{"id":28086,"date":"2021-02-10T17:35:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?p=28086"},"modified":"2021-02-10T19:11:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T19:11:34","slug":"sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>By Aruni Deraniyagala<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the &#8220;lesbian agenda&#8221;? For Sarah Waters, it means putting more wlw (women who love women) stories out into the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1966, Waters was encouraged to engage in artistic hobbies from a young age by her father. She particularly loved writing poems and stories. Despite this clear passion for story-telling, it wasn&#8217;t until she was much older that Waters considered a career as a novelist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having completed her primary education, she went on to study English Literature at the Universities of Kent and Lancaster. She then proceeded to earn a PhD in English Literature; her field of study being lesbian and gay historical fiction. In fact, it was whilst researching material for her thesis; <em>Wolfskins and Togas: lesbian and gay historical fiction, 1870 to the present<\/em>, that she found the inspiration for her debut novel, <em>Tipping the Velvet<\/em>. The very phrase, \u00d4\u00c7\u00fftipping the velvet&#8217; is archaic slang for cunnilingus; a term she stumbled upon whilst reading Victorian era pornography as part of her research. <span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">Waters has very openly claimed to be writing with a clear \u00d4\u00c7\u00fflesbian agenda&#8217;<\/span>, something she says is inevitable when lesbians write stories for a primarily lesbian readership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u00d4\u00c7\u00ffPretend? Pretend, and in my own house? If Frank doesn&#8217;t like my habits, he can stop visiting. Him, and anyone else with a similar idea. Would you have people think we were ashamed?&#8217;<\/em> &#8211; Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Waters&#8217; novels are most notable for being what she calls, \u00d4\u00c7\u00fflesbo Victorian romps,&#8217; a phrase which I feel, doesn&#8217;t quite do justice to the complexity of the characters and stories she writes. The periods in which she sets her books have not extensively documented lesbian culture. The most we can learn about wlw relationships, particularly in the Victorian era, comes in the form of passing mentions within heteronormative stories; little glimpses through cracks in the curtains as it were. Therefore, in order to tell her stories, she takes elements from the mainstream culture of the era she is writing about and interweaves them into lesbian culture. In <em>Tipping the Velvet<\/em>, for example, Kitty Butler, a woman who takes on the appearance of a man for her music hall act, is referred to as a \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffmasher&#8217;; a term originally meant to refer to a fashionable man in Victorian society. Her stories are not so much aimed at coming across as authentic, <span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">rather <\/span><span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">she tries to imagine a history that can never truly be recovered.\u252c\u00e1<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By doing this, she has provided us with alternatives to the more common coming out stories we have become used to reading. There has historically been a trend of killing off lesbian characters in novels (think Mrs Danvers in Daphne du Maurier&#8217;s <em>Rebecca<\/em>), since <span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">the only way mainstream media would accept LGBT+ characters was if they had a tragic storyline<\/span>. As a result, most contemporary authors write stories with cute clich\u251c\u00aes and happy endings as a means to challenge the \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffbury your gays&#8217; trope, and while these stories are important, they aren&#8217;t the only ones that should be told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beauty of historical fiction is that it gives us the opportunity to look back in time and shine a light on the lives of people who had to hide themselves from society. Lesbians have always existed, but <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/spotlight\/1988-section-28-and-its-lasting-unwanted-legacy\/\">their voices haven&#8217;t always been heard<\/a>. Through a diverse range of characters, from oyster girl turned music hall performer turned rent boy, to once wealthy ladies forced to take in lodgers, <span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">Waters shows us that there isn&#8217;t one way to be gay<\/span>. Your first love doesn&#8217;t necessarily have to be \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffthe one&#8217; and it&#8217;s okay to still be figuring out your sexuality even if you&#8217;re middle-aged and married to a man. Her characters aren&#8217;t perfect, some of them are actually quite unlikeable. Her sex scenes aren&#8217;t written to fulfill a straight man&#8217;s fantasy, they are explicit and humorous and messy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarahwaters.com\/\">Waters<\/a>&#8216; stories show us that regardless of society&#8217;s opinions, <span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">lesbians have always found ways in which to connect with each other<\/span>, create their own culture and build their own families.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-pale-pink-background-color has-pale-pink-color\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/quenchspotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\">@quenchspotlight<\/a><br>Write for us: email&nbsp;<a>spotlight@quenchmag.co.uk<\/a>&nbsp;or join the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/quenchcontributors2021\">&nbsp;Facebook group where all pitches are posted<\/a><br>Our articles:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/category\/spotlight\/\">Spotlight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aruni Deraniyagala What is the &#8220;lesbian agenda&#8221;? For Sarah Waters, it means putting more wlw (women who love women) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":650,"featured_media":28093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,5521],"tags":[6214,6215,3041,949,6213,52],"class_list":["post-28086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lgbt","category-love","tag-lesbian-fiction","tag-lgbt-literature","tag-lgbtq","tag-literature","tag-sarah-waters","tag-spotlight"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians - Quench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sarah Waters\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6 stories show us that regardless of society\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6s opinions, lesbians have always found ways in which to connect with each other.