On today's episode, I sit down and chat with Bryn Silva, a lesbian fantasy author and aspiring film maker, as we discuss religious trauma, gender identity and the inspiration behind her upcoming film, "Demoness," a film about a woman who summons a demon to help escape her fundamentalist religious cult.

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When you hear the name Sappho, you probably think you already know the story.

Ancient Greek. Lesbian poet. The end.

But what if that’s just the headline version?

In this episode of Sapphic Side Quest, we’re going beyond the textbook summary and into the woman behind the myth — the icon, the exile, the innovator, the cultural force who shaped poetry forever and then somehow became a footnote.

We’re talking about what history remembers, what it erases, and why some voices survive only in fragments. And more importantly, what it means that hers did.

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In this first episode, I’m sharing my own journey — growing up queer, finding my identity, and realizing how often sapphic creators are overlooked, underestimated, or erased. I talk about why I started this podcast, what “side quest” really means, and how we’re flipping that narrative.

This show is about art, activism, community, and the beautiful, messy magic of loving women. It’s about building something bigger than algorithms and louder than silence.

We’re not a subplot. We’re the whole damn story.

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