Strange Bedfellows (APA)/Issue 012

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Strange Bedfellows 12 was published in February 1996 (The cover is mislabeled as #11 and November 1995) and contains about 102 pages. 
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==Some Topics Discussed in "Strange Tongues" ==
* the novel, The Best Lies, and comments on slash and the Mulder/Scully relationship
* Windrose Chronicles Series by Barbara Hambly and the character, Antryg
* comments about the Forever Knight character, Janette DuCharme
* some initial thoughts about Xena
* The Fox and the Wolf Pros series, see that page
* the holodeck, ethics, Star Trek: The Next Generation
* women's roles on television and in slash fanworks
* Garibaldi/Sinclair
* comments about the X-Files novel, The Best Lies
* Jane Austen
* slash based on computer games
* the sexual appeal of competence
* Man from UNCLE and fiction
* Dorian/James, From Eroica with Love
* Competence Kink
===Excerpts from "Strange Tongues"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Cat's Darkling Zine" ==
* appealing and unappealing Trek characters
* Due South
* Babylon 5
* Star Trek: Voyager
===Excerpts from "Cat's Darkling Zine"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Menage a Deux by C J" ==
* grammar
* From Eroica with Love
* Forever Knight, impatience with the character, Tracy Vetter, thoughts about Vachon, LaCroix, the new captain
* the recently aired Trek "gay" episode
* Dorothy Dunnett
* enjoying Lois and Clark, but not trusting the future of the show
* gender bending in Japan
* X-Files, Scully as the skeptic
* Batman Forever
* the film "Jeffrey"
===Excerpts from "Menage a Deux by C J"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Piles of Snow Turn Into Piles of Paper!!" ==
* wants some Babylon 5 slash suggestions
==Some Topics Discussed in "(the trib with no name)" ==
* the very first mention of the possibility of Mulder/Skinner, Mulder/Krycek
* comments on Meat Dreams
* generic slash
===Excerpts from "(the trib with no name)"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Two Heads Are Better Than One"(NB) ==
* becoming a fan of Forever Knight and of Highlander
* comments on some photo manips
===Excerpts from "Two Heads Are Better Than One" (NB)===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Two Heads Are Better Than One" (M F G) ==
* a slashy Babylon 5 Tie-in novel
* a slashy in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* not a fan of slash in Due South
* the pitfalls of writing female characters
===Excerpts from "Two Heads Are Better Than One" (M F G)===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Yamibutoh" ==
* Babylon 5 slash
* vampire characters having sex
===Excerpts from "Yamibutoh"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Ghost Speaker" ==
* descriptions of the two slash panels she was on at the recent Worldcon in Glasgow
** Pornography, for Women, by Women, With Love 
** Community for Perverts, by Perverts, with Perverts 
* Due South, Forever Knight
* f/f stories
* the term "queer"
* much about the Star Trek: TNG episode, "Chain of Command"
*writing one's own sex scenes: work? or a turn-on?
* a long essay on her fannishness about The Incredible Hulk
* Bible Slash
===Excerpts from "Ghost Speaker"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Desert Blooms" ==
* Nero Wolfe slash
* Forever Knight
* The Same River, see that page for comments
* Mary Sue
===Excerpts from "Desert Blooms"===
 
==Some Topics Discussed in "With Friends Like These..." ==
* sex aboard The Liberator in Blake's 7
* a list of Avon/Tarrant compiled from GEnie 
* the zine, Forbidden Zone
===Excerpts from "With Friends Like These..."===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Lavender Lilies" ==
* comments about Bene Dictum #3, see that page
* figure skating
* observations about being a queer woman and looking at photos of women in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue which is a magazine aimed towards the straight male gaze
* comments about what is slash, a mention her comments on this topic got her trouble in Terra Nostra Underground
* are alien bodies attractive to humans in slash stories
* being omnivorous in one's reading: "folks myself who are absolute sluts in that I don't care what sex or gender the people are, as long as they do it! ;-)"
===Excerpts from "Lavender Lilies"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "Wonderlust" ==
* being censored in a BBS discussion board
* more discussion on the film "Strange Days," reading and using brains not unlike mind melds in Star Trek: TOS
* cast and voice changes in Babylon 5
* Real Ghostbusters
* the "vampire dog" episode of Forever Knight
===Excerpts from "Wonderlust"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "When Correctly Viewed" ==
* a plug for fans to send submissions to a pro publisher 
* Mary Sues
* why so few AUs in non-white countries and history
* literary fandoms and the visuals, lack of slash
* Dorothy Dunnett, the letterzine Marzipan and Kisses, the Dunnett mailing list
* Scully's clothes, feminists hassling women, feminists "stomping around in combat boots" haven't had as much professional success in jobs as women who wear "professional" clothing 
* Carol McCoy's music vids
* Lois and Clark
* what makes a show slashy?
* Height Difference
* books by Sherri Tepper 
* liked the photo manips in the last issue: "Very hot Krycek/Mulder pix! I like this new technique of yours a lot. As you know, I prefer a certain other pairing, but these are very nice too."
===Excerpts from "When Correctly Viewed"===
==Some Topics Discussed in "For the World is Hollow..."==
* the mixed bag that is Star Trek: Voyager episodes
* Forever Knight's fan campaign
* comments about The Morning After, see that page
* Space: Above and Beyond
* The X-Files: "And the X-Files, which I think I had better just shut up about. Disparaging comments I made years ago about the first season are coming back to haunt me."
* JMS and authorial intent
* copyright law and the US First Amendment
* the character, Dax
===Excerpts from "For the World is Hollow..."===
==Some Topics Discussed in "To Be Announced by T H" ==
* Due South
* Starsky & Hutch
* Babylon 5, meeting some actors, violating the fourth wall
* "I know the JMS and the Teddy Bear story. That man has a serious allergy to cute."
===Excerpts from "To Be Announced by T H"===
==References==
Category:Slash Zines