The Yaoi Shelf

Gay Sports Anime and Manga

Release Date: 3/10/2025

Duration: 134 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: In this episode of The Yaoi Shelf, join hosts Amanda and Carola as they discuss the emotional highs and turbulent lowers of sports anime that feels a little too queer not to notice! 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.Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelfDiscord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X

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BL Misogyny

Release Date: 2/2/2025

Duration: 140 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: In this episode, join hosts Amanda and Carola in a discussion about misogyny in the BL fandom and in BL works, how to best combat it and the importance of dialectics in fan communities. 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. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf

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The BL Economy and BL Economics

Release Date: 1/6/2025

Duration: 126 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: Welcome to the start of a brand new season! In this episode, Amanda and Carola talk about fujin spending power, the BL economy and how fujin and fangirls have always been the backbone of fandom. 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. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf

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The Clueless Uke Trope

Release Date: 12/9/2024

Duration: 118 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 did it! An entire year of The Yaoi Shelf is in the books! In this episode, your hosts discuss The Clueless Uke trope, it's reign of terror and how to write better and more complex characters. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf

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Our Bad Taste in Fictional Men

Release Date: 11/11/2024

Duration: 145 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 run from their issues and into the arms of their favorite bad fictional men. We discuss the social aspect of loving not so great fictional men, why we keep going out of our way to say fictional and the implications of calling a fictional man "babygirl". Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Performative Angst of Early BL Fandom

Release Date: 10/7/2024

Duration: 155 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 honor of Halloween Month, join hosts Amanda and Carola in a trip down memory lane where we discuss how edgy and problematic early fandom was, the need to prove yourself in fan spaces and the lingering scars from years of trying to act tough. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Queer Representation in BL and Yaoi

Release Date: 9/16/2024

Duration: 130 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: This episode is sponsored by: Filthy Figments! Check them out for diverse and smutty 18+ webcomics! filthyfigments.com In this episode, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss the history of queer representation in early BL and yaoi, how far we've come when it comes to queer representation and where readers can find the representation we are all so desperate for. Important Links: theyaoishelf.carrd.co Support the Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The BL Con Scene

Release Date: 8/5/2024

Duration: 96 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: In this episode, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss the yaoi and BL con scene including it's past, present and discuss the fact that BL fandom has always been part of convention culture. 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. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support the Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Hetalia Episode

Release Date: 7/14/2024

Duration: 120 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: In this month's episode, to celebrate our birthdays: we're finally talking about Axis Powers: Hetalia, the fandom, the shipping, the less than stellar fan behavior and whether this titan of early fandom is worth watching! Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Important Links:https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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What's in a Name? MLM Romance vs. BL vs. Yaoi & Shonen Ai

Release Date: 6/2/2024

Duration: 109 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss naming conventions in the boy's love and queer media space, talk about how these naming conventions have changed and answer whether this all does or does not fetishize gay men. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support the Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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An Intro to BL Gaming with Special Guest: Blerdy Otome

Release Date: 5/5/2024

Duration: 131 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 are joined by the super talented, Blerdy Otome, to discuss all things BL gaming! Important Links: theyaoishelf.carrd.co Our 18+ Discord: discord.gg/hqURZnnf Find Blerdy Otome: blerdyotome.com Support Blerdy Otome's new microphone fund: https://throne.com/blerdyotome/item/3e502a0c-093d-4a20-9b71-b44acd2185b1 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Nakamura Asumiko Special

Release Date: 4/14/2024

Duration: 110 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Piracy and Monopolies

Release Date: 3/3/2024

Duration: 101 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Purity Culture with Sam Aburime

Release Date: 2/5/2024

Duration: 122 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Queer Shipping in Western Fandom Spaces

Release Date: 1/7/2024

Duration: 118 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Hauls and Haul Culture

Release Date: 12/3/2023

Duration: 101 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Fujin BrainRot

Release Date: 11/12/2023

Duration: 121 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Villain F*cker Special

Release Date: 10/8/2023

Duration: 164 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Antique Bakery Episode

