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Simultaneously, teen and young adult romances have normalized lesbian storylines without tragedy: The Half of It (2020), Crush (2022), Bottoms (2023) present crushes, awkwardness, and happy resolutions as unremarkable—which is, ironically, remarkable. Hot Sex Between Lesbians -Sappho Films-
While Hollywood censored, European arthouse flirted. The Children’s Hour (1961) starred Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, but again, the admission of love leads to suicide. These films weren't for lesbians; they were for straight audiences to feel sorrow and relief. The ghost of Sappho was present—the intensity of female bond—but the joy of that bond was absent. In our latest explorations of romantic storylines, we