Strange Bedfellows (APA)/Issue 002

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Strange Bedfellows 2 was published in August 1993 and contains about 193 pages. 
There were 33 members sharing 21 subscriptions. 
Note: The trib "But T-shirt Slogans ARE Intellectual Discourse" by Sandy Herrold and [N] was submitted too late to be in the issue, and were inserted at the end of issue #2. 
[[Image:strangebedfellows2.jpg|thumb|300px | the cover of issue #2: "This issue's cover, which is advertising exactly what you think it is, comes to us thanks to [J C] and a gay sex toy and leather shop in Edinburgh, which was displaying it, and which I sweet-talked into giving it to me. Heh heh. [M F G], you can be proud of your city." -- from the OE "I think perhaps the most memorable moment of our time in Scotland was when [J] took [S] and me to a little gay sex shop telling us that she was going to show us something we couldn't find anywhere else and that it would shock us. We were skeptical, but went willingly, and proved [J] completely right upon entering the store. We were shocked, and what we were looking at was certainly something we'd never have seen anywhere else. There on the wall, nestled between the black leather jackets and the black leather harnesses, was a poster of "our boys" with a gay male club's name and logo blazoned across the bottom. Yep, you guessed it; it's what is now the cover of SBF #2." -- from the trib "Writing in the Margins"]]
==From the OE==
==Some Topics Discussed in "Strange Tongues"==
* slash as its own fandom
* explanation of the circuit
* quit it with the epithets already
* manga and slash
* what is slash, why slash
* guys at slash cons
* a mention of an early example of mpreg
* some discussion of several zines: E-Man-Uelle, Science Friction
===Excerpts from "Strange Tongues"===
Slash as its own fandom: 
The circuit: 
Regarding epithets and pronouns:
Fanwriting as community:
Some thoughts on "female writing": 
Comment about fans who only give feedback for stories they like: 
Addressing a fan's frustration with fic that has characters that never learn from their mistakes: 
Regarding manga and slash: 
Regarding the The Wave Theory of Slash: 
About terminology and gender: 
What is slash: 
More on "what is slash," and some additional comments on the zine Science Friction: 
Why was "slash" invented: 
Acafandom chickens and eggs:
Feminizing vs infantilizing men in slash: 
Slash and power in writing: 
Guys at slash cons: 
A mention of mpreg in a Blake's 7 zine: 
Commenting on a fan's stated disillusionment with a fandom: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Cat's Darkling Zine"==
* comments regarding the zine Never Let Me Down
* opinion about how to refer to this apa, Strange Bedfellows
* replacing one actor with another while reading Alias Smith and Jones fic
* rapefic and consent as a metaphor for accepting life itself
* the phrase in fic "birds are okay" and what it signifies
* men at slash cons
===Excerpts from "Cat's Darkling Zine"===
Preferring a blonde, sunny Heyes: 
Slash and dolls: 
Rapefic and consent as a metaphor for accepting life itself: 
Why define slash? 
