Have you read Jenkins' book, titled Textual Poachers? It's a bit dated, but still an amusing read for those of us on the inside.

I found the author's insistence that slash fic isn't about sex to be a bit disingenuous. Sure, it's also about the emotional connection between the characters-- but shouldn't any sort of well-written sex involve an emotional connection between the characters? In these popular press articles that attempt to explain slash, I often get the impression that women! writing sex scenes! to be read by other women! is being described primarily for its shock value.