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[–]gencritcurious[S] 21 insightful - 2 fun21 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

its crazy to hear that this is a common experience! I would say the reason for the tifs i interacted with hiding their fetish the was that being a fujoshi was seen as the ultimate cancellable crime, and any association with that was deemed wrong... so hiding it was basically a distancing tactic. And because everyone only talked about it in dms/private, it was seen as something that no one did. I also think that there was definitely an air of “well its ok if i do this in private because im a REAL gay man and i cant ~fetishize~ myself”, but basically all of them were doing it simultaneously, even if no one would point out the elephant in the room

[–]RevengeOfTheCis 19 insightful - 7 fun19 insightful - 6 fun20 insightful - 7 fun -  (2 children)

OHHH, I see! So even TIFs aren't allowed to read yaoi anymore because it was written by a fujoshi and they're guilty by association? But the TIFs are allowed to create their own original yaoi fiction/art, since they are "gay men" and not fujoshi? (As long as they don't call it "yaoi" and they're sure to tag it "Fujoshi DON'T INTERACT" lol?)

[–]Anna_Nym 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I used to be in fandom a long time ago, and this is making me feel old. I am scared to Google. What is a "fujoshi"?

[–]Nona_Biba 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

a woman who likes anime or manga that is "boys love"