Why smut fics are so popular in the LGBTQ community

August 8 is International Female Orgasm Day, and we're celebrating with an entire week dedicated to exploring the business and pleasure of porn. If watching porn isn't for you, consider reading some smutty fanfiction.  Isa, a fanfiction writer who preferred not to share their last name, began writing smut last fall "partly as a sort of rebellious thing against the whole conservative Midwest upbringing."  "Which is a bit silly since I'm queer and pretty actively beyond that now," Isa said in a Twitter DM. "Honestly, I was better at it than I thought I would be."  Their first fic was a oneshot, or a standalone story. Because it ended up "getting some attention" on Archive of Our Own, an online archive for sharing fan art and fanfiction, Isa expanded it into a "really ridiculous longfic that tried to balance a lot of serious plot and emotions with porn."  Read more...More about Porn, Fandom, Fanfiction, Porn Week, and Culture