From goddesses who loved women to warrior queens who defied gender norms, this episode celebrates the queer women of mythology. This week we're unearthing sapphic stories and discussing the divine queerness that’s always been part of our history and mythology.

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Cool Stuff Mentioned In This Episode:

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/zanele-muholi

https://archive.org/details/mythsmysteriesof00down/page/n5/mode/2up

https://pshares.org/blog/queer-desire-and-the-myth-of-iphis/

https://medium.com/counterarts/queer-love-stories-in-ovid-iphis-and-ianthe-85a00cc60468

https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-real-spectacular-amazons-lesbians-connection-9aac08fb77e4

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/amorous-soldiers-and-amazons/

https://www.shoutoutloud.org.uk/blog/old-gods-new-meanings/

https://artemisexpert.substack.com/p/gay-gods-of-greece-artemis-167

https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/items/262b9887-482f-4f95-a1a3-3dc336e1b44b

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sappho-Greek-poet

https://poets.org/poet/sappho

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