I'm not on the femslash side of fandom at all, so this is very interesting to read. Thanks for all the links--they'll be good background.

Femslash, no less than m/m slash, is frequently a genre of escapist literature (although, of course, it doesn't have to be, and it can be in ways other than the immediately obvious).

I don't think I have to be a femslash reader to agree with this. Femslash is fanfic, and while it can be political, it certainly doesn't have to be. We do this because it's fun and we love it, and not because we're (necessarily) set out to write a manifesto.