Poetry And Moon

[ultra-baklan-the-ovosh]

they are monologuing

[mayticks-art]

Looking like a whole SNACK for your vampire girlfriend

[mayticks-art]

Normalising love expression, queer intimacy and sexuality is an important part of my art and I strive to do that everyday. Sincerely signed, Mayticks , A Friend Of Sappho. 

[bethfuller]

the lady and her knight

[papenathys]

sapphic artists

just saw a post by @cowgirlhours about how the sapphic music scene is oversaturated by hayley kiyoko, girl in red and king princess and as someone who REALLY agrees i thought i'll mention some of my fave sapphic artists for the tl (only my faves because op already listed many great artists in the replies) :

raveena aurora: bisexual, she/her, american and indian ancestry. her music is so soothing and angelic, and her mvs are super diverse sapphic goodness, with warm colours and soft visuals. incorporates desi aesthetics with lo-fi and r&b. please watch her headaches mv (she romances hitomi mochizuki in it, yet another soft queen), it's like a sofia coppola film if the latter actually had good rep.

rina sayawama: pansexual, she/her, japanese born british. absolutely bomb sapphic pop discography if i may say so myself. just a long string of bops here keep scrolling. not a bad track on the sayawama album. i recommend cherry, bad friend and akasaka sad. ily queen pls collab with kim namjoon :(

janelle monae: pansexual (i think? correct me pls if wrong) they/them. pretty much one of the best voices in this goddamn industry, has a whole sci-fi extended universe of their own complete with an alter ego, and the music on those albums is psychedelic social commentary. their dirty computer ep is gold star from start to finish, i think my fave is i like that.

zolita: lesbian, she/her, german american. am super new to her music but i ADORE her aesthetic, she incorporates her witchcraft into her mvs and music motifs and she has some seksii ass bops. her immaculate conception ep said zoyalina rights. watch the holy mv, it has like, witchy cults and lesbians and a woodsy vibe.

victoria monet: bisexual, she/her. absolutely lush voice and sings of erotic experiences and sexuality which is v.v important for fellow queer and/or woc women especially when we are either absolutely desexualised in media as uwu cotton candy angels or fetishized by men. has collabed and worked with several pop artists. do yourself a favour and stream the jaguar ep, especially the title track and touch me (smutty sapphic song :*)

japanese breakfast (aka michelle zauner): bisexual, she/her, korean-american. mostly sings chill, vintage style whimsical indie numbers that remind me of coming of age films. REALLY loves bisexual lighting in her mvs. more subtle motifs about the queer experience in her songs than the other artists on this list.

phoebe bridgers: bisexual, she/her. you have probably heard of her but idc because i want her to compose the ost of my life, her music is HAUNTING, there is something very whimsical, light and otherworldly about her songs; dare i say camilla macaulay thinks she looks and sounds like this. i would could and should recommend the entire stranger in the alps ep, also killer + the sound. PLEASE listen to this song it's the very essence of dark academia meets an odd sort of tenderness???? idk.

kailee morgue: pansexual, she/her. initially started out as a cover artist. i think she is a practising witch too, like zolita. ok i actually really love her music, the medusa ep is the kind of effervescent punk rock i really vibe with, and i like how she subtly uses greek mythology in her lyrics. siren is my fave song of hers (mv is aesthetic af), and i've also seen medusa as a rec on many lists.

there are a 100+ other artists i'm pretty sure but these are the ones I really like, genre and content wise.

[ i've also listened to clairo, mxmtoon and mitski but tbh their music didn't really work for me. ]

[pinkfemme-deactivated20210608]

this is the new definition of what lesbian means

[teethofselene]

a study in sapphic love and intimacy

girls like girls by hayley kiyoko// black iris by elliot wake// gentleman jack written by sally wainright// if she ever leaves me by the high women// atypical written by robia rashid// texas rezkinoff by mitski// slumber by hélène delmaire (2016)

[caroldanversenthusiast]

To look at Tessa Thompson like this or to be looked at by Elizabeth Debicki like this??

that is the question

[acapellaroses]

she was the love i never realized

she was forbidden, a soul i was longing to join but could never be reached

a prize

i could stare at her for hours, listen to her laughter all day

and nothing anyone could say would make it okay that i never got to sing her to sleep

but her heart will never sing for me

our auras never tangle in a mix of brightest blue and deepest red

until the day i am dead i will be filled with regret that i never told her how i feel

she was a vision, a dream

a sight from heaven that could not

seem

real

she was the girl i’d give up everything for

she was an icarus, the brush of her fingers on me sent a thrill down my spine

mi amor

and i knew that she would leave me without knowing that my heart lay with her

my affection never died no matter how hard i tried but my courage said to read it and weep

her heart will never sing for mine

our souls naught intertwine in a burst of coloured sparks and joyous lights

and it might not have been right but i knew that i might come on a little to strong

but she was a vision, a dream

a sight from heaven that could not

seem

real

with every breath she takes she

breathes into the stars the will to shine

and every step makes flowers bloom

her constant air of grace puts

dearest aphrodite skies to shame

and god, i wish that she were mine

she is the love i've finally realised

but she is forbidden, a soul i willl constantly want but am not allowed

to have

i will lose her in the world but in my heart she will never be gone

and i think she is the one but she's the first i've ever wanted and she doesn't want me anyway

she is a vision

a constant dream

a sight from hesven

that could not

seem

real

[juneacademia]

