My Yaoi-Obsessed-Fangirl Blog

When I type in the words "yaoi" and "blog" together into google, I get some things, but I don't get any blogs that deal mainly with yaoi.

So...I made this blog. On yaoi. Well, mostly yaoi. I have other stuff on there too occasionally. But mostly yaoi. Reviews, discussions, ~stuff~, "yaoi finding tutorials,"

I did some soul-searching recently and it finally hit me how ...nice yaoi has made it for me. I'm female, I'm kind of naive, and I don't have any older siblings to guide me in the growing up process. I honestly feel that one of the reasons why I didn't go down a really dark and scary path that other people sometimes unfortunately fall into, is because I had yaoi (and fandom) to catch me and keep me happy. Instead of giving away parts of myself or exploiting my body (which the media sadly encourages), through yaoi (and fandom), I found a really nice, sanctuary-like place. Yaoi distracted me from lots of pressures that a young woman faces, such as, for example...body image issues. I was too busy drawing and drooling over beautiful bishounen to criticize myself and say how I physically didn't measure up to glamor magazines (note: this works for me, I don't know if it does for other people).

And, especially now that I'm in college, I feel that yaoi kind of also helps prevent me from becoming kind of desperate and lowering my standards and respect for myself in order to feel valued and less lonely. Basically, yaoi made me too happy and busy to angst over men, loneliness, and insecurity. Sure, such issues do arise, but I feel that yaoi really mitigated it for me.

An equal action deserves and equal and opposite reaction, right? I honestly love yaoi. I know that some people oppose it and say that it's unrealistic and enforces stereotypes. But think about it: doesn't...EVERYTHING do that? Pretty much?

So, it's kind of my way of giving back. Yaoi took good care of me, and I feel that I might as well take good care of it in return and do what I can to promote it and show at least one fan's view and knowledge of yaoi.

Hence why I started my blog

What do I write about? Oh...stuff that has to do with me, what I notice, and yaoi. Pairings I like, stuff in anime I notice where I raise my eyebrow and go "hmmm...that is yaoi-worthy, those two totally want into each other's pants," and anything else that I think is interesting, or at the very least, amusing.