How We Used to Keep Up with BL News with Special Guest: Tylor Starr

About this episode

In the Season 6 Finale, hosts Amanda and Carola are joined by BL Industry Legend Tylor Starr to discuss keeping up with BL news across different eras.

In the Season 6 Finale, hosts Amanda and Carola are joined by BL Industry Legend: Tylor Starr! We'll cover keeping up with BL news past, present and future! Join hosts Author Carola and AichiYume in a fun jaunt to The Yaoi Shelf: an exploration of yaoi, shonen ai, and boy's love while discussing tropes, media criticism and more along the way. Grab a seat and get comfy, welcome to The Yaoi Shelf. Tylor's Links: Twitter: https://x.com/hoshitylor BluPetal: https://linktr.ee/blupetal To Be a Contributor: info@blupetal.net Important Links: https://theyaoishelf.carrd.co/ Support The Show: patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf Our 18+ Discord: https://discord.gg/xTjVvf4E4X Support The Hosts as Writers: Amanda’s AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/AichiYume/works Carola’s Book: Getbook.at/ChangeofHeartBL

People in this episode

Hosts: Amanda, Carola

Guest: Tylor Starr

Topics covered

• BL news
• yaoi
• shonen ai
• boy's love
• media criticism
• tropes

Keywords

• BL news
• yaoi
• shonen ai
• boy's love
• media criticism
• Tylor Starr
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BluPetal, The Yaoi Shelf, patreon.com/TheYaoiShelf, Discord

Books & works: Change of Heart

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