Dark Academia Playlist

a little dark, a little whimsical, tunes to make you feel like the main character in a film.

roslyn — bon iver, st. vincent

the secret history — the chamber orchestra of london

les mémoires blessées — dark sanctuary

into dust — mazzy star

clair de lune, l. 32 — claude debussy

show me how — men i trust

eyes on fire — blue foundation

over the moon — the marías

falling asleep with a book on your chest — lullatone

solo — five mile town

tchaikovsky: swan lake — pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky

altogether — slowdive

cigar & a 78 — five mile town

visions of gideon — sufjan stevens

thinking of you — cosmic child

headache — grouper

if i’m asleep — five mile town

dark — daffodils

[hoziergf-deactivated20181219]

I always get so fucking mad when I remember that it’s actually a 16-year-old Algerian girl who influenced BOTH Picasso and Matisse. and. No one gives a rat’s ass about her work which was very focused on women and nature. History -or people dare I say- didn’t bother to remember her name because she was a young Algerian woman and no one cares about Maghrebi/Arab women. unlike P*casso & M*tisse who both became legends, almost gods both during their lives and after their deaths, no one knows her.

Her name was Baya Mahieddine.

[dirtinmypocket-deactivated20210]

[sliceofpearpie]

i hope that more people know about her now, especially seeing as OP literally linked to an article about a Baya Mahieddine exhibition in 2018.

It is remarkable that she had such a strong practise and had great influence at 16. Despite various disruptions that caused her to stop painting, she returned to her practise from the 60s until the end of her life.

It was within her work that Baya found freedom. The world she painted, after all, is one where women assert their individuality and are free from the men who attempt to brand them with labels, keep them inside the home, or hold them back in any way. “If I change my paintings, I will no longer be Baya,” the artist said in 1991, after her husband died and she’d returned to painting. “When I paint, I am happy and I am in another world.”

More on Mahieddine’s work here.

[t-rachemys]

TSC couples, Latin quotes and poetry edition

“Quos amor verus tenuit, tenebit.” What true love once held, always will hold. Jem, Tessa and Will

“Nos quoque floruimus, sed flos erat ille caducus.” We blossomed too, but that flower was destined to wither. Malcolm and Annabel

“Odi et amo: quare id faciam fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrurcior.” I hate and I love you: I have no idea how do I do that. I don’t know how, and yet I feel it and suffer. Jocelyn and Valentine

“Odero, si potero. Si non, invitus, amabo.” I’ll hate you, if I’ll be able to. If I won’t, I’ll love you unwillingly. Michael and Robert

“Animae duae, animus unus.” Two people, one soul. Jace and Clary

“Qui amant ipsi sibi somnia fingunt.” Lovers build their dreams themselves. Magnus and Alec

“Quis legem des amantibus? Maior lex amor est sibi.” Who wants to legislate love? Love’s greatest law is its own. Aline and Helen

“Omnia vincit amor et nos cedamus amori.” Love conquers all, let’s all surrender to love. Mark, Kieran, Cristina

“Nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum.” I can’t live with you nor without you. Julian and Emma

[juneacademia]

Dark Academia Playlist

a little dark, a little whimsical, tunes to make you feel like the main character in a film.

roslyn — bon iver, st. vincent

the secret history — the chamber orchestra of london

les mémoires blessées — dark sanctuary

into dust — mazzy star

clair de lune, l. 32 — claude debussy

show me how — men i trust

eyes on fire — blue foundation

over the moon — the marías

falling asleep with a book on your chest — lullatone

solo — five mile town

tchaikovsky: swan lake — pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky

altogether — slowdive

cigar & a 78 — five mile town

visions of gideon — sufjan stevens

thinking of you — cosmic child

headache — grouper

if i’m asleep — five mile town

dark — daffodils

[claysbunnies-blog]

In Latin they didn’t just say you’re beautiful, they had another expression: “Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo”, which translates to: “Everything about you is blessed by Venus” and I think that’s beautiful. 

[stxrryart-deactivated20200823]

A small collection of my favourite Sappho quotes:

“May I write words more naked then flesh.”

“I conversed with you in a dream.”

“for when I look at you, even for a moment, no speaking is left in me.”

“I declare that later on, even in an age unlike our own, someone will remember who we are.”

“Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.”

“What cannot be said will be wept.”

“Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.”

“All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.”

“Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.”

“I know not what to do, my mind is divided.”

“Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.”

“With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down.”

[rosecrystal]

when margaret atwood said “the desire to be loved is the last illusion. give it up and you will be free”

[king-monky]

yeah i understand women. they all want daggers and swords. it’s quite simple really