// Disciplines
Gender Studies
6 topics
- Fujoshi Culture
Where Does the Sense of Solidarity in Creative Communities Come From?
Where does the 'sense of solidarity' or 'feeling of mutual understanding' that one feels within creative communities (especially fujoshi com…
- Fujoshi Culture
Is the Emotion Toward One's 'Oshi' Friendship, Love, or Something Else?
'Oshi' refers to the character or pairing (typically male-male relationships in BL works) that a fujoshi pours particularly deep affection i…
- Fujoshi Culture
When Your Favorite Coupling Changes, Does That Mean You Yourself Are Changing?
When your 'favorite coupling' changes refers to the phenomenon where the relationship you particularly ship in fiction shifts. When moving f…
- Fujoshi Culture
About Living with a Favorite Thing You Can't Tell Anyone About
'A favorite thing you can't tell anyone about' refers to hobbies or preferences that are difficult for family, friends, or colleagues to und…
- Fujoshi Culture
What Is Saved by Transforming Emotions into Stories?
When we hold strong emotions, what does transforming them into stories (creation, secondary creation, reading) 'save'? By giving form to unv…
- Fujoshi Culture
Between Hiding and Taking Pride in Being a Fujoshi
There is a complex emotional fluctuation between 'hiding' that one is a fujoshi and 'taking pride' in it. It is about how to balance identit…