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In this episode of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola talk about the career of famed mangaka Nakamura Asumiko, the perils of recommendations in especially early yaoi fandom and the performative angst that was a huge part of 2000s fujin culture. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Support The Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelfOur 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/CtWwfkUY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss piracy in BL fandom, the death of physical media and the rise of corporate monopolies and why many are looking to the glory days of online piracy for solutions once more. Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Support the show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/NhrEQmKY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf We're back with our first guest of the year: Sam from the incredibly important Fujoshi.Info and of several academic papers to discuss purity culture and the future of BL fandom! You can find Sam and their work: https://www.fujoshi.info/Twitter: SamAburime https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. We're back! Join hosts Amanda and Carola as they discuss the queer shipping side of some of your favorite Western fandom properties and finally do talk about SuperWhoLock. Support the Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf Join our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/Vj39Za4em5 Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

In this month's episode and the final episode of 2023, we're gonna talk about hauls, haul culture, capitalism and what turned hauls from social fun to social performance. Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/TheYaoiShelfOur 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/WgsMwNKc7a Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/theyaoishelf --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. This month, hosts Amanda and Carola are here to talk about a very "serious" condition: Fujin BrainRot. We're going to talk about hyperfixation, why fujin sometimes go too far and how to best live with a brain that sees the yaoi side of everything. Other Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support the Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf Our 18+ Official Discord : https://discord.gg/5wyTwvNcB --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf.Let's get spooky! Join hosts Amanda and Carola in a very long and very informative conversation about villains, villainy and why so many of us want to sleep with the bad guy. https://theyaoishelf.carrd.coSupport the Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode, Amanda and Carola talk about a podcast favorite: Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga. theyaoishelf.carrd.co More places to listen- podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelfPatreon.com/TheYaoiShelfOur 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/mdp2h8KNr Where else can you find us? Amanda: Twitter- https://twitter.com/AichiYume YouTube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLZb... Carola: Twitter- https://twitter.com/AuthorCarola Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/authorcarola --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode, Amanda and Carola go back to their roots to talk about BL fanfic, writing conventions and discuss that while some things change, others remain the same. Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf More places to listen- https://anchor.fm/the-yaoi-shelf Patreon: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/FATkcExgb --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In this month's episode, hosts Amanda and Carola celebrate their birth month by tackling the important topic of representation in BL and yaoi. Our Socials: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co Our 18+ discord: https://discord.gg/Fqz7kPTa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support