Interview: Joanna Russ

Abstract

Joanna Russ is an award-winning science fiction author who wrote one of the earliest feminist analyses of slash fiction. In this interview, Russ reflects on her initial responses to slash fandom and considers its political and social meanings in the 1980s and today.

Keywords

• alison piepmeier
• conseula francis
• fandom
• female desire
• homoerotic fantasy
• joanna russ
• slash fiction
• smallville
• star trek