FUJOSISTERSIf you use tiktok or just any social media a lot, im sure you’ve heard the term fujoshi being used, and maybe you’ve even been told about what fujoshis are. DO NOT TRUST WHITE TWINKS WITH THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM BEFORE DOING RESEARCH, especially if its on tiktok!!! Those white twinks who claim to know oh so much about the term will go quiet the moment you ask them about the history of the term. Its much better to do your own research+listen to east Asians who are educated on this topic. (I add a summary to the end of every chapter, if ur too lazy read this whole thing, at least read the summary. If there is something I wrote that isn’t understandable lmk and if u have more questions/things we should add here check the source page for our @'s :3)

History of the term, why it existsBefore we get to the misconceptions of the term and fujoshis, we need to know the history and the background of the term:Fujoshi (rotten girl) was a term created on 2chan by misogynist and homophobic men, it was originally used as an insult towards any woman who enjoyed queer content centered about men (bl/ yaoi). They were called 'rotten girls' because they often brought their queer headcanons and ships into series that had nothing to do with queer people that which, essentially, 'ruined' the experience for homophobic men. And all that lead to said homophobic men to start calling those women 'fujoshi', which means 'too rotten for marriage'.The term was later reclaimed by fujos, because like I said, it was used as a derogatory term for those women. The term was then used proudly by East Asian women who enjoy mlm content. Nowadays, fujoshi is just used as a fandom term. Using fujoshi as an insult/in a negative way is misogynist, you are returning a reclaimed term to its misogynist roots. It doesn’t matter what you say, using fujo as an insult=misogynist.SUMMARY:Fujoshis DIDN’T name themselves. They took a term that was being used against them in a derogatory manner by homophobic and
mysogynist 2chan users, and reclaimed it.The history of the word “fujoshi” directly reflects the misogyny and xenophobia that Japanese women, especially queer women, faced in fandoms.

Definition of the termWhat is the definition of fujoshi?Fujoshi (腐女子, lit. "rotten girl") is a Japanese term for female fans who enjoy any media works or fanworks with romantic relationships between men, usually yaoi or bls. Some of the incorrect definitions of fujoshi is:-a mlm fetishizer-a woman who only reads/is obsessed with yaoiand other things along the lines of this. These definitions are incorrect because they were created by white people who westernized the term fujoshi without knowing the history behind the term and is not the original definition. Non-Japanese people have no place to be changing the meaning of Japanese terms.

Frequently asked questions"Isnt it weird for there to be a term just for women who enjoy mlm content?"It would be weird if they were the only ones who had a term, but theres terms for everyone who enjoy reading queer content. For example:-fudanshi, a man who enjoys mlm content-fujin, an gender neutral term for people who enjoy mlm content-himejoshi, a woman who enjoys wlw content-himedanshi, a man who enjoys wlw content-himejin, an gender neutral term for people who enjoy wlw contentTheyre just identifiers within fandom culture these days. Not to mention that these women never wanted to go by a specific name, they were literally degrades into thinking that it's their's."But bls are written by women and for women! Isn’t that fetishizing?"83% of Romance genre books were written by women, as well as the fact that most romance genre books are consumed by women, not men. So its only logical that most bl writers are women too. There has also been cases where men pretend to be a woman and use a womans name to write bls.
As for why bls are more palatable to women, here are some that I hear people say the most commonly.-Men actually showing emotions, talking about feelings and being affectionate. Apparently, a lot of people feel like this is missing in het romance stories-a lot of women want to consume some erotic content, but usually women are objectified in hetero erotic media. bls are free of any stereotypes and objectification of women, I feel like that is one of the biggest reasons on why it appeals to women a lot. + i thunk this is also why a lot of bls showcase a feminine partner and a masculine partner, as that would make it easier for women to project onto the feminine partner, and be able to 'exprience' a healthy relationship.-usually both of the love interests are equal, in a lot of het romance, the fl seems to be ´made out of glass´, or the girl has to endure everything he does because "that's how boys are"."Reading bls/yaoi as a woman is fetishizing!!"Alright if u think women just normally reading bls is fetishizing im not even gonna try to change ur mind about this yall sound so braindead please focus on ACTUAL fetishization. And honestly, I get why people would think women reading yaoi is fetishizing, but you cant fetishize fictional characters. A woman reading yaoi isn’t fetishizing if it doesn’t change the way they see mlms irl."Fujoshis are just as bad as men watching lesbian porn!!"I have SO MUCH to say about this, how can you be so braindead that u compare women reading 2 fictional men fucking to men watching porn. do you even know how bad the porn industry is?? and how it literally rots the brains of men?? sorry, but last time i checked, i have never seen a fujoshi commit some sort of hatecrime against gay men simply because of her overconsumption of pornographic material. yall need to get over your heads and realize that youre not in any real danger.If you say this I hope you can grow as a person and realize how incomparable these 2 things are. You are exploiting the suffering of real women (queer women who get hatecrimed) to make ur point and comparing what they’ve went through to..girls reading about fictional men fucking…?"But ive met fetishizing fujoshis before!!"And..? did I say fetishizing fujoshis don’t exist? They aren’t fetishizers because they are fujoshis tho, theyre just a weirdo. Even if they wouldn’t call themselves a fujoshi, it wouldn’t change the fact that theyre fetishizing. + you cant generalize a whole group of people as big as fujoshis because you’ve met a few bad people from that group. Most fetishizing fujoshis target EA gay men, and most of these men are fictional.. not to say that fiction doesn't affect reality, but if youre a white transmasc worried about fujoshis, youre quite literally delusional."Fujoshis all hate wlws!"Believe it or not… wlw fujoshis are actually super common, an estimated 53% of people who call themselves fujoshis are queer. and some of the most known fujoshis are lesbian. If you say this ur actively erasing the queer identities of fujoshis."Most relationships in bl are toxic!!!!"That is just.. plain ass incorrect. you rarely ever find toxic bls unless you are actively searching for said bls. Even if its a little toxic, that doesnt matter. realistic relationships have so many internal conflicts, and no relationship will ever be perfect.
thats how it is for every other romance genre.. i dont see why its only a problem when it exists in bl.

SourceI recommend that even after reading this carrd to make your own research and see for yourself. dont trust and believe everything you see or hear on the internet.a useful website that I have personally checked out is Fujoshi.info. great website, has all the info you could possibly need.essay written by aslan, proofread and arranged by swoonp. (mayoiizz and swoonp on insta)