SAPPHO

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"YOU DON'T HAVE to be gay to be a feminist," Marisol argues, slipping in another English word.

"Is that what you call it in English?"

"There are a lot of terms that we use. Gay is kind of an umbrella term. Explicitly, it has to do with male homosexuality, but you know how it is. Masculine equals unisex or whatever. For women it's called lesbianism. Which comes from Sappho, you know? The Ancient Greek poet, you know her? She was a very powerful gay. But anyways. There's also things like pansexuality, which is when you're attracted to people regardless of their gender, and asexuality which is—"

"But are you?"

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