The Yaoi Shelf

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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 a... more

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December 09, 2024 The Clueless Uke Trope
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/
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1h 59min
November 11, 2024 Our Bad Taste in Fictional Men
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
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2h 26min
October 07, 2024 The Performative Angst of Early BL 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.
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
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2h 36min
September 16, 2024 Queer Representation in BL and Yaoi
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
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2h 11min
August 05, 2024 The BL Con Scene
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
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1h 37min
July 14, 2024 The Hetalia Episode
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!

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2h 1min
June 02, 2024 What's in a Name? MLM Romance vs. BL vs. Yaoi & Shonen Ai
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

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1h 50min
May 05, 2024 An Intro to BL Gaming with Special Guest: Blerdy Otome
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
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2h 12min
April 14, 2024 The Nakamura Asumiko Special
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
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1h 51min
March 03, 2024 Piracy and Monopolies
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.
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Support the show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf
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1h 42min

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