How It Got Started

My interest in Sapphic representation in media came out of my fascination with Xena, Warrior Princess. For the first time, I saw myself reflected in a television show. Over the past 25 years, I have continued to seek representation in every show and movie I invest my time and energy into watching.

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The outbreak of COVID-19 afforded me with the opportunity to spend more time investigating the fraught history of this representation. A seed was planted, fittingly, by Xena, Warrior Podcast and the idea to do a deep dive into the history of Sapphic representation in film took shape. I decided I would start from the beginning, documenting every film that purports to represent me, highlighting all of its triggers and tropes, and watching the evolution of representation over the last century.

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Sapphic Film History is my little passion project and, hopefully, a resource to help others see and understand how both negative and positive representation has impacted the Sapphic community.