A women or girl who enjoys BL (boys love) or creates BL content.
It is a japanese term reclaimed by women, who were called "rotten" or "unmarriable" for liking gay content, which was seen as sinful. It was originally used by homophobic and mysogynistic men who used it to degrade women. Fudanshi is used for male BL fans and Fujin for Non-Binary BL fans.
Jap. 腐女子. literally: rotten girl. A pun, based on the homonymous term for woman (jap. 婦女子). Ironical self-description by readers of Yaoi Dōjinshi. The female counterpart to the male Otaku.
I'm a fujoshi.
(The rulesets demand me to write shit even though I don't know what I'm talking about, and at the same time prevents me to linkan image that'll explain things better than a thousand words)
The amount of people who seem to genuinely think that the word fujoshi means βrotten womenβ because they βfetishize gaysβ and not because it was a misogynistic slur used against women/men who read βnastyβ manga and dared to have a sexuality outside of what society deemed appropriate, is disturbing and strange, and admittedly, somewhat hilarious because itβs just such a dumb take.
Not only was "gay fetishizer" never the definition of fujoshi in the first place, but you simply can not take an innocent word from another culture, and misuse it as an insult. It perpetuates harmful stereotypes about said culture.
person 1: "are you a fujoshi?"
person 2: "mhm!"
person 1: "do you read BL for the plot and are you also fine with GL?"
person 2: "yes and yes!"
person 1: "oh that's nice! as long as you don't cross the line"
Homophile women who get aroused by imagining two (or more) cute guys loving each other.
Fujoshi herself is not included in the imagination, usually those cute guys are not gay, and the situation is absolutely impossible.
Yoko is such a Fujoshi!
She masterbates to Supernatural imagining Sam and Dean in bed, naked, touching each other!!!
Many people get this term confused or use it without knowing the real meaning or the background of the term
Being a fujoshi means that you fetishize gay relationships thatβs why it is looked down upon by many but if you read yaoi/BL that doesnβt make you one
Being a fujoshi is a not a good thing at all and do your research on a term before you call yourself it
A female that enjoys shipping two males (even if they're straight) and watching yaoi and hentai Fujoshi means "rotten girl" in Japanese.
The male equivalent of a fujoshi is a fudanshi ("rotten boy")
Pronounced: (foo-joe-she)
Girls who enjoy yaoi (a genre in Japan that contains sexual and/or romantic relations between two men); literally translates to "rotten girl"; male counterpart : fundanshi