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. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-yaoi-shelf/support
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The Performative Angst of Early BL Fandom
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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 ed…
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Queer Representation in BL and Yaoi
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This episode is sponsored by: Filthy Figments! Check them out for diverse and smutty 18+ webcomics! filthyfigments.comIn 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 desperat…
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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 an…
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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/yaoishelfImportant Links:https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Our 18+ Discord: https://disco…
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What's in a Name? MLM Romance vs. BL vs. Yaoi & Shonen Ai
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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 …
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An Intro to BL Gaming with Special Guest: Blerdy Otome
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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 …
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The Nakamura Asumiko Special
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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+ Dis…
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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 …
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Purity Culture with Sam Aburime
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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 ac…
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Queer Shipping in Western Fandom Spaces
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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 We…
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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 …
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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…
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The Villain F*cker Special
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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 villain…
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The Antique Bakery Episode
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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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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 conventio…
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Representation in BL and Yaoi
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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 …
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An Intro to BL Scholarship with Special Guest: Dr. James Welker
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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, …
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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 "glamo…
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Episode 38: The BL That Put BL Garden in Therapy
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Why do we seek out sad stories? Why is grief porn appealing? What's so compelling about an uke with a sad backstory? The 8OH1 crew discusses the appeal of angst and the BL the put BL Garden in therapy. BL Titles Mentioned in This Episode Okane ga Nai Pearl Boy by Inking Ten Count Maiden Rose A Home Far Away Golden Sparkle I Didn’t Mean to Fall in L…
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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.spot…
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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 cr…
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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 specifi…
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Hey, Fujoshiman! Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey!
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Ask us anything! Hey, Fujoshiman is a short podcast from BL Garden of DFW inspired by the Hey, Answerman column from Anime News Network. Your hosts return to answer not one, but FIVE of your most burning questions in this Hey, Fujoshiman information extravaganza. Find out if guys can really go that many rounds, if a digital-only title will ever be …
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Episode 37: Changing BL Opinions
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This episode of the 8OH1 podcast is sponsored by Irodori Sakura. Seasons change, and fujoshi too! We may be seasoned fujoshi, but as BL itself has changed so have our once long-held beliefs. Is childhood friends to lovers still the peak of romance? Is 2D always better than 3D? Are these characters getting younger, or are we just getting older? BL G…
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Vintage BL Titles Worth Reading
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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 jus…
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Episode 36: All That's Good in MM Romance Right Now
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This episode of the 8OH1 podcast is sponsored by Media Do International. Join Lynn, Kit, Izora, and Charls as they take a look back at what they've discovered over the past couple years in the MM Romance world from space operas to new adult to orcs and shifters. Titles mentioned: The Sins of the Orc by Finley Fenn Heart to Heart: Fated Paths by Eab…
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The Ultimate Fujin Gift Guide
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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, …
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Episode 35: What is BL? Revisited
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This episode of the 8OH1 podcast is sponsored by Rotten Blossoms. What makes a work BL? In 2022, this is a difficult question to answer. BL Garden revisits the topic of an early 8OH1 episode to discuss the the shift in label conventions, how BL is defined outside of Japan, and just how serious the "love" part of "boys' love" is. Titles Mentioned in…
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Problematic Content with Special Guest: Peachie from The Church of BL
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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 prob…
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Episode 34: The Brocest Episode
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This episode of the 8OH1 podcast is sponsored by DLste garumani. After years of inserting #brotherfucking into all BLG content, BLG's resident broconnoisseurs finally get their own episode to discuss one of BL's longstanding taboos: brotherly lovin'. Why do fans like it? How has fandom response to brocest changed over time? Is anyone else #BloodBro…
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An Intro Into Spooky and Horror BL
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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 fetis…
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BL Gardens talks all things live-action in this episode about BL dramas! What was your first BL drama? Which country has the best series? Why are engineers so gay? What's with the Kamen Rider to BL Actor Pipeline? These questions and more will be answered (kind of) in this episode no live-action BL dramas! BL Titles Mentioned in this Episode About …
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Side Characters and RarePair
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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 u…
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Episode 32: 2021 Yabai List!
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20. Tied: Blue Sky Complex by Ichikawa Kei @k_ickw - Futekiya Momo to Manji (Momo and Manji) by Sakura Sawa @climnon - Futekiya 19. Ore ga Suki nado Warawaseru by Sato Tsubame - unlicensed 18. Mitsuka (Nectar) by akabeko @akabeko_bl – ShuCream BL, Futekiya 17. Minato Shouji Coin Laundry by Kantsume Sawa and Tsubaki Yuzu @tsubaki_yuzu - unlicensed 1…
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Is this Fetishization? With Special Guest: Dr. Thomas Baudinette
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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 …
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The Sites We Left Behind
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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 ou…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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Seme and Uke: The Trope to Rule Them All
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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 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 b…
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Our Fanfic Guilty Pleasures
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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 absolutel…
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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…
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Episode 31: BL That Shaped Us w/ The Yaoi Shelf
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Gather 'round, ye weaboomers! What do you get when two BL podcasts collab? Mostly pure chaos. With some ghost twinks. Join the fujin of BL Garden and The Yaoi Shelf in this epic joint venture! (We promise we don't spend the entire episode talking about Gravitation. Just like...part of it.) Titles Mentioned: Close the Last Door (Yamada Yugi) Eerie Q…
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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 …
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Episode 30: Chat w/ Majessa from DLsite!
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The following is a sponsored reviewed. BL Garden sits down with Majessa from DLsite / EISYS, inc. to chat about DLsite's steamy (and amazingly-titled) works, move to cater to overseas fans, FujoCon debut, and their exciting Translators United initiative which allows passionate fans to contribute to their favorite artists and communities. Managed by…
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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/…
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Episode 29: Beautiful Flowers Have Thorns & Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
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This episode is sponsored by Rotten Blossoms. DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT! BL Garden sits down to discuss the deliciously dark title Beautiful Flowers Have Thorns by Reo Ohno from Rotten Blossoms & examine why liking "bad things" can be oh so good. This episode contains prolonged discussion of content that may be disturbing. Please be advised. Mentioned …
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Psychological Abuse as a Trope in BL
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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 co…
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Episode 28: FANTIS, PART TWO
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It’s FANTI, Part 2: Electric Bigotry! The hosts of BL Garden sit down with Aeri and Cristal Marie to continue the FANTI panel from FujoCon 2021. We answer attendee-submitted questions and discuss the need for preservation of marginalized creator texts and BL academia translation projects, how to protect yourself in fandom, racism in “pro-ship” and …
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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 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, ya…
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