Release Date: 9/10/2023

Duration: 115 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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BL Fanfic Tropes

Release Date: 8/6/2023

Duration: 131 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Representation in BL and Yaoi

Release Date: 7/2/2023

Duration: 91 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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

Release Date: 6/4/2023

Duration: 92 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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. James Welker: Twitter: twitter.com/james_welker Research Twitter: blmediainasia Instagram: jamesinyokohama Queer Transfigurations: https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/queer-transfigurations-boys-love-media-in-asia/ Support the Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/TheYaoiShelf Instagram: TheYaoiShelf 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/aJSt4WZkDz --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Writing Boy's Love

Release Date: 5/7/2023

Duration: 128 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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: https://archiveofourown.org/users/AichiYume/works Carola: https://authorcarola.com/ Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Instagram: @TheYaoiShelf Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/aJSt4WZkDz Support the Show: Patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Our BLindspots

Release Date: 4/9/2023

Duration: 94 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The School Life Episode

Release Date: 3/12/2023

Duration: 111 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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: TheYaoiShelf Discord: https://discord.gg/aJSt4WZkDz Website: theyaoishelf.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Fluff Episode

Release Date: 2/12/2023

Duration: 93 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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: https://discord.gg/aJSt4WZkDz Support the Show: Patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Vintage BL Titles Worth Reading

Release Date: 1/15/2023

Duration: 117 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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:  https://discord.gg/aJSt4WZkDz  Instagram: theyaoishelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Ultimate Fujin Gift Guide

Release Date: 12/4/2022

Duration: 79 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 of the year, Amanda and Carola talk about where to shop for the fujin in your life for the holidays! Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Discord: https://discord.gg/aJSt4WZkDz Instagram: theyaoishelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Problematic Content with Special Guest: Peachie from The Church of BL

Release Date: 11/14/2022

Duration: 152 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf Follow us on Instagram: TheYaoiShelf Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/aJSt4WZkDz --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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An Intro Into Spooky and Horror BL

Release Date: 10/9/2022

Duration: 90 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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: https://discord.gg/aJSt4WZkDz --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Side Characters and RarePair

Release Date: 9/11/2022

Duration: 79 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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

Release Date: 8/7/2022

Duration: 66 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 here: https://www.press.umich.edu/11510904 And follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/tbaudinette Support the Show: https://www.patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Sites We Left Behind

Release Date: 7/24/2022

Duration: 126 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Tags and Tagging

Release Date: 6/19/2022

Duration: 106 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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.   Today we're going to talk about tags, tagging and whether this is indeed fetishization?    Follow us on Twitter: TheYaoiShelf  Patreon: Patreon.Com/TheYaoiShelf  Instagram: TheYaoiShelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Is it QueerBait?

Release Date: 5/15/2022

Duration: 109 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 hosts Carola and Amanda talk about queerbait: the who, what, where and why and ask in their recurring segment, is this fetishizing gay men?    Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/theyaoishelf Patreon: Patreon.Com/TheYaoiShelf  Instagram: TheYaoiShelf   Where else can you find us?    Amanda: Blog- amandaactually.com          Twitter- https://twitter.com/AichiYume                  Carola:              Twitter- https://twitter.com/AuthorCarola             Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/authorcarola --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Fujin Pipeline

Release Date: 4/17/2022

Duration: 107 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: This episode is sponsored by DLSite Garumani!  Please use our special link: https://dlsite.jp/e3fr2bx _   And enter the code ‘theyaoishelf’ to receive 30%off on your first purchase when you register!   Thank you to DLSite Garumani for sponsoring the show!   In this episode, hosts Carola and Amanda discuss why many fujin are not so straight anymore and the tricky relationship between pop culture and gender and sexuality.     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/yaoishelfMore places to listen- https://anchor.fm/the-yaoi-shelfFollow us on Instagram- TheYaoiShelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Seme and Uke: The Trope to Rule Them All

