“Of course, it's been a few years since the press first declared that sapphism was no longer subversive but chic, and much of the fuss has subsided.”

“Indeed, Australian researchers recently demonstrated that sapphism among cows may well be caused by environmental pressures and the stress of domestication.”

“Today the sapphism replaced generally the tribadie.”

“Soon after meeting Vita, Woolf was intrigued by this leggy aristocrat who, she had heard, was a pronounced Sapphist and who wanted to seduce her.”