The phrase in fic, "Birds are ok": 
Men present at slash cons: 
Slash as escapist: 
Some thoughts on some reading habits: 
Slash as community: 
Converting to see the appeal of Napoleon Solo: 
A fan addresses an apa (male) member: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Menage a Deux"by [H J]==
* the comments in this section are by two people, denoted by initials
* a review of the books "Madonnarama: Essays on Sex and Popular Culture" and "The Madonna Connection" and "Making Things Perfectlv Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture"
* getting past one's opinions on an actor's attractiveness
* actor slash
* agenda fic
* discussion of The Wave Theory of Slash
* Textual Poachers being taught in classrooms, zines ordered as class materials, visibility
* the differences between Textual Poachers and Enterprising Women
* women characters in slash fic
* views on the movie The Crying Game
* the myths of Gene Roddenberry and liberalism
* "elective lesbianism" and the show Picket Fences
* discussion of how the writer's own needs and desires shapes the finished story, discusses Penthouse letters, slash, "Male readers thus draw on their own personal histories to flesh out the character background just as slash readers draw on program history"
===Excerpts from "Menage a Deux" by [H J]===
Getting past the unsexiness of William Shatner: 
Regarding actor slash:
Anti-slash attitudes, letters, and Textual Poachers:
Agenda fic: 
About Gene Roddenberry and one of the myths surrounding his motives and abilities: 
A pointed put-down of a previous trib by another fan in this apa: 
No thanks to a Triple Crown: 
Too close to fandom, too far from fandom: 
The issue of publicizing slash: 
There were extensive comments on The Wave Theory of Slash: 
More on the wave theory: 
Textual Poachers being taught in classrooms, zines ordered as class materials, visibility: 
Females in slash fic: 
Differences between Textual Poachers and Enterprising Women: 
Experiences as a male slash fan: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Menage a Deux" by [C J]==
* hurt/comfort and hitting too close to home
* fanworks emphasizing personality, etc. over mechanics, in contrast to mundane writers
* Dorothy Sayers' Gaudy Night
* copyright and fanworks
* Eroica
* curiosity about the differences between American and Japanese slash zines
* many comments, some quite personal regarding two male fans not in this apa, about males and slash writing
* the image of the fan as a misfit, journalists maligning people who like things too much
* fans and fandom's new visibility, this fan uses the phrase "coming out" as a fan
* comments on the essay Four Waves of Fandom
* fandom as a way of exploring the subjectiveness of experience, writing as argument, interpreting the universe, slash as more true to the original canon universe
* what is "female writing"?
* why does there have to be only one definition of slash
* lack of female characters in slash, problematic queer characters
===Excerpts from "Menage a Deux" by [C J]===
Sometimes too much hurt/comfort to be comfortable:
Regarding a comment that fanworks emphasizing personality, etc. over mechanics, in contrast to mundane writers:
Regarding copyrights and fanworks: 
Disappointment...
Technology: 
Curiosity about Japanese slash:
Men and slash:
Don't be embarrassed to like a TV show, and liking things too much:
Fandom, and fans, as being both out of step, and in step with mainstream society:
Fandom can't escape being visible, but individual fans can remain "in the closet":
Regarding the essay, The Four Waves of Fandom:
What I love about fandom:
Regarding the wave theory:
Why only one definition of slash:
Lack of female characters, queer characters:
Men and slash cons:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Vice Files"==
===Excerpts from "Vice Files"===
* MediaWest*Con and hotels
* fandom and profit
* fanart, art references, and plagiarism
* fandom and visibility and self-definition
* the controversies at the recent OktoberTrek regarding snoopy journalists
* the story series Wind and Tree Song by Keiko Takemiya
* figure skating
* the "For Better or Worse" cartoon strip, and many newspapers banning it when it ran a series that featured a gay character coming out to his family and friends
Regarding MediaWest*Con:
Some War of the Worlds music vids:
Regarding fanart, profit, and filing the serial numbers off of fanfic:
About fanart and photo references:
Comments on the Alex/Tris story, Living on Tulsa Time: 
Journalists at OktoberTrek:
Fandom and visibility:
"Wind and Tree Song":
Differing views on fandoms in multi-media zines:
Regarding the Wave Theory of Slash essay:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Shadowy Dream"==
* the episode of Picket Fences that discusses homosexuality
* the Wave Theory of Slash
* the trope We're Not Gay, We Just Love Each Other
* a swipe at academic interest in fandom
* slash or gay fiction when creating original characters?
* is "heterotica" slash?
* what is a "man" and what is a "woman" -- sex and gender
* males in "women-only" spaces 
===Excerpts from "Shadowy Dream"===
William Shatner and his lack of attractiveness: 
 
A fandom journey:
The Wave Theory of Slash:
Not a fan of the initial interest of academics and fandom: 
Slash and original characters and created universes: 
Is heterotica slash?
