[3W4DW] 20. Yes, but what are your thoughts on yaoi?

• that cultural appropriation is shitty and gross
  
• that (out-group) fetishising of queer lives is shitty and gross
  
• that queering media, and representing real queer people, is hugely important
  
• that slashfic was one of the ways I explored my gender identity (without realising it) as a kid
  
• that patriarchy is shitty and gross and is the reason we have predominantly male characters (with personalities, etc) to play with; that we are taught that men are interesting and women are auxiliary and nobody else exists is a huge part of the problem

... but actually, what this question mostly makes me think about is: it's been very interesting, running through this set of prompts. There are several questions I've looked at and thought "... not interested, I want to skip this", and then written for anyway - and working out what to say to something that doesn't catch my imagination has been good discipline (in a way that is very, very different from getting a fanwork exchange prompt that doesn't immediately catch me; presumably because it's lower-pressure?), though I am pretty sure it's not something I want to keep up!