Strange Bedfellows (APA)/Issue 006

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Strange Bedfellows 6 was published in August 1994 and contains about 138 pages. 
There were 36 members sharing 24 subscriptions. 
Not all tribs were included in the table of contents.
"Minac warning! If you do not contribute to the next issue, you will be dropped from the apa." 
==From the OE==
 
==Some Topics Discussed in "Notes from Tomorrow"==
* seeing a real person who reminded this fan of Klaus in From Eroica With Love
===Excerpts from "Notes from Tomorrow"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Writing from the Margins"==
===Excerpts from "Writing from the Margins"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "Strange Tongues"==
* Quantum Leap, X-Files and slash: will "the slightest modicum of actual equality for women will succeed in making slash obsolete"?
* what does it mean when slash is more openly shown in canon
* why is there no I Dream of Jeannie slash, considering the show is about two astronauts
* kinks
* Tris/Alex
* "dyke slash" as a term for femslash
* alternate names for a lighter Concupiscence sister zine
* the use of the term "boys" to describe grown men
* quoted lyrics at the head of a story
* slash and definitions, voyeurism and kiss-and-tell biographies as pornography
* From Eroica With Love
* Wiseguy, is Roger redeemable?
* the character Murphy
* is the Bujold character, Simon Illyan, an avatar?
* Pros stories where everyone is gay
* the ethics of copying fanzines
=== Excerpts from "Strange Tongues"===
== Some Topics Discussed in Cat's Darkling Zine"==
* comments about Lois and Clark
* "I'm not a deeply prejudiced person, I think. I believe it is O.K. for two curly men to have it off with each other."
* "Slash is between fictional characters. IMO, as soon as you are making historical characters say lines that are not recorded anywhere, they become fictional characters and can be slashed."
* comments on the slashiness of Trust, Like the Soul
* comments on Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Professionals story by Dawn Woods in the previous issue
* a review of No Holds Barred #5, see that page
* a review of Goblin, see that page
* a review of A Kiss is Just a Kiss, see that page
* DS9 action figures
* song vids and rare pairs
* many detailed analysis of scenes from Star Trek: DS9 about why the appeal and proof of Quark/Odo
* Ferengi and their function, speculation on female Ferengis
* a con report for "the seventh Star Trek convention of the Alliance Normande in Le Havre" (France)
===Excerpts from "Cat's Darkling Zine"===
 
== Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled (H J)"==
* his comments at Aca-Fen (The new list for academically-inclined fans or academics who study fans or fans who study academics, etc.) which include MUCH about defining slash
* much about sexuality, history, society, and personal experience
* comments on hate speech and free speech on campuses, the difficulties in both rejecting and embracing "political correctness"
* much discussion about the book, Gone with the Wind
* some similarities between the privacy of slash communities and academic context
* lengthy comments about two press publications printed in the last issue, one about Dartmouth and Dr. Cole, and the other a New York Times article about Cynthia Wolfe, includes eyewitness comments
===Excerpts from "Untitled (H J)"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled (C J)"==
* addresses the statements in the previous issue/s made by some fans that are anti-acafan
* preference for writing in a "closed text" rather than a show that was on-going
* comments about biographies of famous people, that they are usually useless titillating
===Excerpts from "Untitled (C J)"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "Vice Files"==
* Babylon 5 and its intricacies and arc
* much about figure skating pairs and their performances in the Olympics
* Blake's 7 and the two Travii
* slash and sitcoms
* the perceived poor quality of netfic, despite the quality of The "Escape from New York" Affair
* poor reception to slash at Gaylaxicon
* access to "the Net" as a luxury
* comments about Beauty and the Beast (TV), preferring Diana Bennett to Catherine Chandler
* a gay character on Star Trek? "I wouldn't hold my breath for it happening in THIS lifetime."
* characters of color in fanworks and in canon
=== Excerpts from "Vice Files"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "Ghost Speaker"==
* a long essay called "Unified Theory of Slash" which addresses many things, including the fan's fanfiction that pairs characters that others don't pair, how We're Not Gay, We Just Love Each Other is hurtful, damaging, and naive, about creating "touched"
* Anne Rice
* songtapes
=== Excerpts from "Ghost Speaker"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "Yamibutoh"==
* From Eroica With Love
* other anime and yayoi
=== Excerpts from "Yamibutoh"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "Mardi Gras Favors"==
* a description of the Starsky & Hutch zine series, Heart and Soul
* working at Compaq Computer 
* looking for Hunt for Red October fiction
=== Excerpts from "Mardi Gras Favors"===
Nothing of note.
== Some Topics Discussed in "Desert Blooms"==
* seeing an old favorite show through a new fan's eyes
* some differences between pro fic and fan fic, the emotional intimacy fans have in fan fiction
* some comments on the controversial Wiseguy zine series, The Terranova Situation
* having a backlog of zines to read
* doppleganger (selfslash, self/self) fan fiction
* music slash and being picky
=== Excerpts from "Desert Blooms"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "With Friends Like These..."==
* some vidding technique discussion, including "camcording" still images, using fanart in a vid, using explicit images, and the vid I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
* mention of the trope, Blond Shall Not Touch Blond, Nor Curly Touch Curly
* Tarrant-bashing 
* comments about copying zines and vids for friends
* dislike of the soulbond (trope)
* comments about music RPF
* comments about vidding at ORBIT
* a warning about another fan
===Excerpts from "With Friends Like These..."===
 
