Episodes

Dec 7

In the Season 6 Finale, hosts Amanda and Carola are joined by BL Industry Legend: Tylor Starr! We'll cover keeping up with BL news past, present and future! 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. Tylor's Links: Twitter: https://x.com/hoshitylor BluPetal: https://linktr.ee/blupetal To Be a Contributor: info@blupetal.net Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support The Hosts as Writers: Amanda’s AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/AichiYume/works Carola’s Book: Getbook.at/ChangeofHeartBL

Nov 10

In this month's episode, Amanda and Carola discuss the somewhat controversial topic of fanservice and queerbaiting when it comes to BL, queer media, fandom and more. 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/TheYaoiShelfOur 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support The Hosts as Writers: Amanda’s AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/AichiYume/works Carola’s Book: Getbook.at/ChangeofHeartBL

Oct 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 month’s episode and in honor of the Halloween Season, hosts Amanda and Carola, discuss the hit horror series The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren, thoughts on the series and the pervasive Bury Your Gays Trope in media. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support The Hosts as Writers: Amanda’s AO3:https://archiveofourown.org/users/AichiYume/works Carola’s Book: Getbook.at/ChangeofHeartBL

Sep 14

In this month's episode, hosts Amanda and Carola are joined by BL academic superstar: Dr. Khursten Santos! We'll discuss the BL Odo, Dr. Khursten's research and what exactly gets to be BL? 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 Dr. Khursten's Article: https://www.academia.edu/44338160/The_Bitches_of_Boys_Love_comics_the_Pornographic_Response_of_Japans_rotten_women Follow Dr. Khursten: https://x.com/khursten https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wmveyvulbgjwoj6w5yha64rh

Aug 17

In this episode of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola discuss Katekyo! (Private Teacher!) by the manga legend Moegi Yuu! 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

Jul 14

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 birthday month by discussing the pairing that kicked off the fujin journey for so many: SasuNaru! Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf

Jun 16

In this month's episode, join hosts Amanda and Carola as they celebrate Pride Month by discussing BL's female roots, the women who helped create the art form and how a very decidedly female origin molded BL into what it is! 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 Server: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf

May 5

In this episode of The Yaoi Shelf, hosts Amanda and Carola will discuss queering shonen anime and manga, queer theory and why so many of our favorite pairings come from decidedly non-BL series. Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X

Mar 10

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

Feb 2

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

Jan 6

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

Dec 9, 2024

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

Nov 11, 2024

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

Oct 7, 2024

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

Sep 16, 2024

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

Aug 5, 2024

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

Jul 14, 2024

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

Jun 2, 2024

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

May 5, 2024

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

Apr 14, 2024

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

Mar 3, 2024

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

Feb 5, 2024

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/

Jan 7, 2024

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/

Dec 3, 2023

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

Nov 12, 2023

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

Oct 8, 2023

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

Sep 10, 2023

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

Aug 6, 2023

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

Jul 2, 2023

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

Jun 4, 2023

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

May 7, 2023

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

Apr 9, 2023

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

Mar 12, 2023

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

Feb 12, 2023

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

Jan 15, 2023

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

Dec 4, 2022

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

Nov 14, 2022

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

Oct 9, 2022

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

Sep 11, 2022

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

Aug 7, 2022

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

Jul 24, 2022

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

Jun 19, 2022

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

May 15, 2022

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

Apr 17, 2022

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

Mar 13, 2022

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

Feb 20, 2022

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

Jan 16, 2022

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

Dec 5, 2021

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.

Nov 14, 2021

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

Oct 10, 2021

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.

Sep 19, 2021

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!

Jul 21, 2021

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.

Jun 25, 2021

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 16, 2021

Recorded from our FujoCon panel learn how to be the very best possible fujin with Aisha and Amanda!

May 19, 2021

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?

Apr 18, 2021

TW: frank discussions about abuse and trauma Well, let's talk about it. Why are so many semes in BL/yaoi so damn abusive?

Mar 23, 2021

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.

Feb 22, 2021

They're all over "mangatube" and a quick and easy content source but are hauls are harmless as they seem?

Jan 25, 2021

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.

Dec 23, 2020

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.

Nov 15, 2020

Some fans do literally the most. Join hosts MommaLuvsManga and AichiYume in a frank talk about fan works, fanfic, fan art, doujin and how to be the best possible fan creator.

Oct 17, 2020

You love it, you hate it, it's an at times necessary part of BL fandom: let's talk censorship.

Sep 19, 2020

Who doesn't love a webcomic? Hosts AichiYume and MommaLuvsManga on a talk about BL webcomics, Patreon and just how you can support your favorite creators.

Aug 18, 2020

Join your two hosts on a trip through memory lane as we discuss shipping, the history of ships, some helpful vocab and how to wage artful war against your rival ships.

Jul 9, 2020

You've heard us gush. You've heard us stan. Now we talk about the myth, the legend, the mangaka: Fumi Yoshinaga.

Jun 22, 2020

The word that everyone loves to hate and loves even more to throw around. Let's talk about problematic elements in yaoi, why Amanda secretly hates that word and both Aisha and Amanda cover their list of what's a go and what's a no when it comes to some touchy subjects in BL.

Jun 22, 2020

Y'all knew this episode was coming. Let's talk about the process from idea to manga and how pirates may or may not be ruining everything.

Jun 22, 2020

Want to learn the history of yaoi? Want to also have a shockingly blunt conversation about representation and how the industry works? Then you've come to the right place! Pull up a chair and let's talk history, licenses and looking for yourself in Japanese comic books.

Jun 22, 2020

Welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. In Episode 1 you'll meet hosts Aisha and Amanda while learning the most you can about them by touring their respective yaoi shelves and discussing their Top 5 Yaoi Manga of all time!