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

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

I suppose your review will reveal whether you thought the author made an equally good job of portraying the lesbians and the fairies, but assuming that they did, it's probably to do with reader expectations of what sort of things are supposed to be in a fairy tale.