== Some Topics Discussed in "WHIPS: Under Water Reflections"==
* homophobia and misogyny in fan fiction
* what writing fiction reveals about ourselves
* comment about Desert Heat, see that page
* a reprint of a 1940 essay by C.S. Lewis called "The Necessity of Chivalry"
* the similarities and differences between slash fiction and mainstream romance novels
* the trope, We're Not Gay We Just Love Each Other
* the sweetness of Man from UNCLE
===Excerpts from "WHIPS: Under Water Reflections"===
== Some Topics Discussed in " WHIPS: Why I'm Reading Kung Fu Genzines"==
* Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
* male intimacy (or lack of it), female desire for different things then men, how this effects fan opinions about fan fiction, some examples: Conundrum, Hunted by Devils, and Never Let Me Down
* comments about Forever Knight, the difficulty of getting other fans to lend their tapes, of the slashibility of Nick and LaCroix
* comments on The Price, see that page
* George Cowley's sexuality
* a comment about We're Not Gay We Just Love Each Other
===Excerpts from " WHIPS: Why I'm Reading Kung Fu Genziness"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "Untitled by M G"==
* this fan was too busy to add much and explained this in a handwritten, one-page letter
* a one-page graphic called "Wisequest: Episode 83 "Call It Dreamberries": "I enclose the reverse warped piece of... crossed A/U? How to make anyone an elf? How to put elves into the most unlikely fandom? Perversion? For all you Wiseguy fans out there. Enjoy + pass it on -- for obvious reasons it can't be published."
=== Excerpts from "Untitled by M G"===
 
