Meta Monday

fangirlunderground:

We all know what antis are by now; they certainly won’t let anyone forget. If you’re outside anime and manga fandom, though, you may be unfamiliar with the term fujoshi (腐女子 or “rotten girl”). It’s a label reclaimed by women* in Japan who love yaoi and boys’ love content. But antis have no chill. To them, fujoshi is a slur they wield like a weapon in the name of purity culture. 

Today’s meta recs are for every girl who loves boys who love boys. Because whether your ship comes from Harry Potter or Haikyuu!!; whether you call it slash or BL, yaoi or just plain gay, you aren’t rotten.

Fandom – Antis vs. Fujoshi

Anti-fujoshi is misogynistic by @bai-xue, @rottenboysclub, et al, […] That’s not what fujoshi means and it’s ignorant of the history behind the word. Women are allowed to reclaim misogynistic terms.

Defining the ‘rotten’ in fujoshi by @rottenboysclub and @freedom-of-fanfic, I think a lot of people complain about the word “fujoshi” because they take the translation of “rotten woman” the wrong way – specifically the “rotten” part. “Rotten” in English has a meaning of “bad” or “shitty” in regards to behavior when applied to a person, and this gives them the idea that fujoshi means a bad or shitty women (who will supposedly go on to fetishize real life gay men).

Fujoshis are just fans of BL by @theassholeantiarchive, So because I moderate this blog a lot of anti fujoshi junk kinda tends to roll into my feed and its always the same argument that antis scream at people. According to them a Fujoshi’s entire existence is dedicated to fetishizing gay men. They look on the street and they see two men holding hands and they scream at them about how cute they are and harass them. They are always straight white women and they see gay men as fuck toys created for them. 

If you use fujoshi as a derisive term, you are being a misogynist by @bai-xue, “Fujoshi” literally just means “woman who is a fan of BL.” That’s it. That’s all. It doesn’t mean “woman who objectifies gay men.” It doesn’t mean “straight woman who uses gay men.” It literally just is a nickname for any woman who likes BL manga. That’s it. That’s all.

The problem is not the content or even how you engage with it… by @androgynousblackbox, @shipwhateveryouwant, et al, […] There is a huge different between consuming a product and treat people like objects, wich would be the literal definition of fetishization. Just like enjoying slasher movies is not going to turn you into a serial killer, “sinning” watching yaoi is not going to turn you into a danger for queer people. Not by itself at least.

What does ‘fetishizing’ actually mean when it comes to ships? by @who-gives-a-ship, […] No, writing erotica isn’t a fetish. Anything that is actually about sex is not a fetish, because a fetish is defined as a sexual fixation on something not normally sexual. You can have a foot fetish or a humiliation fetish. You can’t have a porn fetish, because porn is already about sex.

You’re not an anti-shaladin are you? by @lumorie, I’m not quite sure what characters are all involved in the shaladin ship, but you are completely safe here. […] I just stick to one ship per character and would call myself a “single”-shipper (not sure if I made it up or it is actually a term xD) but I would say it’s the counterpart to a multi-shipper!! I’ve made a little guide with my lovely voltron babies.

*Male fans of the genre, who are mysteriously absent from most anti-rhetoric, use fudanshi (腐男子 or “rotten boy”) instead.