Release Date: 3/13/2022

Duration: 99 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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.   In this episode,  Amanda and Carola discuss seme and uke: the characteristics, the tropes and why it may not be so toxic after all.     Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Our Fanfic Guilty Pleasures

Release Date: 2/20/2022

Duration: 116 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 talk about some of the tropes, roles and more in fanfic that we absolutely love and see little to no shame about!     Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelf More places to listen- https://anchor.fm/the-yaoi-shelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Pro Ship vs. Anti Ship

Release Date: 1/16/2022

Duration: 145 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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 your hosts are joined by literal fantastic BL scholar Aeri of Queerioes fame to talk about a topic we've danced around but finally need to touch: pro ship vs anti ship.    Where to find Aeri:    Twitter: @_queerioes Website: https://blfanproject.com/   Follow us on Twitter! -https://twitter.com/yaoishelfMore places to listen- https://anchor.fm/the-yaoi-shelf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Our Fujin Way

Release Date: 12/5/2021

Duration: 122 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: In this episode, we cover just how we became the fujin that we are. We talk shipping wars, our first series and the things that made us into the proud elder fujin we are today.    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 this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Gravitation Special

Release Date: 11/14/2021

Duration: 135 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: FINALLY. We're gonna do it. We're talking Gravitation. Let's go. 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 More places to listen- https://anchor.fm/the-yaoi-shelf Where else can you find us?      Amanda: Blog- https://amandaactually.wordpress.com                  Twitter- https://twitter.com/AichiYume                  YouTube-https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLZb...                   Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/AichiYumePro...                   Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/amanda.actu...   Carola:               Twitter- https://twitter.com/AuthorCarola             Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/authorcarola --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Psychological Abuse as a Trope in BL

Release Date: 10/10/2021

Duration: 120 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: TRIGGER WARNING:  if talk of emotional abuse and manipulation isn't your thing, you get a pass to hang out with a cookie and some juice and sit this one out.  In this episode, hosts AuthorCarola and AichiYume talk about psychological abuse as a trope in BL and yaoi: why it happens, can it ever be good (in fiction) and if its so bad, why do we keep coming back to such a painful subject for many readers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Meet the Hosts 2.0

Release Date: 9/19/2021

Duration: 92 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: 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.   In this episode, let's meet our hosts that will guide us through another mythical season talking about BL, yaoi and shounen ai and go over their top 5 favorite yaoi manga! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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DubCon and NonCon

Release Date: 7/21/2021

Duration: 84 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: TRIGGER WARNING: if talk of fictional noncon (lack of consent) is triggering to you, you may wanna sit this episode out.  In this episode, hosts MommaluvsManga and AichiYume talk about noncon and dubcon in the BL space.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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HeadCanons

Release Date: 6/25/2021

Duration: 104 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: Join hosts MommaLuvsManga and AichiYume on a talk about headcanons, fan culture and when it's okay to just have a creative fan imagination.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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FujoCon 2021: Proper Fujo Etiquette Panel

Release Date: 6/16/2021

Duration: 66 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: Recorded from our FujoCon panel learn how to be the very best possible fujin with Aisha and Amanda!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Minors in Adult Fandom Spaces

Release Date: 5/19/2021

Duration: 108 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: In the current drama of the Internet age: there seems to be a war waged between minors who seek to make the internet safe and adult fans who wish to continue making content made by them and for them. Just how did we get here and what happens when children try to play around in an adult toy land? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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The Abusive Seme Trope

Release Date: 4/18/2021

Duration: 72 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: TW: frank discussions about abuse and trauma  Well, let's talk about it. Why are so many semes in BL/yaoi so damn abusive?  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Representation (Finally)

Release Date: 3/23/2021

Duration: 56 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: Here we go. We tackle the elephant in the room. Join hosts Aisha and Amanda as they finally conquer the topic of representation, the merits of minding your own business and talk about this tricky subject.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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Hauls and Haul Culture

Release Date: 2/22/2021

Duration: 65 Mins

Authors: The Yaoi Shelf

Description: They're all over "mangatube" and a quick and easy content source but are hauls are harmless as they seem? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support

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