Regarding men and slash and women-only spaces:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Ghost Speaker"==
===Excerpts from "Ghost Speaker"===
* a mention of the British apa "The Women's Periodical"
* a Jesus/Matthew story by Jane Carnall done as a Dorothy Sayers pastiche
* a film called An Actor's Revenge, made in Japan in 1963, directed by Kon Ichikawa
* Robin of Sherwood and Robin Hood, slash
* a mini-essay called "For the 'Little Doyle' School" -- it described the kinds of foppish Ray Doyle stories this fan had seen: The Cinderella, The Spoilt PlayDoyle, The Independent-Minded Free Spirit, The Successful Model/Artist/Actor, The Equally Successful C15 Agent, The Waif, The Doyle-Who-Has-Lost-the-Love-of-his-Life, The Disillusioned Doyle, The Scatterbrain
==Some Topics Discussed in "Yamibutoh"==
* St. Seiya: the groups that do gold saint stories, and the groups that do bronze saint stories
 
===Excerpts from "Yamibutoh"===
Perhaps a vote for keeping slash underground:
Perhaps why fans dislike the term sci-fi:
Some terminology, a mention of Blake's 7 femslash:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Lunatic Fringe"==
* Noam Chomksy
* The Crying Game
* an illusion to the Pros fic Rough Ride which had been printed in the 1992 zine It's Greek to Me
* the ridiculousness of epithets
* zine piracy and the recent open letters circulating, specifically Open Letter to Fandom by Alexis Fegan Black Regarding Zine Pirating
* actor slash
* personal responsibility
* AIDS and our society, changing definitions of "victim"
* rape and partner rape in fanfiction
* changing social attitudes towards women and sexual freedom
===Excerpts from "Lunatic Fringe"===
Stepping back a bit:
Actor slash:
Rape and partner rape in fanfiction:
Zine piracy and the recent open letters circulating, specifically Open Letter to Fandom by Alexis Fegan Black Regarding Zine Pirating
==Some Topics Discussed in "Paradoxical Ramblings"==
* an update on the Mad Max novel by Leslie Fish called Outrider
* pimping the Alex/Tris stories
* real person slash
* some comments on the recent Escapade
* some comments on the recent MediaWest*Con
* Jane of Australia's fic Game for Two Players
* feedback and crit as inherently selfish
* mention of a horrified dad
 
===Excerpts from "Paradoxical Ramblings"===
In need of panel notes:
Regarding MediaWest*Con, the Kinko's Crowd, and zine piracy: 
Feedback and crit as inherently selfish: 
Comments on Jane of Australia's fic Game for Two Players: online here:
 
Pimping Tris/Alex, an update:
More on Tris/Alex: 
A fan addresses the author of The Wave Theory of Fandom:
Real person slash: 
Slash and male intimacy: 
A fan is thrilled with her new computer: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "But T-shirt Slogans ARE Intellectual Discourse" (#1)==
Despite the trib being "owned" by two fans, Sandy and [N], all comments in this section were by Sandy Herrold.
* Escapade, the Pros panel
* an update about the newly formed slash mailing list
* four fandoms (Starsky & Hutch, Star Trek: TOS, Blake's 7, and Pros) and commentary on who and the characters in them trust each other and the other characters they interact with
* "feminization" of male characters in slash
* why are some slash fans so attracted to "B-minus shows"?
* loving "guilty pleasure" fic, bad fic you love
* trying to confirm a rumour of slash fanworks being given to Dean Stockwell (Quantum Leap) and/or Gareth Thomas (Blake's 7)
 
===Excerpts from ""But T-shirt Slogans ARE Intellectual Discourse"" (#1)===
The Professionals panel at Escapade: 
Regarding the newly-formed slash mailing list (not yet called Virgule-L: Quotation2|
The slashfen e-mail list is still going strong - we've added a few new people, and have about the same number as this apa, now. 5 or 6 of us are in both forums, (hi [L], [J], [S], and [A]), and part of at least [L's] and my tribs appeared there first.}}
Feminization of male characters in slash: 
Some slash fans attraction to B-minus shows:
A possible violation of the fourth wall regarding slash fanworks and Quantum Leap?:
==Some Topics Discussed in "But T-shirt Slogans ARE Intellectual Discourse" (#2)==
Despite the trib being "owned" by two fans, Sandy and [N], all comments in this section were by Sandy Herrold.