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians - Quench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sarah Waters\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6 stories show us that regardless of society\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6s opinions, lesbians have always found ways in which to connect with each other.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Quench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-10T17:35:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-10T19:11:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Contributing Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Contributing Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Contributing Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cd0d79ee34ed4af2a45bd794c128a18d\"},\"headline\":\"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-10T17:35:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-10T19:11:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":731,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesbian fiction\",\"LGBT+ literature\",\"LGBTQ+\",\"literature\",\"Sarah Waters\",\"spotlight\"],\"articleSection\":[\"LGBT+\",\"Love\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians - Quench\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-10T17:35:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-10T19:11:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Sarah Waters\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6 stories show us that regardless of society\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6s opinions, lesbians have always found ways in which to connect with each other.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Image credit: https:\\\/\\\/www.sarahwaters.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/love\\\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/\",\"name\":\"Quench\",\"description\":\"Cardiff University&#039;s award-winning arts and culture magazine which publishes online articles everyday and five print issues a year.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Quench\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Untitled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Untitled.png\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":623,\"caption\":\"Quench\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cd0d79ee34ed4af2a45bd794c128a18d\",\"name\":\"Contributing Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab75e33310aa9c16ac43a00db1e53bc03a8ce532d6edf019c8c44f24265cbb7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab75e33310aa9c16ac43a00db1e53bc03a8ce532d6edf019c8c44f24265cbb7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab75e33310aa9c16ac43a00db1e53bc03a8ce532d6edf019c8c44f24265cbb7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Contributing Writer\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\\\/quench\\\/author\\\/mrwebsite\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians - Quench","description":"Sarah Waters\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6 stories show us that regardless of society\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6s opinions, lesbians have always found ways in which to connect with each other.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians - Quench","og_description":"Sarah Waters\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6 stories show us that regardless of society\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6s opinions, lesbians have always found ways in which to connect with each other.","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/","og_site_name":"Quench","article_published_time":"2021-02-10T17:35:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-10T19:11:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Contributing Writer","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Contributing Writer","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/"},"author":{"name":"Contributing Writer","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/#\/schema\/person\/cd0d79ee34ed4af2a45bd794c128a18d"},"headline":"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians","datePublished":"2021-02-10T17:35:47+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-10T19:11:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/"},"wordCount":731,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png","keywords":["Lesbian fiction","LGBT+ literature","LGBTQ+","literature","Sarah Waters","spotlight"],"articleSection":["LGBT+","Love"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/","name":"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians - Quench","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png","datePublished":"2021-02-10T17:35:47+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-10T19:11:34+00:00","description":"Sarah Waters\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6 stories show us that regardless of society\u00d4\u00c7\u00d6s opinions, lesbians have always found ways in which to connect with each other.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/Sarah-water-article-featured-image.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Image credit: https:\/\/www.sarahwaters.com\/"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/love\/sarah-waters-the-queen-of-vintage-lesbians\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sarah Waters: The Queen of Vintage Lesbians"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/","name":"Quench","description":"Cardiff University&#039;s award-winning arts and culture magazine which publishes online articles everyday and five print issues a year.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/#organization","name":"Quench","url":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Untitled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Untitled.png","width":1600,"height":623,"caption":"Quench"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/#\/schema\/person\/cd0d79ee34ed4af2a45bd794c128a18d","name":"Contributing Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab75e33310aa9c16ac43a00db1e53bc03a8ce532d6edf019c8c44f24265cbb7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab75e33310aa9c16ac43a00db1e53bc03a8ce532d6edf019c8c44f24265cbb7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab75e33310aa9c16ac43a00db1e53bc03a8ce532d6edf019c8c44f24265cbb7d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Contributing Writer"},"url":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/author\/mrwebsite\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28086"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28108,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28086\/revisions\/28108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}