A Question to Ponder

[hrj]

This will become more relevant when I write a review of the book I'm currently reading, but for your general consideration:

When a fantasy author writes something characterizable as a "lesbian fairy tale", why does the reading public seem to demand more justification for the presence of lesbians than for the presence of fairies?

Comments

[ursula]

It's a genre thing, surely. An axiom of fantasy novels is that fairies might show up. You won't buy the book if that assumption drives you up the wall.