* Virgule-L, referred to as "the slash apa," has 29 members
* misogyny in slash fic
* personally knowing too many fans cuts down on the amount of LOCS this fan sends
* a rec for the Tris/Alex zine For All the Gods Departed
* thankful to find out that Ray Newton is female
* Sandy's Tuckerization in Lois McMaster Bujold's novels
* comments on Ember Days
* comments on The Wave Theory of Slash
* comments on Southern Lights zines
===Excerpts from ""But T-shirt Slogans ARE Intellectual Discourse"" (#2)===
Misogyny in slash fic:
Too many friends, too few LOCS:
Lots of disappointment in zines lately:
Thank goodness about [[Ray Newton]:
Some fic that was hard-going:
The Wave Theory of Slash:
A real pimper:
Regarding Heat-Trace:
Transcripts from Escapade, Camille Bacon-Smith, and an unpublished story:
Quality of fic:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Another Mad Cult"==
* much about racial, sexual, social injustices, power, and oppression in the UK
* feminist film theory
* much about the movie Terminator
===Excerpts from "Another Mad Cult"===
There weren't any fannish topics discussed in this trib.
==Some Topics Discussed in "To Be Announced"==
* slash, pairings in Miami Vice
* comments, responding to other discussion, about how vampires would deal with blood, HIV, and AIDS
* aired canon as only a take-off point
* slash as a way to discuss and think about sexuality
* that scene in The Wrath of Khan with Spock and Kirk and the all of glass as a metaphor for slash
* slash and visibility
* remarks on The Crying Game
* comments about a Blake's 7 fic in Liaisons #2 called Eye of the Beholder
 
===Excerpts from "To Be Announced"===
slash, pairings in Miami Vice:
"Control of stories":
Responding to [H J's] analogy of slash and the seminal scene between Spock and Kirk in The Wrath of Khan: 
Slash as a conduit to discussing and thinking about sexuality and gender: 
Mainstream media reports of fandom and of cons: 
Regarding the Kinko's Crowd and photocopying zines (this fan doesn't live in the United States): 
Comments on The Wave Theory of Slash: 
Slash and visibility and "outing": 
==Some Topics Discussed in "untitled" by [S C]==
* a fannish journey explained
* this fan's love for email and computer communication: "I won't stop [talking it up] till everyone I know is converted to the Way of the Net."
* dislike of Avon/Vila stories due to poor power dynamics, style and quality of fiction
* liking violence in slash, but hating violence towards women
* irritating characterization of females in slash stories
===Excerpts from "untitled" by [S C]===
The Wave Theory of Slash, panels at MediaWest*Con, and being a fan of the show or the fic first?:
Dislike of Avon/Vila stories and the power and gender messages and dynamics:
Loving violence in fanworks, but not all of it: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "For the World is Hollow and I Fell Off the Edge"==
* Robin of Sherwood fandom, zines, and their self-imposed ban on slash
* the zine Ember Days
 
* comments on trust and Pros and Blake's 7 characters
* this fan rewrites a Bodie/Cowley vignette from the last issue
* says that the first panel they were ever on was called "Yes, but would you date them?"
* Gareth Thomas and a rumor regarding violating the fourth wall and a slash zine
* labels and zines, the taboo of male/male sex
* A Matter Of Willful Copyright Infringement, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
* Sime/Gen and Jacqueline Lichtenberg's restrictions
* acafans and their influence on fandom
* getting the opinions of characters confused with one's own regarding behavior
* the 1993 press article about OktoberTrek and slash: Star Trek erotica gets some hot, others bothered
* "creeping heterophobia"
* comments on Wave Theory of Slash 
* the zine Science Friction
===Excerpts from "For the World is Hollow and I Fell Off the Edge"===
Comments on the Pros zine Ember Days:
Comments on reading Robin of Sherwood zines, some of the blood-boiling, homophobic submission guidelines:
Slash, not soaps!
