2020 Sapphic Summary

We finally got around to doing a lesbian look-back at all the wlw-themed and -adjacent media we consumed in 2020! (Honestly, not the easiest feat in a year that felt like a decade.) We loved some stuff and didn't love others, but overall we're grateful that we have so many options to choose from. Here are some of our faves:

Movies

• Portrait https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire
• Kajillionaire https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/kajillionaire
• Steam! https://thebarn.la/productions/steam

TV

• The Haunting of Bly Manor https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-haunting-of-bly-manor
• Killing Eve https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/killing-eve
• Twenties https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/twenties
• The L Word: Generation Q https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-l-word-generation-q
• The Wilds https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-wilds
• Euphoria https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/euphoria

Podcasts

• Rachel Maddow https://art19.com/shows/msnbc-rachel-maddow
• Don’t Ask Tig https://www.dontasktig.org/about
• Pants https://shows.acast.com/pants
• Queery https://www.earwolf.com/show/queery/
• Still Processing https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/still-processing/id1151436460
• Nancy https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nancy
• Making Gay History: Lorraine Hansberry episode https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/lorraine-hansberry/
• Making Gay History: Larah Helayne & Jean O’Leary episode https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/revisiting-the-archive-episode-13-larah-helayne-jean-oleary/

Music

• Janelle Monae’s Turntables: https://youtu.be/8CFrCk6_0rM
• Lionstorm’s WTJMDZ: https://youtu.be/GjwTczjUnNk
• Brandi Carlile’s cover of black hole sun: https://youtu.be/n10KfpmKen4

Lesbian Lit

• A Song For You: My Life w/Whitney Houston https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781524742850
• Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781626722590
• Golem Girl https://bookshop.org/books/golem-girl-a-memoir/9781984820303
• Plain Bad Heroines https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062942852