this has crossed my mind a bit so like: any other wlw out there have a hard time identifying with “sapphic”? like it’s hard for me to describe why i don’t really vibe with it. it feels too safe and neat?? also, i don’t strictly associate it with femininity, but i do associate it with a kind of femininity/way of relating to being female that i don’t identify with. i don’t really feel or seek a connection to its classical origins and i don’t particularly find comfort or liberation in the romance(?) of being wlw it kind of denotes. it’s clearly very useful to a lot of people, but i’m just like… that’s not me??? is that a discussion that exists?
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anomalous-fox said: “too safe and neat” puts it into words perfectly. But maybe that’s because I instinctively associate it with pretty pink pastel blogs that wax philosophical 24/7 about how “soft” our love supposedly is.
lamphoera said: @perentie oh to be clear i associate it with a certain kind of closeness to femininity, not distance. i think it’s legitimately fascinating that we have such different associations though
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0-000000 said: as a afab non-binary person i love it for the reason you dont exactly vibe with it- that distance from femininity. its a safe way to say i am am not attracted to cis men without taking space i dont feel is mine / comfortable with the term wlw or lesbian.
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homoshy said:
yeah thats legit. ill use sapphic to describe like, a Behavior but not my relationshhip w women/femininity as a whole. there are ultimately better words to describe the very complex set of feelings that go into being a Woman Who Loves Women. sapphic feels very narrow in the experiences and behaviors it describes - homoshy liked this
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