The 8OH1 Podcast

Episode 25: The Bitches of Boys' Love (ft. Dr. Khursten Santos)

Episode Summary

BL Garden talks hard bl and soft stories with scholar and FujoCon 2021 guest Dr. Khursten Santos.

Episode Notes

BL Garden sits down with Dr. Khursten Santos to discuss her article “On the Bitches of Boys Love: the pornographic response of Japan's rotten women.” Featuring R18 tax cuts, incoherent sex scenes, and the magic of futekiya.

 Check out Dr. Santos's blog and be sure to follow her on Twitter!

Titles Mentioned in This Episode

• The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese by Setona Mizushiro
• GATAPISHI by Arai Niboshiko
• Finder by Ayano Yamane
• Fourth Generation Head by Scarlet Beriko
• Gaps by Sato Tsubame
• Give Me a Nickname. by Arai Niboshiko
• How to Kill a Heart by Kashio
• I Peeped at my Childhood Friends Having Sex by DRAW TWO
• Isino Aya’s works at futekiya
• Jealousy by Scarlet Beriko
• Katsutoshi by Ueno Poteto
• Minori No Te by Scarlet Beriko
• My Beast Son’s in Heat by Sanche
• Snip, Snail & Puppy Dog Tails by Yamashita Tomoko
• While Being Seen Off by Campanella by Kyoyama Atsuki
• Yarichin Bitch Club by Ogeretsu Tanaka

Other things mentioned in this episode:

• BLushCon
• Queer Affective Literacies: Examining “Rotten” Women’s Literacies in Japan by Dr. Kristine Michelle L. Santos
• SOTUS (Thai BL series)
• Tom of Finland (Finnish artist)
• Dr. Tom Baudinette’s Y research