I am super excited to announce that Yuricon 2023 has resumed! We have a new video up on Yuri Studio.  Today we have a really fascinating discussion about the Student Movement in Japan and how it impacted both Shoujo and Yuri, with researcher Paul DeMerrit-Verrone. Paul’s work covers The Rose of Versailles and Revolutionary Girl Utena and more.

As always, a like and a kind comment on Youtube goes a long way, so thank you in advance for clicking over there and leaving one.  Enjoy!

S04 E09 The Power To Bring The Revolution

If you have an idea for a panel or presentation for Yuricon 2023 – please fill out our Panel Application Form. We have three more terrific panels recording in August and more on the way!

Today I celebrate Pride Month, Yuri Day & the one year anniversary of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime And Manga with a new video on Yuri Studio!
 

Likes & kind comments on Youtube are always appreciated – and they help get this video shared around, so please do give it a like when you watch it.

Yuricon 2023 presents Making Space:  Diversity in Anime and Manga Journalism in which  I am joined by several folks who have made significant changes in anime/manga journalism, as talk about changes we’ve seen, changes we’ve made and how much more there is to do!
This is the first in our “Making Space” track. Please pitch your panels  and presentations on Yuri – we want this track to be as inclusive as possible.   

Featuring:  

Samantha Ferreira, Editor in Chief at Anime Herald

Vrai Kaiser,  Managing Editor of Anime Feminist

Lynzee Loveridge, Executive Editor at Anime News Network

Moderated by Erica Friedman, Editor in Chief at Okazu

I know I flog the “please give us a like on Youtube” pretty heavily, but I cannot overstress how influential getting likes and subscribes is to the Youtube algorithm – so please give this a like and kind comment on Youtube. Also please feel free to share any of the Yuricon 2023 video to your social profiles, groups, discords and the like. ^_^

Join us on tonight 8PM Eastern US time on Yuri Studio for the first discussion of Yuricon 2023 and a critical piece of Yuri history: Celebrating The Life And Work Of Yoshiya Nobuko with Prof. Sarah Frederick, translator of Yoshiya-sensei’s Yellow Rose from the Hana Monogatari series.

Prof. Frederick and I delve into Yoshiya-sensei’s work and life and discuss how influential she was in her remarkable life. I hope you’ll join us! As always, your kind comments and likes on YouTube are very much appreciated.

Next up – a remarkable panel with folks who make Yuri their business in our first Yuri Is Their Job: Translating Yuri panel.

It’s been an amazing 20 years since our first Yuricon event and, while the world has gotten both better and worse since then, I at least wanted to do *something* to celebrate our anniversary. So, I welcome to you to Yuricon 2023 on Yuri Studio. Join us tonight at 8PM, for the “opening ceremony” video and enjoy a variety of great video content celebrating the genre we love throughout the year

As always, I thank you in advance for your “likes” and kind comments on Youtube!

Our first discussion will cover the life and work of the Grandmother of Yuri, Yoshiya Nobuko, with Professor Sarah Frederick. Stay tuned!