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.o...
May 07, 2023•2 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 5
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
Apr 09, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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: ...
Mar 12, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Season 4Ep. 3
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/aJS...
Feb 12, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 2
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...
Jan 15, 2023•1 hr 57 min•Season 4Ep. 1
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 epis...
Dec 04, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 16
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://twi...
Nov 14, 2022•2 hr 33 min•Season 3Ep. 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. 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...
Oct 09, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 14
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...
Sep 11, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 13
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...
Aug 07, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 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 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
Jul 24, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 11
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
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 3Ep. 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 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: T...
May 15, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Season 3Ep. 9
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 explora...
Apr 17, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 3Ep. 8
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
Mar 13, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 7
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...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Season 3Ep. 6
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.co...
Jan 16, 2022•2 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 5
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.
Dec 05, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 4
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 Twit...
Nov 14, 2021•2 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 3
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.
Oct 10, 2021•2 hr•Season 3Ep. 2
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!
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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.
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Join hosts MommaLuvsManga and AichiYume on a talk about headcanons, fan culture and when it's okay to just have a creative fan imagination.
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Recorded from our FujoCon panel learn how to be the very best possible fujin with Aisha and Amanda!
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 6 min
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?
May 19, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Season 2Ep. 5
TW: frank discussions about abuse and trauma Well, let's talk about it. Why are so many semes in BL/yaoi so damn abusive?
Apr 18, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 4
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.
Mar 23, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 3
They're all over "mangatube" and a quick and easy content source but are hauls are harmless as they seem?
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 2
This episode is sponsored by Rotten Blossoms! Thank you to the Rotten Blossoms team for working with us and we're honored to have them help keep the lights on for The Yaoi Shelf. Stay tuned for a special message from our sponsor during this episode. Welcome back! It's Season 2 and in light of some...recent events, hosts Aisha and Amanda are going to talk about how to properly have discourse online.
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In the Season 1 Finale of The Yaoi Shelf: join Aisha and Amanda in a spirited talk about why folks still hate on Fujos, what we can do about it and the merits of listening.
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 10
