In a message dated 3/2/01 8:50:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, susanbeth33@mindspring.com writes:

<< And that is, truly, an accurate statement going by my experience. There are a lot of fans, particularly slash-friendly ones, who don't at all like having a spotlight shown on their hobby. It has nothing to do with whether they thought his study was accurate, or whether or not they liked the conclusions/theories he drew from it. They simply *like* having fandom be their little secret cabal, safely hidden away from the eyes of mundanes. >>

That is so true, Susan Beth. And there is no doubt that there were fans who were not happy with the books which came out, both Henry's and Camille's. In fact, I saw more people grumbling about Camille's than Henry's over the years. I have seen a number of articles on slash fiction appear on the internet over the last year or so, often with links to websites, and more often than not, it seems to really upset the fans... *especially* those fans whose sites are linked to. They run the risk of being shut down. And the same was true even in the fanzine heyday, because some studios *would* issue cease and desist orders. They never did anything to back them up, but they did issue them.

As far as misunderstanding... well, I think it's obvious you understood what I wrote. It meant no more and no less than what I said. Was it "misunderstood"? At this point, it is a deliberate misunderstanding on the part of a few people because I have clarified what I meant several times now.

Annie