Into Raspberry Swirl

Into Raspberry Swirl was a Harry Potter femslash fanfiction archive. It was run by Nest Freemark and was online in the early to mid-2000s.
:"Welcome to 'Into Raspberry Swirl'! This is a femslash site for all of you who like Harry Potter! Femslash all about girls liking girls in that way. There's also some NC-17 fiction to be found. That means graphic sex. You have been warned."Index. (Archived 12 August 2004 by the Wayback Machine.)
== History ==
The archive seems to have been started by Nest Freemark sometime in 2002. Its name comes from the Tori Amos song Raspberry Swirl. Nest Freemark originally requested permission to archive the femslash stories of several FanFiction.net authors.Into Raspberry Swirl Guestbook at DreamBook. (Accessed 03 June 2012.) She also accepted fic and art submissions over email or through the archive's Yahoo! group.Submissions. (Archived 27 April 2003 by the Wayback Machine.)
The Into Raspberry Swirl Yahoo! group was founded on August 07, 2002, and is still accessible, though it is no longer active nor moderated. It had 69 members in December 2003,IntoRaspberrySwirl on Yahoo! Groups. (Archived 28 December 2003 by the Wayback Machine.) and has 249 members as of June 2012 (though it seems that many of those are spambots),
The site was last updated on December 19, 2002. The last working pages on the Wayback Machine were archived in October 2004.Raspberry Swirl. (Archived 13 October 2004 by the Wayback Machine.) By 2007, the site was unavailable.brinkster.com/swiiirl/. (Archived 17 October 2007 by the Wayback Machine.)
== Content ==
=== Fanfiction ===
As of July 2004, the archive hosted about 100 stories by over 40 authors.Fanfic. (Archived 06 July 2004 by the Wayback Machine.)
The most popular pairing on the archive was Hermione/Ginny, with Cho/Ginny as a distant second. Hermione/Pansy, Lavender/Parvati, Lily/Narcissa, and Ginny/Pansy were also fairly popular, and many other rarepairs were represented.
=== Fanpoetry ===
The archive's fanpoetry page contained five poems as of the last archived version in July 2004.Fan Poetry. (Archived 15 July 2004 by the Wayback Machine.)
=== Fanart ===
The archive initially had a fanart page also open to submissions, though it seems to have disappeared when the site was redesigned. As of January 2003, it hosted twelve pieces of art by five different artists. Ratings ranged from G to NC-17.Fan Art. (Archived 17 January 2003 by the Wayback Machine.)
The Into Raspberry Swirl Yahoo! group also has folders for members to upload fanart, but only one work (Lily Evans by Mieko Belle) and several icons were ever uploaded.
=== Links ===
The site was affiliated with The Malfoy Slash Archive and Distinct Dottiness (a Luna femslash archive). It also linked to hp_girlslash, Femme Spark, and Madam Hooch's Broom Closet, as well as to several Harry Potter femslash Yahoo! Groups.
== Screenshots ==
File:Into Raspberry Swirl fanart.jpg|Fanart page (original pink layout)
File:Into Raspberry Swirl fanfic.jpg|Fanfiction page (updated black & white layout)
== References ==
Category:Femslash Archives
Category:Harry Potter Archives
Category:Harry Potter Mailing Lists
Category:Femslash Mailing Lists
Category:2000s