Aestheticism

Aestheticism was a website (and formerly a zine?) that covers BL, shoujo, and josei manga. It was the premier source of information for English-speaking "yaoi" fans as of the late 90s. The site was notable for its adherence to Japanese word usage (for example, 'yaoi' vs. 'BL') and for its information on older works from the 80s and 90s. Aestheticism was a sponsor of the first Yaoi-Con.
Aestheticism contains news related to yaoi/BL, detailed articles about various aspects of yaoi/BL and its fans in Japan and the United States, translations, recommendations, and lengthy introductions to and summaries of famous manga, anime, and novels. It also hosts a fanfic archive and manga exchange/shop. In the late 90s, proof of age such as a credit card number had to be provided to access mature content on the site.
The site went down possibly due to old error connection, worm attack, ISP issues or relocation of servers; posteriorly it was reportedly became inaccessible to its maintainers. The domain.net url only works on the home page, with the others not accessible, while the domain.com site is only accessible through the archived version of the WBM.
==About==
==Web Content==
*Home
*Become a Member
*My Account(older site)(new site)
*Contact Us
*About Us
===Content===
*Articles
*Fan Fiction
*Fanzine
*Game Room
*Gallery
*Reviews
*Resources
*Translations
===Community Info===
*Trading Post - Buy/Sell/Trade(New!)
:The trading post is intended as a classified listing service for yaoi and slash fans. You can post ads to sell or trade any anime/manga related goods. To a lesser extent you can also list items which you think might be of interest to other yaoi fans, such as fantasy novels, slash fanzines, etc.
:The following items are absolutely not allowed to be listed here.</i>
:*Live-action or photographic adult material.
:*Bootlegged or pirated material.
:As always please exercise caution when conducting transactions online. All transactions you conduct based on information obtained here are at your own risk. Please read the disclaimer located at the bottom of each page carefully.
**Catagories
***Artbooks (0) - artbooks
***Doujinshi (0) - Doujinshi
***DVD, CD, & Tapes (0) - anime dvd, soundtracks,
***Manga & Anthologies (0) - Manga & Anthologies
***Miscellaneous (0) - Anything that does not fit in the other catagories
*Live Journal
*LJ User Info
*AMLA - yaoi/slash discussion list
===Quick Links===
*Yaoi Glossary
*AMLA Recommendations
*Yaoi Video List
*Western Yaoi
*Rg Veda
===Affliated Sites===
*American Comiket
*Tainted Lust: DMC Site
*Yaoi-con
===Links===
*Visitor's Entrance
*Cybershoppe
*Fanfic Archive
*Virtual City
*Member's Entrance
*Yaoi-Con 2001
*Enter Visitors' Site
* Sequential Tart article on the history of the site and paper zine
* A 2002 Sequential Tart interview with Mimi about the site's history.
* Aestheticism's LiveJournal account
* AMLA (Aestheticism ML-Alpha), a yaoi and slash Yahoo!Groups discussion list
*Ebay and personal sale posts can be posted at Aestheticism Trading Post, a classified listing service for yaoi fans.
* Columns
**Jeanne's Addiction: Musings of a recovering Tokyonite.
**Letters From Tokyo: Writings and reports by our oversea correspondents.
**Nora's Soapbox: A Western fan's view
**Katchan's Corner
**Fanfic Spotlight: In-depth fanfiction review, hosted by Nora and Katchan
**Kitty Litter: Our resident feline's mad rantings. Readers beware.
** Guest Columns
==References==
Category:Anime & Manga Fandom
Category:Yaoi Archives
Category:1990s Websites
Category:2000s Websites