“Girl, for now” perfectly encapsulates my gender experience up until my twenties
2024-08-05 11:28:07
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Kamu :
For me there's also a power balance aspect to it too. If I'm reading w/m or w/w I get anxious that there is going to be some sort misogynistic power imbalance in the relationship or because of it 1/2
2024-08-05 18:46:45
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PeachyTea [49%] :
Why... why am i getting my life analysis like wow i didnt know that about that myself byt that makes so much sense
2024-09-18 23:13:38
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🌼🦄🎀Fabu🔮✨🌈 :
me, a lesbian who grew up being really into yaoi, feel a bit too called out
2024-08-05 16:07:58
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kyt4you :
well....... this is too complicated to unpack just put that back in the suitcase.
2024-08-05 16:40:18
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Izzy :
I‘m on the ace side of things and I‘ve never projected myself onto the characters but rather I enjoyed reading about these characters as an outsider that didnt need to relate. It‘s freeing
2024-08-05 17:29:14
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Mitch :
I absolutely agree and think it also has to do with how culture views “male” as default. Female characters are rarely given the depth of male characters and have their femininity emphasized which can-
2024-08-05 14:40:45
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rat bastard :
The “at least for now” was evil to say as I question my gender
2024-08-05 14:27:25
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Obie🧚🏽♀️✨ 🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩 :
Woahhhhh😭
2024-09-24 06:46:55
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wist :
no bc why did yaoi and bl help me discover i was a lesbian 😭😭😭
2024-08-05 15:10:00
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Just Jess :
As a lesbian who was really into yaoi growing up....absolutely spot on.
2024-08-05 16:52:42
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Ash 🧿〰️🧿 :
"girl for now" you called me out so hard I can't even be mad
2024-08-05 11:23:14
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Úlfdís :
yes! i think that's also why as i became more comfortable with sexuality, my fandom interests became less into yaoi and fic pairs that were exclusively yaoi
2024-08-05 11:49:41
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Mei :
Tbh I feel like a lot of people heard the fetishization argument and latched onto it without analyzing it. It stemmed from a genuine critique of some extreme people in fandom and now that that+
2024-10-14 23:33:20
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cassy :
Personal reflection on this: I've realized I take in male-bodied content more bc female anatomy often reminds me of myself and my difficulty to *get there*. Easier when I'm remived from the fantasy
2024-08-05 15:07:46
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yayyyletsgooo :
A paper about yaoi for college
2024-08-06 14:26:52
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#1 friar errol defender 🧡💙 :
...so how does this work alongside my (previous) avoidance of yuri 😳
2024-08-05 18:15:24
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benWartortle :
My teen years make a lot more sense now. Thank you
2024-08-05 09:52:30
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ashdon dabbs. :
i don’t know what ANY of this means but i’m BRICKED
2024-08-05 10:46:43
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Naila Wendy :
Also one thing I wanna add is that Male characters in BL are both well written most of the time, even tho they can totally fall in clichés they are still characters with a lot of depth-
2024-09-22 00:50:58
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acid 🌈🦈 :
A lot of people don't quite understand anime fans I feel, but you hit it so close. For anime fans, it isn't really about the literal ideas of the anim
2024-08-05 13:31:34
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nme :
But what about us monsterlovers 😅
2024-08-05 15:52:22
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cl00tch :
The book girls who like boys go like boys is more about fanfic but it’s a really nuanced take on all this
2024-08-05 09:30:53
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3vi3vi0 :
i wrote a college essay on this 😭
2024-08-05 18:02:14
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