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issuefic en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English issue Latin fānāticuslbor. French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic English fancyinflu. English fan English fiction English fan fiction English fanfic English fic English issuefic From issue + fic.

Meanings

1. (slang, uncountable) Fan fiction which explores or comments upon social or political issues.
   • Even a gay identification, though, did not lead to the endorsement of gay politics. As noted earlier in the chapter, the respondents expressed a dislike of "issue fic." 2005, Rhiannon Bury, Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online, page 92:
   • This story also appeared to me to be an “issue fic” by virtue of its handling of a character who was still in the process of transitioning (or recently had) and who specifically acknowledged fearing transphobia within the text, in addition to tags about “misunderstandings” and “self confidence issues.” 2017, Elliot Aaron Director, "Something Queer In His Make-Up: Genderbending, Omegaverses, And Fandom's Discontents", dissertation submitted to Bowling Green State University, page 126
   • As one woman in my study explains, 'I don't read [issue fic] because a lot focuses on 'queer culture' and despite being a queer woman myself, I find it alienating because...it feels like I'm being spoken for, and plus I don't read erotica to learn lessons' (American, 25-34, single, bisexual). 2018, Lucy Neville, Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: Women and Gay Male Pornography and Erotica, page 274:

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