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]

• A Restless Truth by Freya Marske [UK Link] / [US Link]

• A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar [UK Link] / [US Link]

• The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Takuda-Hall [UK Link] / [US Link]

• Sistersong by Lucy Holland [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]

• Godkiller by Hannah Kaner [UK Link] / [US 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]

• Crush by Richard Siken [UK Link] / [US Link]

And here's the visual art mentioned in this episode:

• Comrades by Henry Scott Tuke
• Elsuive by Petra Szeman