sapphic
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But the nonchalance of the sapphic romance portrayed in the video for 2025’s “First Luv,” and the ferocious rapping of “Shagidi” show this is an ambitious band with influence and inventiveness, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
While both straight women and gay men are obsessed with the Canadian series, the sapphic adoration for Williams is rooted in a deeper desire for romantic queer representation.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
Spotify suggested a playlist it described as "sapphic" - a word to describe women who love women.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2023
Now comes Ammonite, Francis Lee’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed debut God’s Own Country, which seems to tick off almost every box of today’s sapphic film checklist.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2020
Cambridge, who is also the author of another line which is both an alcaic and sapphic: "Quando nigrescit sacra latro patrat."
From Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
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