South Sound Sapphic

There's a moment right before crisis becomes undeniable—when harm is still being minimized, reassurance is still working, and those most impacted are already adjusting their lives. In this opening episode of Season Two, South Sound Sapphic names that moment. Instead of reacting to headlines or spectacle, this episode examines how state violence escalates quietly—through policy language, institutio...

Season Two of South Sound Sapphic is a reckoning with memory, power, and repetition. This season interrogates the growing sense that something is tightening—politically, culturally, materially—while we’re being told to stay calm and trust institutions that have failed us before. Through historical analysis, cultural critique, and lived experience, Season Two traces how the United States responds w...

In this episode of South Sound Sapphic , we dismantle a lie that has been quietly shaping American survival strategies for generations: the belief that violence moves in order—and that some people will always be last. Through a sharp, historically grounded lens, this episode examines how whiteness functions not as innocence, but as delay —a strategy that allows violence to be watched, rationalized...

TW: Mentions slavery & sexual abuse. In this vital episode, we explore the history, harm, and reclamation of Black femininity—particularly as it exists within white queer culture. From the violent myths born on the plantation to the modern dynamics of white-dominated queer spaces, we trace how Black womanhood has been distorted, denied, and policed. We center the experiences of Black queer wom...

In this episode of South Sound Sapphic , we take you on a journey through the history of queerness—where we’ve been, who we’ve lost, how we’ve survived, and how we keep resisting. From Boston marriages and the hidden lives of sapphic ancestors, to the defiance of Compton’s Cafeteria and the terror of the Lavender Scare, to the ways queerness continues to challenge systems of power today—you’ll hea...

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Discussion of anti-trans violence, white supremacy, emotional labor, death, and systemic neglect. Take care of your spirit. In this searing and unflinching episode of South Sound Sapphic , we pull the mask off one of the most insidious forms of modern oppression: weaponized white incompetence —and the ways it collides with cisgender fragility , heteronormativity , and neurotypica...

In this debut episode of South Sound Sapphic , we take you on a time-traveling journey through the overlooked and often-erased histories of QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities in Washington State. From settler-colonial statehood in 1889 to the radical resistance of the present day, we explore how local policies, community organizing, and unapologetic joy have...