002)
* The Death of Tara, the Fall of Willow and The Dead/Evil Lesbian Cliché FAQ by willowlicious and kyraroc (September 8, 2002)
* (Re)Making Space for Women by Nova, published in Sleer as Folk (2002)
=== 2003 ===
* Some Thoughts on Femslash by Kadorienne (January 25, 2003)
* (December 1, 2003)
* Girl on Girl Politics: Willow/Tara and New Approaches to Media Fandom by Judith L. Tabron (December 2003)
=== 2004 ===
* Femslash, Patriarchy, and the Evils of Glossing (2004-2006)
* In which Lasair and Anna Maria debate Extremely Important Things by lasultrix and anna_maria (March, 2004)
* The Femslash Debate by runetraverse (March, 2004)
=== 2005 ===
* M/M vs. F/F by tehlils (January 11, 2005)
* Femslash - Feminism, Women, and Potterverse by volsi (September 26, 2005)
=== 2006 ===
* Fan Fiction Comes Out of the Closet (January 4, 2006)
* Femslash and wicked (January 28, 2006)
* Why do femslash? by animimares (March 19, 2006)
* Community, Identity, and Femslash by viciouswishes (August 1, 2006)
* ; archive link by viciouswishes (August 5, 2006)
* Is it just "where the women are"? by tellitslant (August 9, 2006)
* Femslash - Readers, Writers and LJ by trancer21 (August 7, 2006)
* Meta (do you know what you’re missing) by fox1013 (September 29, 2006)
=== 2007 ===
* There's Nothing Only About Being With Girls (or, Is Slashing Sarah Jane an Anti-Feminist Activity?) (January 21, 2007)
* Thoughts (femslash meta) by alixtii (February 3, 2007)
* Why is there so little geeky academic discussion of femslash? by carmarthen (February 20, 2007)
* Why Femslash Is Different, Part 1,001 by alixtii (April 5th, 2007)
* Is it a law that you have to be lesbian to write Femslash? by runetraverse (September 13, 2007)
* Femslash (meta essay) by monalovely (November 27, 2007)
=== 2008 ===
* Why? -- A Not-Remotely-Complete Investigation of the "Why Slash/Why Het/Why Femslash" Debate (14 February, 2008)
* Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (meta essay) by BradyGirl (February 18, 2008)
=== 2009 ===
* Genderswaps in Fanfic - Looking For A Femslash Perspective by havocthecat (January 22, 2009)
* The State of Femslash: January 2009 by twtd (January 25, 2009)
* Femslash Fandom: Thoughts/Questions on Insularity by cleo2584 (January 25, 2009)
* Why should girlslash be more like boyslash? No, seriously, why? by havocthecat (January 26, 2009)
* Why do we femslash? by alias sqbr (January 27, 2009)
* Meta: Sort of. Lots of pointless rambling, bits of snark. by lyssie (January 27, 2009)
* Femslash: cross it up by branchandroot (January 28, 2009)
* Fan Art Empowers Queer Women (February 18, 2009)
* Butch Visibility and Femslash by trancer21 (5 March, 2009)
* Femslash Fanfic & Feedback (May 11, 2009)
* I'm just experimenting - f/f fanfiction through the eyes of a fence-sitter by thelana (July 12, 2009)
* Professional Lesbians... and Fanfic. (December 30, 2009)
==10s==
===2010===
* The flip side. ("Pickering, why can't a woman be more like a man?") by bookshop (January 13, 2010)
* Where are the femslash epics? by staranise (January 31, 2010)
* Fannish spaces, girls, and the culture of silence. by bookshop (May 10, 2010)
* Do futanari and genderswap have a place in femslash? by tinnefoil (May 15, 2010)
* Confessions of a frustrated femslasher by ar (May 31, 2010)
* Picking the Collective Femslash Brain: Femslash as a Fandom by dagas_isa (September 23, 2010)
* I can't decide if this is meta or a rant... by lyssie (November 19, 2010)
===2011===
* 8 Hypotheses for why f/f stories are more conservative than other types of fanfic by dagas_isa (April 27, 2011)
* Defining femslash: what does the term mean to you? by aron_kristina (April 29, 2011)
