drupagliassotti @ April 14, 2009 # 3 Comments
One of the great things about co-editing the collection of BL-related essays Girls Doing Boys Doing Boys is that many scholars interested in the subject are emailing me to say hello and tell me about their own work. I never fail to learn something new from the exchanges! This morning I received an email from [...]
drupagliassotti @ April 13, 2009 # One Comment
Amazon is currently facing online protests against its delisting gay- and lesbian-themed “adult” books while retaining the listing of heterosexually themed “adult” books. This event, which was swiftly dubbed #amazonfail on Twitter yesterday, is leading to some interesting protests, from the standard petition to a movement to redefine and Google-bomb the term “Amazon Rank” over [...]
drupagliassotti @ February 11, 2009 # 4 Comments
The publication of Anima, by Italian manga team Dany & Dany, couldn’t help but get my attention — steampunk boys’ love? Yes, please. But Anima isn’t steampunk fiction in the most traditional sense, which, along with my own work on a Clockwork Heart sequel, has led me to think through what, exactly, determines whether something [...]
drupagliassotti @ July 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Yesterday, as I was (re)defining boys’ love, I spent a few moments wondering if I wanted to add the word “heterosexual” to my definition: a narrative about the romantic or erotic relationship between two or more male characters that has been created with the intention of appealing to a female audience. I quickly decided not [...]
drupagliassotti @ July 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Yesterday I was glancing through the Yaoi entry on Wikipedia and felt dissatisfied by the way the term was defined there. I’d like to propose a slight change in usage. In Japan, the genre is called boys’ love, Bōizu Rabu, and I believe that term should be used in English, as well, to label the [...]
drupagliassotti @ July 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Just wanted to say a quick “g’day” to everyone from Australia. This is a beautiful country! I’m currently in Wollongong at an internet cafe — the Japanese Transnational Fandoms workshop starts tomorrow, but today I’m just wandering around. I saw a fantastic performance of Hamlet last night in the Sydney Opera House. I bought same-day [...]
drupagliassotti @ June 2, 2008 # 5 Comments
This is a first attempt at tracking the spread of boys’ love through the U.S., and I’d like readers’ revisions and additions; if you’ll make ‘em in Comments, I’ll update this page accordingly. Thanks to all of you who have contributed! I’m primarily looking at official releases, although I’ll welcome information about “underground” releases — [...]
drupagliassotti @ May 30, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Outside Articles & Commentary In roughly chronological order. — PetitionSpot: Against LJ censorship of fanfic and similar communities. May 30 — FandomTossed: Following the controversy. May 30 — FandomWank Commentary May 30 — Firefox News:The Purity Police and Fanfic (Leva Cygnet) May 30 — The Diggnation Podcast: Brief mention. May 30 — Warren Ellis: Blog [...]