As a special Pride Month celebration, I’m recording a pair of episodes talking about the poet Sappho: what we know about her life and context, the legends that sprang up about her, what people of various ages thought of her, and most especially what they knew of her poetry, how they interpreted and even imitated it.
In this episode we talk about:
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here:
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Links to Heather Online
Amazons - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 282
On the Shelf for March 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 281
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 12: Bluestockings and Amazons - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 280
On the Shelf for February 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 279
The Dildo Episode - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 278
On the Shelf for January 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 277
Battling Poll by Rose Cullen - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 276
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 11: Employment Relationships - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 275
On the Shelf for December 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 274
Turkish Delights: The European Fascination with Lesbianism in the Ottoman Empire - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 273
On the Shelf for November 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 272
The Salt Price by B. Pladek - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 271
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 10: Rakes - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 270
On the Shelf for October 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 269
Lesbian Gothics, Gothic Lesbians - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 268
On the Shelf for September 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 267
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 9: Spies - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 266
On the Shelf for August 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 265
To the Fair Muse who, Loving Me, Imagin’d More by Annemarie KD - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 264
Lesbians as a “Third Sex” - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 263
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