Consulting Fans: Consultingpiskies, Finnagain, MK, and Saathi1013. Listen here or download.

• Rule 63 (as Saathi uses it – ymmv): an umbrella term for fanonically reinterpreting characters as gender(s) other than those presented in canon.  This includes what some people call ‘cis-swapping’ as well as headcanoning a character as transgender, provided their gender identity — not assignation at birth — is different than that in canon.  Also useful when one wants to be inclusive of nonbinary genders.
• Femslash Fics mentioned:
  • Steganography by Saathi1013 (Anthea/Eve Moneypenny)
  • Baked by DietPlainLite (Hoopervan)
  • How the Mouth Changes its Shape by breathedout (rule 63 Johnlock)
  • Cherish is the word by Deadloss (Margaret/Martha Hudson, in Spanish)
  • with whom faith could be kept by languageescapes (Irene/Soo Lin Yao, Hoopervan)
  • Dubious and Questionable: Trimalchio. by lostofwords (Mollrene)
  • The Sea in a Chasm by verymorstan (trans Harry Watson as a secondary character)
• Femslash fic recs:
  • Deep Cover (Chapter of The Long Game) by BootsnBlossoms (Morkins)
  • Sleepless by VeilChenJaeger (Morkins)
  • Diversionary Tactics by ShinySherlock (Molrene)
  • Just How This Would End by Violsva (Mary Morstan/Violet Hunter ACD Holmes)
  • Plain Jane by abrae (rule 63 Johnlock)
  • Stars in a Phrygian Sky by fresne (Omegaverse femslash, Irene/nearly everyone)
• Places to find femslash/prompts/etc.
  • Femslash Revolution (multi-fandom)
  • Femslash Big Bang (multi-fandom)
  • FYeahSherlockFemslash run by the lovely Solrosan and Holyfant
  • Ladiesofsherlock (bimonthly-ish prompts)
  • sherlockrareship
  • Women and Genderqueers First: A Podfic Exchange (multi-fandom)

• Non-fic resources mentioned:
  • AO3 census: reported sexulality by centrumlumina
  • 2015 femslash statistics by destinationtoast (multi-fandom)
  • AO3 Sherlock femslash works by finnagain (works over years, pairings, Rule 63)
  • 33% Resolution by herestoyoubub, on representation in fanworks
  • Is Anthea really smart by ibelieveinmycroft, with commentary from martha-bee
  • AO3 Feature Requests on Trello, to request primary/secondary relationship distinctions

• Additional reading:
  • Does Gender Matter? Women, Tolkien and the Online Fanfiction Community by Kristi Lee Brobeck (non-Sherlock)
  • Stage 10: Misogyny? by centrumlumina (F/F pairings less popular, across fandoms)
  • Stage Five: Canonicity by centrumlumina (on F/F ships often canonical, across fandoms)

This segment was originally posted on February 1, 2015 in Episode 33: Love is a Chemical Defect. It may have been remastered for audibility.