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
It's the opposite, i'd go arround telling people that i read yaoi to keep them away from me. Only real ones stay. Love you irl besties
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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
