Author-ized L.J.<p>Premodern lesbian protagonists in many English-language stories: Brave and strong-willed, finding herself in the face of lesbophobia, pure and devoted love<br>My premodern lesbian protagonist: "My needy family sucks, my conniving ex-girlfriend sucks, and I suck most of all for being a coward and a loser... I guess I kind of like this pretty new woman in my life but I don't deserve her... fuck what's this, me doing something brave?? Fiiiine but I'll be screaming inside the whole time..." <a href="https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-301-very-long-malaise-lj-lee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-hist</span><span class="invisible">oric-motif-podcast-episode-301-very-long-malaise-lj-lee</span></a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/SapphicFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SapphicFiction</span></a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStory</span></a> </p><p>(No one dies, of course. Lesbians don't die in my stories.)</p>