But I think there are a lot of people who see slash on the screen and that makes them basically happy, that makes them feel represented, that fulfills their desires, and I don't just mean their sexual desires. Whereas for me it's not enough for me to see women's art on the screen: I need to see actual women.

Oh, I forgot to say: I think these aren't necessarily in opposition. I think there is something about me that is fundamentally slasher--I zeroed in on texts with subtext as a kid well before I got what was going on, there is little that can make me purely happier than a good bout of slashiness on the screen. But that's just one aspect of my desires! I want and need to see women out there in source and in fannish productions, too. (I wish more femslash pinged for me, then I could get it all in one package all the time...) I resist any attempt to package slashers or vidders as "women who are content to express themselves through reshaping images of men," and I violently object to the idea that slashing inherently makes male characters more feminine, and that this would be an inherent good. So I guess I am not really in agreement with either "Us" or what you might call a strong reading of "Supersmart," either.