The Yaoi Shelf

The Yaoi Shelf

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The Yaoi Shelf episodes

  • 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
    Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/NhrEQmKY

    1 hr 42 min
  • Purity Culture with Sam Aburime

    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

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    2 hr 3 min
  • Queer Shipping in Western Fandom Spaces

    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.


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    Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/

    1 hr 59 min
  • Hauls and Haul Culture

    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

    1 hr 42 min
  • Fujin BrainRot

    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.
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    Support the Show: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf

    Our 18+ Official Discord : https://discord.gg/5wyTwvNcB

    2 hr 2 min
  • The Villain F*cker Special

    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.

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    2 hr 45 min
  • The Antique Bakery Episode

    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.

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    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

    1 hr 56 min
  • BL Fanfic Tropes

    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.
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    More places to listen- https://anchor.fm/the-yaoi-shelf
    Patreon: Patreon.com/theyaoishelf
    18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/FATkcExgb

    2 hr 12 min
  • Representation in BL and Yaoi

    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.
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    1 hr 32 min
  • An Intro to BL Scholarship with Special Guest: Dr. James Welker

    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

    1 hr 33 min

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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…