* Asexuality and Femslash by snowynight (May, 2011)
* Where 're the femslash little black dress by snowynight (May 8, 2011)
* Looking at the Supernatural femslash on AO3: numbers, tags, etc. (August 55, 2011)
* (September 20, 2011)
=== 2012===
* Lovers in a Dangerous Time (femslash meta) (April 29, 2012)
* Femslash and hurt/comfort by snowynight (May 4, 2012)
* Mini-meta on writing femslash set in difficult eras or locations (May 13, 2012)
* Why smart lesbians read (and write) fan fiction (July 17, 2012) (version archived Oct 29 2020, retrieved Oct 31 2021 - original link dead)
=== 2013===
* {meta} Oh Femslash, how I love thee... by ariestess (February 1, 2013)
* Notes on a Fandom: Fan/Fic/Tion (February 13, 2013)
* Femslash Fandoms and Queer-baiting: Another Perspective by reversatility (July 9, 2013)
* It’s complicated: possible reasons for the lack of femslash by centrumlumina (August 29, 2013)
* by havocthecat (August 9, 2013)
* To what extent does femslash perpetuate the white gaze? (November 17, 2013)
* What makes a big femslash fandom? Alternately, what makes you interested in a fandom's femslash? by havocthecat (Dec 13)
=== 2014 ===
* Femslash and Fandom (January 18, 2014)
* Putting the "F" Back in Fanfiction: K-pop Femslash (March 28, 2014)
* Why DO you write(/read) fanfic with female characters? or: Why DO you write(/read) femmeslash? (May 3, 2014)
* No Pairing Left Behind: The function of lesbian fanfiction in conversation with mainstream media by BooklandReeve (July 22, 2014)
* Anti-racist principles and practices in femslash fandom (July 26, 2014)
* Femslash Can Save the World If We Let It (July 29, 2014)
* Rule 63 and femslash within fandom by intransitive (October 23, 2014)
* Add lesbians by unitofcaring (Nov 5, 2014)
* Japan: Fertile Ground for the Cultivation of Yuri by Rica Takashima (2014)
=== 2015 ===
* (January 20, 2015)
* Femslash: Demystifying Fandom’s Gender Disparity by lierdumoa (August 17, 2015)
* Femslash gothic by disregardcanon (Oct) 
* Why the Femslash Gap? (October 18, 2015)
* Femslash culture and trolling: how to keep the space safe (November 17, 2015)
* An open letter to the femslash fandom by forgetthesun (December 31, 2015)
=== 2016 ===
* Your Vagina is a Bigot, My Vagina is a Saint by Franzeska (April 25, 2016)
* (August 4, 2016)
* Is TV show migration hurting queer fandom? (November 28, 2016)
* I’m quitting Femslash Fandom (December 11, 2016)
* Ladies First podcast by The Fandomentals first airs: Episodes often include discussions about femslash fandoms, tropes, and communities (November 6, 2016)
===2017===
* I Am Femslash: A series of 11 essays posted to Femslash Revolution by different fans. (February 3-25, 2017) 
* Violence in M/M Vs. F/F (February 3, 2017)
* Yuri isn't Made for Men: An Analysis of the Demographics of Yuri Mangaka and Fans (November 27, 2017)
===2018===
* Femslash, Canon, and Fannish Strength (February 14, 2018)
* Yuri made me human (May 2018)
* Unpopular f/f opinion (July 2018)
* DC Bombshells: Professional Femslash (November 2018)
* Interrogating one's preferences: the femslash gap (December 9, 2018)
* Top 30 Femslash ships in 2018 on AO3 (January 6, 2019)
==20s==
===2020===
* Trends in Femslash Fancontent?, archive.fo (June 2, 2020)
* 'Fix-it fiction' gives queer women the happy endings they deserve (June 30, 2020)
* This is what Femslash is to me (October 12, 2020)
===2021===
* Fansplaining: Writing Women, a podcast episode interviewing meta writer breathedout (February 17, 2021)
=== 2024 ===
* Yaoi Zine Vol. 3: Yuri Zine is published; it contains a lot of femslash and yuri meta (January 2024)
 
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