B has a Thought

                                       Yuri on Ice!!  It’s 2016. The hype is real for Yuri on Ice!! and initially people didn’t know what to expect. The show comes out. There are a lot of opinions about the show, which I will not discuss here, but one that stood out to me was this: “I usually don’t like yaoi, but I don’t mind YOI!! ” Pause. Ok, I am a fan of smutty anime and manga, so I am very familiar with the concept of yaoi and yuri. They are gay porn for otaku. They specifically focus on erotic material that revolves around a same sex partnership. YOI!! has fan service, but it is hardly erotic. Yagate Kimi ni Naru A few things. There is another genre that covers less erotic same-sex romances - shonen and shoujo ai. This is where you find Loveless , Gravitation , Maria-sama , Junjo Romantica , Yagate Kimi ni Naru , and Strawberry ...

Note: This post details my struggle with my eating disorder. Please bear this in mind as you proceed - my experience is not the same as others. If you are in need of professional help, do not be afraid to reach out . There is always a time and a place to start your journey.    The Dress - Angelic Pretty's Cosmic JSK In 2014, my partner and I went took our first solo trip as young adults to California. While we were staying in San Diego, we decided to take a detour in LA to go to Fairytale Boutique for their Automatic Honey event. We both had been interested in Lolita since 2009 and we were both in the Maine Lolita Comm. I had been saving over the last month or so for the trip and decided if I could manage it, I wanted to buy something at the event. And I did - my first brand dress (later known as “The Dress”). I fell in love with this dress, the details and the print. I was starstruck. At the time, I didn’t realize that this dress would come to s...

     "Maximum Capacity" T here are few characters that I have changed my opinion on more than Rose Quartz. She was one of my favorites from the start of Steven Universe , mostly because of her aesthetic more than anything else. The myth behind her was intriguing and offered depth to the early episodes as we learned about the Crystal Gems and Steven, how they relate to one another and how Rose Quartz acted as a connection between them. Then, We Need To Talk aired. I felt deeply conflicted about the sharp turn seen in Rose’s character, like her fundamental personality had been tarnished. It was only upon some deeper thinking that I realized how much this change meant to me. It allowed me to think about the show in a different and more personal light.   "We Need to Talk"  For me, Steven is meant to parse through the myth surrounding his mother and, just like many other myths, a lot of the story is skewed by the people telling it. The Crystal Gem...