Regarding a fannish myth about a fan showing Gareth Thomas a slash zine, and that Thomas scribbled something about poor grammar in the margin before handing it back:
Sex and plot:
Regarding labels, zines, and sex:
Explanation of the circuit:
Comments on actor slash:
A comment about the newspaper article: Star Trek erotica gets some hot, others bothered:
"Creeping heterophobia":
Comments on the Wave Theory of Slash:
More on wave theory:
Acafandom, mainstream press, and slash:
Appreciation of a rant, and revenge:
Baiting the acafen!
Attitudes of characters vs attitudes of readers of slash:
Getting pleasure at cons:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Writing in the Margins"==
* a long trip visiting other Strange Bedfellows tribbers in the UK
* Picket Fences and an episode that hinted at/discussed f/f relationships
* changes in mainstream television shows: their hesitant but persistent portrayals of some gay and lesbian characters
* what makes slash appealing
* The Bullshitters
* agenda stories
* comments on the controversial Pros fic Consequences
* The anti-slash statements in some Robin of Sherwood zines
* the zine Never Let Me Down and internalized homophobia
* the analysis of Heat-Trace in a previous essay called Angst and emotional dynamics in slash, as exemplified in Helen Raven's "Heat Trace"
* rape in fic
* comments on The Wave Theory of Slash
* unified field theory of slash
* "erotic correctness"
* h/c, sadomasochistic relationship, sadism in fic
* Tris/Alex, Living on Tulsa Time
===Excerpts from "Writing in the Margins"===
Regarding the cover of this issue: 
On discovering slash before watching the show it is based on: 
Regarding Avon without Blake: 
Choosing canon: 
Regarding a fan's earlier analysis of Pon Farr rape stories: 
The Bullshitters as a fanwork: 
What makes slash appealing: 
About agenda stories: 
The anti-slash statements in some Robin of Sherwood zines: 
Regarding the analysis of Heat-Trace in the first apa in the essay Angst and emotional dynamics in slash, as exemplified in Helen Raven's "Heat Trace": 
About Living on Tulsa Time: 
Comments on The Wave Theory of Slash: 
Regarding rape in fic: 
The "unified field theory of slash":
After some more thought: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Lavender Lilies"==
* what is butch/fem, slash, male/female in fic?
* can male/female fic be slash?
* much discussion of Heat-Trace, Snowbound, Harlequin Airs
* comments on The Wave Theory of Slash
* many comments on rape and power and the use of those topics is fic
* "heterophobia" and lack of f/f fic
* the movie The Crying Game
* a reprint of this fan's trib to Short Circuit #4
===Excerpts from "Lavender Lilies"===
Views on masculinity, "feminization" of male characters in fic:
Proud owner of art:
Comments about Harlequin Airs:
Rape fantasy and rape as portrayed in fic:
The Crying Game and gender:
Not a Kerr Avon fan:
Females writing and reading m/m slash:
Slash being influenced by academia and visibility in mainstream press, etc: 
All fanfic writing is AU:
More on rape in fic:
More on rape, comments on Heat-Trace:
More on rape and power in fic:
Re "heterophobia" in fan writing: 
Comments regarding The Wave Theory of Slash:
More on feminizing of men in slash:
Femslash:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Two Heads Are Better Than One" ==
* views on the zine Science Friction 
* slash and visibility
* The Crying Game
* The Wave Theory of Slash
* Textual Poachers and Enterprising Women
* happy endings and matching the tone of the canon source
* posting someone else's fic on the Internet without their permission
* includes the phrase "normal female interest in men bonking"
* a long scathing review of the Simon and Simon zine My Brother's Love
* a very short dismissive review of the Blake's 7 zine The Big B7 Zine
* much about feminization of male characters
===Experts from "Two Heads Are Better Than One" by [M F G]===
Why so few females in fic?
