i went to a yaoi exhibition with my mum and we both loved it

reflecting on yaoi, censorship, and what made me the way i am...

Yesterday I went to a Bara exhibition with my Muslim mother. When I told people about my plans they all had similar reactions. It is weird to take your mother to a gay sex exhibition.

I get asked every now and then about why I make the work I do, and why I think I ended up this way. Part of it may be to do with the fact that my mother allowed me to turn into this.…