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Adventures in Feministory: Sappho

History post by Deb Jannerson, Submitted by Deb Jannerson on May 16, 2011 - 10:51am; tagged Adventures in Feministory, Icons, lesbian icons, poetry, QUILTBAG, sapphic.

cursive Adventures in Feministory writing in teal with royal blue accents. A silhouette of a woman is on either side: one is holding a protest sign, the other a lasso

Even in the male-dominated world of classic literature, Sappho has long been considered one of the greatest lyric poets of all time. The scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria named her (in the company of eight men) as one of the nine melic, or musical, poets worth studying, and in a loaded compliment, Plato famously dubbed her "the tenth muse." She served as the inspiration for countless paintings and sculptures, but unlike the mythical muses, Sappho did not exist to facilitate anyone's art but her own.

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The Strange History of Wonder Woman

Article by KL Pereira, appeared in issue Hot & Bothered; published in 2006; filed under Social commentary; tagged Amazon, bondage, comics, heroes, heroins, lesbian, sapphic, superheroines.

The Strange History of Wonder Woman

Hot & Bothered

“Bind me as tight as you can, girls, with the biggest ropes and chains you can find!” The woman is smiling in ecstasy, plastered against a large wooden beam, ropes and chains taut against her body, as she begs her captors, a group of jubilant, scantily clad young women, to pull her shackles just a little bit tighter. The girls taunt their captive: “We are, Princess, even you can’t escape these bonds!”

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