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Lesbian Pulp and Sapphic Rites of Passage
"We make our own choices. We pay our own prices."
Aug 12, 2025 • Trish Bendix
From "Bette Davis" to "Fuck Me Eyes"
Kim Carnes' 1981 Sapphic classic gets re-upped by Jojo Siwa and Ethel Cain.
Jul 9, 2025 • Trish Bendix
When Sapphic Pop Stars Find Boyfriends
"I Kissed a Girl" has finally come full circle.
Jun 12, 2025 • Trish Bendix
Sapphic Pop of Paris
What lesbians keep alive from "Blue is the Warmest Color" on the dance floor.
May 26, 2025 • Trish Bendix
Suffering Sappho! I'm Writing a Book
"Sappho was a Pop Star," coming Spring/Summer 2027 from St. Martin's Press.
Apr 18, 2025 • Trish Bendix
On My Pauline Oliveros Shit
Deep Listening with the Mexican-American butch dyke who taught John Cage about harmony.
Mar 24, 2025 • Trish Bendix
You Know I Like My Girls a Little Bit Older
Or Kelly Clarkson's Sapphic wink.
Mar 18, 2025 • Trish Bendix
Experiencing the Ecstasy of 'Female Perversions'
The queer, feminist Tilda Swinton film that I can't stop thinking about.
Mar 4, 2025 • Trish Bendix
'These hoes will do anything to make Plath a little lesbian'
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me.
Feb 13, 2025 • Trish Bendix
Beautiful Artifacts
The ballad of (noted bisexuals!) Joan Baez and Marianne Faithfull.
Feb 7, 2025 • Trish Bendix
Nirvana is Gay
Kurt Cobain, Sapphic icon.
Jan 31, 2025 • Trish Bendix
Who Was Your First?
A survey of Sapphic pop touchstones, from Ani to Billie and back again.
Jan 22, 2025 • Trish Bendix
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