Strange Bedfellows (APA)/Issue 001

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Strange Bedfellows 1 was published in May 1993 and contains about 164 pages. 
There were 28 subscribers sharing 21 subscriptions. Sandy Herrold and Nicole: "But T-shirt Slogans ARE Intellectual Discourse" were not listed in the apa's list of subscribers or tribs, but was none-the-less present. They were submitted too late to be in this issue, and were inserted at the end of issue #2. This means that when fans comment on Sandy and [N]'s trib in issue #1, they are referring to the last trib of the same name in Terra Nostra Underground.
Because this apa was a direct descendant of The Terra Nostra Underground, the first issue of Strange Bedfellows contains continuing discussions and references to topics in that zine.
 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Notes from Tomorrow"==
* introduction to fandom
* Blake's 7
* physical violence in fanfic and a desire for more realistic hurt/comfort
* slash's focus on male protagonists
* the place of sex in a story
* actor slash
* fanworks and profit
===Excerpts from "Notes From Tomorrow"=== 
A fan wrote about her introduction to fandom: 
A desire for more realism in hurt/comfort and stories with physical violence: 
A comment on the subject of slash's focus on male protagonists, and does it facilitate identification more easily than stories focusing on female characters?: 
A discussion about actor slash, a carry-over from one that had begun in The Terra Nostra Underground: 
Regarding reading slash out of context: 
On the place of sex in a story: 
Intrigued by "computer nets": 
Kerr Avon not attractive? wrote: 
Regarding fanfic, fanart, and selling it for profit: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Confessions of a Male Slash Fan"==
* dissatisfaction with the current men's movement, societal expectations and permissions regarding male intimacy and emotion, the role of slash in those topics
* Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan and Spock's death scene as a metaphor for slash and male intimacy
* writing Textual Poachers
* the possible appeal of slash to men, and their understanding of it
===Excerpts from "Confessions of a Male Slash Fan"===
This fan expresses much dissatisfaction with the current "men's movement," writing that it only reinforces traditional masculinity, and therefore is shortsighted. Slash, on the other hand, addresses some of the social forces which block intimacy between men: 
More on slash: 
Regarding being a slash fan and writing Textual Poachers: 
The appeal of slash to men, and their understanding of it:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled" by [C J]==
* discussion of the book "Sexual Science and the Law" by Richard Green
* the show Picket Fences
* sexuality in fanfic
===Excerpt from "Untitled" by [C J]===
Tired of settling for too little with mainstream television:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Vice Files"==
* photomanips
* actor slash
* disclaimers
* the early circuit Man from U.N.C.L.E. hardcore s/m slashfic 
* George Lucas and his attempts to control fandom via Open Letters to Star Wars Zine Publishers (1981)
* some comments on a Wiseguy fic by [M. F G] 
* reclaiming words: "Queer" vs "Bisexual"
* some thoughts on yaoi regarding visual representation and domination
* some thoughts on Fan Q's & honorable mentions, wanting more representation
===Excerpts from "Vice Files"===
A comment about photomanips: 
About actor slash: 
More on actor slash: 
Comments on fanwork legalities: 
Please, may I have some of that?: 
A comment on a [M.F. G's] Wiseguy fic: 
Some terminology preference, reclaiming words: 
Illya's portrayal: 
Some thoughts on yaoi: 
On Fan Q's & honorable mentions: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Strange Tongues"==
* the nature and appeal of slash
* slash's relationship with canon, things canon cannot or won't supply
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and representation
* actor slash
* early K/S writing, Pon Farr, sexuality, non-consensual sex, expectations and permissions regarding sexual enjoyment
* copyright, fair use, public domain, some fan's use of it to censor other fans regarding topics they don't like
* song tapes and their form of storytelling
* George Lucas and his 1981 Open Letters to squelch fanworks
* lesbians reading m/m slash
* Tris/Alex fic
* fandom and profit and fanart
* a comment on the quality of fic in the zine series Dyad
* safe sex, realism in fic
=== Excerpts from "Strange Tongues"===
From a long, long essay discussing slash: 
More on slash: 
Opinions on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: 
Early K/S fic, Pon Farr, consent, content:
Regarding actor slash: 
More on actor fic: 
Fair use, copyright, public domain: 
Regarding song tapes: 
George Lucas and his attempts to squash adult material in zines: 
How much sex is enough in a fic? 
Zines with reliable mailing but not reliable content: 
Regarding Tris/Alex fic: 
On fandom and profit and fanart: 
Regarding realism, safe sex, and fic: 
==Some Topics Discussed in Secret Kiss==
* actor slash
* diversified theory of slash
* fan casting
===Excerpts from "Secret Kiss"===
Actor slash, celebrity slash, and original characters: 
An interesting tidbit from an unknown earlier discussion: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Ghost Speaker"==
* rarepairs
* crossovers
* Blake's 7, Star Trek, The Professionals
* "mediawriting" vs "realwriting"
* Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane and Whimsey/Vane
* the zine E-man-uelle
=== Excerpts from "Ghost Speaker"===
Please, anything but that! 