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== Some Topics Discussed in "Two Heads Are Better Than One"==
* this fan has lost some interest in reading and producing slash fanworks
* explicit sex in fan fiction
* Pascoe/Dalziel mysteries
* be wary of showing non-fans explicit Wesley Crusher fics (such as in Science Friction) as they are only looking for porn and shock value
* Music RPF, includes long comments about U2, The Beatles
=== Excerpts from "Two Heads Are Better Than One"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "Lavender Lilies"==
* Sports RPF: figure skating drama and the Olympics and comments about baseball drama 
* comments about zines: Bonds of the Matriarch and Jewel of Sherwood, see those pages
* there are two tribs (#17 and #18) by this author, as one was too late to be included in the previous issue
=== Excerpts from "Lavender Lilies"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "When Correctly Viewed"==
* comments about We Aren't Gay We Just Love Each Other
* discussion about "what is slash"
* mainstream romance discussion 
* comments about going to a lecture by Matthew Thorn
* comments about From Eroica with Love
* some book recommendations: Ring of Swords by Eleanor Arnason, Heroes of Eros: Male Sexuality in the Movies by Michael Malone
* Japanese manga, culture
* comments about the book, Teot's War
* hurt/comfort
* comments about the homophobia panel at the recent MediaWest*Con
* a formal essay called "Romancing the Slash" (Blake's 7 fiction as it mirrors traditional romance novel plot and ideals)
* what the PGP romantic story is in Blake's 7
* the 1993 zine-copying controversy
===Excerpts from "When Correctly Viewed"===
== Some Topics Discussed in "For the World is Hollow and I Fell Off the Edge"==
* comments about Readercon, see that page
* comments about the books, Enterprising Women and Textual Poachers
* Music RPF comments
* comments about The Escape from New York Affair, see that page
* the homophobic-ness of the Sime~Gen books
* song lyrics in fan fiction
* comments about Babylon 5 and J. Michael Straczynski
=== Excerpts from "For the World is Hollow and I Fell Off the Edge"===
=="I'll Give You Three Seconds..."==
* a con report for MediaWest*Con, see that page
* comments about torture and hurt/comfort on television
* a rant about online formatting being foisted onto print fan traditions
* comments about slash and tradition heterosexual romance books
* a list of what this author considers to be Blake's 7 avatars in pro books
* irritating newbies on the internet
=== Some Topics Discussed in "I'll Give You Three Seconds..."===
This is the AU UPDATE LIST:
* Banks, Iain ("Consider Phlebas," and "Player of Games," and "Use of Weapons")
* Brust, Stephen ("Tatlos", The Jhereg Series, "Uses I'm not expendable..")
* Bujold, Lois McMaster ("Brothers in Arms", Duv Galeni is based on Kerr Avon)
* Carl, Lillian Stewart ("Ashes to Ashes" and "Dust to Dust")
* Cherryh, C.J. ("Heavy Time")
* David, Peter ("The Siege," reference to Bajoran freedom fighter Ayvon of the Seven)
* Elrod, P.N. ("Art in the Blood," Leighton Brett = Blake, Alex Adrian = Avon, Evan Robley = Vila, Sandra = Cally, Barbara = Servalan, Reva = Jenna, also "I, Strahd" is based on Kerr Avon)
* Friedman, C.S. ("Dark Sun Rising" and "When True Night Falls" - "There was some controversy on the list about whether the characters are B7-influenced or not.")
* Lackey, Mercedes ("Summoned to Tourney")
*Lee, Tanith ("Kill the Dead," Parl Dro and Myal Lemyal are based on Paul Darrow/Avon and Michael Keating/Vila)
* L.E.G.I.O.N. DC Comics ("Vril Drox bears resemblence to both Avon and Blake, Bek is Vila-like.")
* Lorrah, Jean ("Empress Unborn," "Pyrrhus and Wicket are based on Avon and Vila." Also "IDIC Epidemic," and "Metamorphosis," and "Survivors," "Tasha's ex-boyfriend in both TNG books is based on Avon.")
* McCrumb, Sharyn ("Bimbos of the Death Sun," "mystery set at sf con, uses "I'm not expendable.")
* McDonell, Anne ("Too Close for Comfort," a Quantum Leap tie-in novel)
* Paul, Barbara ("The Apostrophe Thief" and "You Have the Right to Remain Silent")
* Simpson, Dorothy ("Element of Doubt" and "Puppet for a Corpse," reference to Servalan)
* Zahn, Timothy (Star Wars tie-ins: "Heir to the Empire," and "Dark Force Rising," and "The Last Command," Talon Kaard is based on Avon)
== Some Topics Discussed in "To Be Announced"==
Nothing fannish.
== Some Topics Discussed in "Delusions of Gender"==
Nothing fannish.
== References==
Category:Slash Zines