This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase!
For our very first Patreon episode, we're discussing The Ocean is a Lesbian by Julia Armfield, an essay on nautical and watery symbolism in sapphic stories.
Click here for closed captions. Transcript available here.
Content warnings: Mentions of suicide, drowning, war, and rape.
Media mentioned in this episode (roughly) in order referenced:
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore [US Link]
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield [UK Link] / [US Link]
The Locked Tomb (Series) by Tamsyn Muir [US Link]
The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan [UK Link]
Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens [UK Link] / [US Link]
The Legend of Korra (TV Series)
H2O: Just Add Water (TV Series)
Many Benefits by Zoey Davis [Listen Online]
Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood [UK Link] / [US Link]
Grimm’s Fairy Tales by The Borthers Grimm [UK Link] / [US Link]
A Trans Man Walks Into A Gay Bar by Harry Nicholas [UK Link] / [US Link]
Comrades by Henry Scott Tuke [View Online]
Parallels by Matthias Lehmann [US Link]
The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Takuda-Hall [UK Link] / [US Link]
Elusive by Petra Szeman (Artwork) [Artist Portfolio]
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker [UK Link] / [US Link]
Rivers of London (Series) by Ben Aaronovitch [UK Link]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Series) by Rick Riordan [UK Link] / [US Link]
Love Simon (Film)
Heartstopper (TV Series)
A Day of Fallen Night) by Samantha Shannon [UK Link] / [US Link]
In The Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu [US Link]
Tits on the Moon by Dessa [Watch Online]
And here's the visual art mentioned in this episode:
- Comrades by Henry Scott Tuke
- Elsuive by Petra Szeman
