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does it still feel weird to admit u read yaoi?
as someone who got into reading bl in 2020, the shaming of reading yaoi was so real omg … ppl made u feel so disgusting so i rotted in quarantine reading as my lil secret ╥﹏╥ but its lit becoming so normal now but does anyone else still feel hesitant to admit lol ┗( T﹏T )┛
I still feel that internal shame for it because I do acknowledge in my small brain that yaoi is a genre built on unfair fetishization of gay men. Which makes I feel kinda icky about liking it. But at the end of the day it is what I read and I feel like many members of the queer community are reclaiming the stories. Even though they may not have bee...... reply
no, i used to be bc i was younger but now i legit dont care i rock my aoba keychains in public, i talk abt it openly with friends too
sure there's weird stuff out there but there's weird shit in any media so don't be scared be cringe be free and have fun reply
Yes. The shame is there since BL is rather a taboo topic in my country. So, I really had no irl friends to share with. Made few mistakes of sharing/got caught and like they tried to broadcast it. That is where I felt the shame. Reading taboo is still taboo..
So, only I wish Inhad friends who are so open into BL. One can only hope reply
Yes- why wouldn't I be, because of Lezhin and Renta, all that gets advertised is noncon and dubcon. Which is not worse from normal manga advertisements but yaoi is not the only reason why I read BL.
All my fujoshi friends and calm compared to what people think we are- even I hate the stuff that made for only the fujoshi audience... fetishizing is ...... reply
I do talk about BL occasionnally, and why I am glad BL exist in this world. (but i don't talk about yaoi) I don't like talking about my sex life openly , so saying that i enjoy watching porn in general, or enjoy ''reading'' yaoi is something i consider private. Not that i don't want to '' admit it '' i could talk about it to a lover or a very close...... reply
Oh yeah definitely I only have three relatives who know I read it(my brothers and my male cousin), and none of my friends know. Though I highly suspect one reads furry bara and another is a himejoshi.
My older brother has always known, and he was really skeptical of the time I swore it off. (I have moral ocd it's a real fun time) but I figured at...... reply
