if someone made a venn diagram of historical women writers and lesbian relationships…

this has the same energy as schools that teach Emily Dickinson while leaving out her letters to Susan Gilbert.

somewhat similar but not, a friend studying English Lit in uni once told me about his thesis on Michael Field, the pseudonym for a pair of lesbian lovers who wrote poetry together. what he left out (understandably) was that they were also aunt and niece. 🙀❗️ their Wikipedia page also buries the lede.