The Queer Subtext of Shoujo Manga
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"I'm not openly anything and gay doesn't even begin to cover it."
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0:00 Intro
1:31 Being Queer Wasn't Invented in the "West"
2:19 3 Medias that Shaped Shoujo
5:36 When Shoujo Became Gay
7:39 The Tropes of 70s BL and Yuri
9:33 Popular Queer Shoujo of the Past
10:55 Rose of Versailles
15:52 BL and Yuri Weren't Seen as "Gay"
18:15 Finding Subtext in Shoujo (Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent & Nana)
21:56 Yuri has Been Left in the Dust
25:48 Reading Queer Subtext in Chihayafuru from Pre-Established Tropes
29:22 Overt Queerness is Needed
30:40 Closing

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