How do you explain slash?
Feminizing male characters in fic:
More on feminization and labels:
Female writing:
Posting someone else's fic on the Internet without their permission:
Tone and slash fic:
Privacy? Nah.:
No thanks to manga and anime:
Regarding some themes in fic:
This fan's favorite author:
One of the many, many comments on The Wave Theory of Slash (there were several pages on this topic by [M F G] in this trib):
Why is [M F G] in fandom?
Is it slash without sex?
What is slashy? How is it different than gay fiction?:
Slash has to have men:
Comments on a novel by Jane of Australia:
===Experts from "Two Heads Are Better Than One" by [N B]===
Art that would be rescued from the bin:
The zine Science Friction:
Writing as a reflection of a writer and their wishes:
Should the tone of aired canon fit the tone of the fic, addresses the need to fix it and desire for happy endings:
Some comments on The Wave Theory of Slash and different fandoms:
Slash and visibility:
===Experts from "Two Heads Are Better Than One" by [L D M]===
[L D M] is [L D's] husband.
About The Crying Game and disagreement that it is genderfuck:
Slashers are everywhere:
Liked one book way more than the other one:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled" by [M G]==
* thoughts on actor slash
* pronouns: not a problem after all!
* why slash, why analyze
* comments on Moonlighting and Quantum Leap
===Excerpts from "Untitled" by [M G]===
Actor slash: 
The Slash is What We Want to Write Theory: 
"Anti-slash sentiment in general fandom": 
Regarding Henry Jenkins' statement that "slash is what happens" when on removes the glass between Kirk and Spock in the death scene in The Wrath of Khan: 
Unhappy and feeling cheated with the end of Quantum Leap: 
"Why we analyze":
"Romance and First Time Slashs Are Fantasies, Too": 
Maddie Hayes as a strong female character: 
Problem pronouns: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "W.H.I.P.S. Women of Houston In Pornography"==
* The Mary Sueing of Hurt/Comfort, an essay by [L S]: "hurt/comfort in a nutshell -- changing dynamics"
* comments on Heat-Trace and the essay Angst and emotional dynamics in slash, as exemplified in Helen Raven's "Heat Trace"
* slash is "not for gay men"
* comments on The Wave Theory of Slash
 
===Excerpts from "W.H.I.P.S. Women of Houston In Pornography" from [L S]===
An essay The Mary Sueing of Hurt/Comfort:
Comments on Heat-Trace and the essay Angst and emotional dynamics in slash, as exemplified in Helen Raven's "Heat Trace": 
Writing what we know and want: 
Some Wave Theory comments: 
Slash is not for gay men: 
===Excerpts from "W.H.I.P.S. Women of Houston In Pornography" from [T]===
Note: this fan is called [T] in the table of contents, but signs their name [K] on the trib itself.
What I like to read: 
Self-defines as an "old Trekker": 
Why slash?: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Desert Blooms"==
* slash's emotional intensity and presence
* visibility and fandom, specifically slash
* comments on the fics Lest These Dark Days, This Classical Dilemma
===Excerpts from "Desert Blooms"===
Immersed in fandom and in slash:
Re-discovering comics: 
The attraction of fandom is the taboo, but also the opportunities to re-imagine: 
Comments about some fic: 
"I Know It When I Read It": 
Fandom and visibility: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Sukebei"==
* optimism and frustration with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and f/f possibilities
* commentary about anti-slash comments by Roberta Rogow
* on women in slash fiction
* fandom and visibility
* no bottoming for Bodie
===Excerpts from "Sukebei"===
"In order to save time and hassle, [K S] and I ([V P]) are going to take turns writing our trib."
Regarding a recent con:
Optimism and pessimism:
Lucky in volume at least:
Not a fan:
Bodie on top: 
On women in slash fiction:
Fandom and visibility:
==References==
Category:Slash Zines