The Yaoi Shelf

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.   &nb...

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! &n...

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...

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 co...

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- htt...

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 fo...

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 f...

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. 

Join hosts MommaLuvsManga and AichiYume on a talk about headcanons, fan culture and when it's okay to just have a creative fan imagination. 

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

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?

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

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. 

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

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...

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. 

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. 

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

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. 

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. 

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

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. 

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. 

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. 

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!