Editing Slash fiction (section)

===Femslash===
{{Main|Femslash}}
Femslash or femmeslash is a subgenre of slash fiction which focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between female fictional characters.<ref>{{cite web|editor-last=Lo|editor-first=Malinda|date=4 January 2006|url= http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html|title=Fan Fiction Comes Out of the Closet|page=1|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080117044113/http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html|archive-date=17 January 2008|url-status=dead|website=[[AfterEllen.com]]|access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref> Typically, characters featured in femslash are [[heterosexual]] in the canonical universe; however, similar fan fiction about lesbian characters are commonly labeled as femslash for convenience.<ref>Herzing, Melissa. (April 2005) [http://etd.vcu.edu/theses/submitted/etd-05092005-125907/unrestricted/herzingmj_thesis.pdf The Internet World of Fan Fiction]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]. Retrieved 12 August 2007.</ref> The term is generally applied only to fanworks based on Western [[fandom]]s; the nearest anime/manga equivalents are more often called [[Yuri (genre)|yuri and shōjo-ai]] fanfiction.<ref>[http://dictionary.lunaescence.com/index.php?cat=9 Dictionary of Anime Fandom] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704015723/http://dictionary.lunaescence.com/index.php?cat=9 |date=2007-07-04 }} Lunaescence. Retrieved 19 July 2007.</ref> Femslash is also known as "f/f slash", "femmeslash", and "saffic",<ref>Lawrence, K. F.; schraefel, m. c. (2006) [http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11800/01/wbc2006KFLawrence.pdf Web Based Semantic Communities – Who, How and Why We Might Want Them in the First Place] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824192253/http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11800/01/wbc2006KFLawrence.pdf |date=2007-08-24 }} [[University of Southampton]]. Retrieved 12 August 2007.</ref> the last term blending the words ''[[Sapphic love|Sapphic]]'' and ''fiction''.<ref name="Tosenberger"/>

There is less femslash than there is slash based on male couples – it has been suggested that heterosexual female slash authors generally do not write femslash,<ref name="Bitch">{{cite web |last=Thrupkaew |first=Noy |url=http://bitchmagazine.org/article/fan-tastic-voyage |title=Fan/tastic Voyage |work=Bitch Magazine |access-date=6 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215150953/http://bitchmagazine.org/article/fan-tastic-voyage |archive-date=2009-02-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and that it is rare to find a fandom with two sufficiently engaging female characters.<ref>{{cite web|editor-last=Lo|editor-first=Malinda|url= http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html?page=0%2C1|title=Fan Fiction Comes Out of the Closet|page=2|website=[[AfterEllen.com]]|date=4 January 2006|access-date=6 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516121400/http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html?page=0%2C1|archive-date=16 May 2008}}</ref> Janeway/Seven is the main ''Star Trek'' femslash pairing, as only they have "an on-screen relationship fraught with deep emotional connection and conflict".<ref>[http://j-l-r.org/asmic/fanfic/print/jlr-cyborgsex.pdf NEW VOY "cyborg sex" J/7 (NC-17) 1/1* new methodologies, new fantasies], Russo, Julie Levin, August 2002</ref>  Although it is debated whether fanfiction about [[Canon (fiction)|canonical]] lesbians such as [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]] and [[Tara Maclay|Tara]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' counts as "slash", their relationship storylines are more coy than heterosexual ones, which entices Willow/Tara femslash authors to fill in the gaps in the known relationship storyline.<ref>{{cite web|editor-last=Lo|editor-first=Malinda|url= http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html?page=0%2C2|title=Fan Fiction Comes Out of the Closet|page=3|website=[[AfterEllen.com]]|date=4 January 2006|access-date=6 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516121405/http://www.afterellen.com/Print/2006/1/fanfiction.html?page=0%2C2|archive-date=16 May 2008}}</ref> It is "relatively recently" that male writers have begun writing femslash.<ref>{{cite web|editor-first=David |editor-last=Lavery |editor-first2=Rhonda V. |editor-last2=Wilcox |title=Volume 4|work=Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies|url= http://slayageonline.com/Volumes/Slayage_Volume_4.pdf|access-date=2010-11-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716091719/http://slayageonline.com/Volumes/Slayage_Volume_4.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref>

Another suggestion in which there is less femslash is its lack of strong female characters in media. TV shows are heavily skewed toward the portrayal of men, with only two notable predominant female TV shows: ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' and ''[[Orange is the New Black]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Toastystats: Fandom Stats and Data|url=http://destinationtoast.tumblr.com/post/127453611589/toastystats-gender-bias-in-television-how-biased|website=Destination: Toast!|access-date=28 Feb 2017}}</ref> In these two cases, because there is an overwhelming number of strong female characters, femslash is much more popular. Otherwise, shows with a skew towards men are more popular, as women portrayed in these shows are weaker supporting characters.