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The Yaoi Shelf

Join hosts AuthorCarola 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.

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02:02:56

Purity Culture with Sam Aburime

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2024/02/05

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 ShelfWe'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:

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01:58:31

Queer Shipping in Western Fandom Spaces

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2024/01/07

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:

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01:41:16

Hauls and Haul Culture

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/12/03

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:

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02:01:57

Fujin BrainRot

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/11/12

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

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02:44:33

The Villain F*cker Special

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/10/08

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:

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01:55:44

The Antique Bakery Episode

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/09/10

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:

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02:11:45

BL Fanfic Tropes

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/08/06

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

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01:31:05

Representation in BL and Yaoi

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/07/02

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

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01:32:47

An Intro to BL Scholarship with Special Guest: Dr....

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/06/04

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 are joined by famed BL and queer media scholar: Dr. James Welker, to discuss BL scholarship, his fantastic book Queer Transfigurations and why academia in the BL space is so important. Where to find Dr

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02:08:40

Writing Boy's Love

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/05/07

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 talk about their experiences writing BL and yaoi, the "glamorous" aspects of being a writer and once more ask: is this fetishizing gay men? Where can you find the our writing? Amanda:

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01:34:10

Our BLindspots

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/04/09

In this episode, hosts Amanda and Carola talk about their blindspots in the wide world of BL and yaoi fandom and discuss haul culture, overly enthusiastic fandoms and being in the right headspace to try new things. For more visit: theyaoishelf.com Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf --- 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

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01:51:44

The School Life Episode

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/03/12

The bell's ringing, class is in session! Today, your hosts are ready and eager to talk about school life BL, high school and university AUs, why school life series are still top of their class. 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. Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Instagram:

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01:33:54

The Fluff Episode

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/02/12

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, we're talking about fluff; why it's good, when it can be bad and why Amanda specifically hates it (sometimes). Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Our Instagram: @TheYaoiShelf Join our Discord:

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01:57:12

Vintage BL Titles Worth Reading

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2023/01/15

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 Season 4 premiere, Amanda and Carola discuss some vintage BL titles they love and promise not to just talk about Gravitation for over an hour. Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Support the Show: Patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf 18+ Discord:

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01:19:07

The Ultimate Fujin Gift Guide

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2022/12/04

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. 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 our last episode

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02:32:52

Problematic Content with Special Guest: Peachie from...

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2022/11/14

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 episode is sponsored by YiggyBean Books: https://yiggybean.com/] This week's episode is all about problematic content so we had to call in a very special guest: Peachie! Peachie's Hiding Places: https://linktr.ee/cobl Follow us on Twitter

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01:30:27

An Intro Into Spooky and Horror BL

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2022/10/09

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. To celebrate October, we're going over some spooky and horror BL and ask the age old question: is this fetishizing gay men? Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Support the Show: Patreon.Com/TheYaoiShelf Discord:

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01:19:05

Side Characters and RarePair

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2022/09/11

Today in honor of Carola's 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, we're gonna talk about side characters and rarepair! 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. Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Support the Show: Patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf DISCORD: https://discord.gg/aJSt4WZkDz --- Send in a voice

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01:06:20

Is this Fetishization? With Special Guest: Dr. Thomas...

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2022/08/07

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 episode, Amanda and Carola enlist the help of very special guest and literal BL Scholar, Dr. Thomas Baudinette, to talk about a topic that has been part of the fujin experience for years: is this fetishizing gay men. You can get Dr. Thomas' book

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02:06:05

The Sites We Left Behind

The Yaoi Shelf ·

2022/07/24

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 episode, to celebrate us both being older, we're going to talk about the site's we left behind on our fujin journey. Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf --- Send in a voice message:

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