A self-description: 
Loving crossovers: 
Appealing pairs: 
Some memories, some comments on "mediawriting" vs "realwriting": 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Sukebei"==
* "our zine title is the Japanese word for lechery"
* fandom and visibility, the mainstream press presence at at the most recent OktoberTrek
* cons as private parties
* Enterprising Women and attention from acafans and others
===Excerpts from "Sukebei"===
Keep the church ladies away:
Keep the non-fans away: 
Keep the press away: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled" by [K B]==
* note: this trib becomes "Desert Blooms" in later issues 
* appeal of fandom and fanfic, slash as creation, as liberation
* fandom and visibility
===Excerpts from "Untitled" by [K B]===
Feelings on visibility:
The appeal of fandom and fanfic, slash as creation:
 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Yamibutoh"==
* Yamibutoh "is the name of a song by my favorite singer and lust object, Sawada Kenji."
* a reference to previous conflicts in The Terra Nostra Underground, this apa's predecessor
* anime
* dislike of making a male in a slash pair a "softened," "female" character
* willing and unwilling to overlook a genre
===Excerpts from "Yamibutoh"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Mardi Gras Favors"==
* privacy, computers, the internet
* imagining "professionally" written "slash" in mainstream bookstores
=== Excerpts from "Mardi Gras Favors"===
Privacy and computers: 
Slash and profit?: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Paradoxical Ramblings"==
* Tris/Alex, appeal, and a fandom primer
* slash as being pleasurably underground, fandom and visibility
===Excerpts from "Paradoxical Ramblings"===
This fan is big Tris/Alex fan: 
Slash, and fandom, being a pleasurable underground: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "For the World is Hollow..."==
* titled "For the World is Hollow and I Fell Off the Edge" in this issue
* slash, gender, male writers, voyeurism
* slash as "the first truly female writing"?
* the writing of Joanna Russ
* George Lucas and is attempts to control fanwork content
* Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's actions against a fan in 1992: A Matter Of Willful Copyright Infringement
* envisioning some characters as sexually "submissive"
* Robin of Sherwood and the fandom's self-imposed ban on slash
* does a zine ed's decline in printing a story they don't like censorship?
===Excerpts from "For the World is Hollow..."===
Regarding slash and male writers: 
Sex and slash: 
Slash as the first women's writing? 
More on George Lucas and is attempts to control fanwork content, some on Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's actions against a fan in 1992 (See more on that at A Matter Of Willful Copyright Infringement):
Why Illya?
Bodie as "submissive": 
Regarding a fan's earlier comments about Textual Poachers: 
Robin of Sherwood and the fandom's self-imposed ban on slash:
Revisiting a previous discussion: when a fan advises an editor not to print a particular story, is this "censorship or suppression"?: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "WHIPS of Houston"==
* early Trek fandom, early KiScons, this fan's journey into fandom
* fanworks and money
===Excerpts from "WHIPS of Houston"===
What the heck's going on with fanworks and money:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled" by [M G]==
* rise of acafandom and other slash visibility
* why slash?
===Excerpts from "Untitled" by [M G]===
On the rise of acafandom and other slash visibility: 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Two Heads Are Better Than One"==
* this trib has two tribbers, denoted
* slash zines' superior quality as compared to other 'fanzines'
* rape as a fanwork subject
* Holmes/Watson fic, the story Akin to Love
* why slash?
* fantasy and more graphic fic styles and topics
* homosexuality and the AMA, slash
* females in slash stories
* strong female characters
* what is slash, does a slash fic need to include love?
===Experts from "Two Heads Are Better Than One" by [M F G]===
On increased visibility and slash fanworks: 
Regarding rape as a fanwork subject: 
 
Regarding historical tone, some emphasis on Akin to Love by Melody C: 
Why so much fantasy-like fic?: 
Why slash? 
Homosexuality and the AMA, slash: 
Women in slash stories:
===Experts from "Two Heads Are Better Than One" by [N B]===
Perhaps not why slash, but why define it?
"I Know It When I Read It": 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled" by [T H]==
* this fan's fan beginnings
* slash cons and accessibility (both in terms of physical, and in terms of gender)
* learning a lot of words that "polite Catholic girls" weren't supposed to know
* lack of emotion and porn
=== Excerpts from "Untitled" by [T H]===
This fan's slash beginnings:
Slash cons and accessibility (both in terms of physical, and in terms of gender):
Lack of emotion and porn:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Lavender Lilies"==
* too much latent S/M in some hurt/comfort
* portrayals of masculinity in fanworks
* male rape and misogyny
* fic labels
* a unified theory of slash
* what some lesbians see in male/male slash
* on actor-slash, holiday cards
* do you like Bodie and Doyle sleeping with women after they get together with each other?
* women re-writing men
===Excerpts from "Lavender Lilies"===
Regarding too much cross-pollination between hurt/comfort and S & M in fanworks: 
Regarding Turkey Reads: 
Regarding male rape: 
Regarding definitions: 
On women re-writing men:
On what some lesbians see in male/male slash:
On seeing Bodie and Doyle sleeping with women after they get together with each other: 
On actor-slash: 
Regarding a "unified theory of slash": 
Labeling and divisions regarding genre:
==Some Topics Discussed in "Weirdness on a Swan's Wing"==
* this fan's fannish journey
* the essay "The Problem with Pronouns: (and other grammatical traps and dilemmas) -- about epithets
===Excerpts from "Weirdness on a Swan's Wing"===
Regarding epithets: 
==References==
Category:Slash Zines