What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

melancholic romantic comic cynic. bi & genderqueer. fantasy writer. sysrae on ao3.

Code Words For Lesbianism In Classic Films

knitmeapony:

sorrynotsorrybi:

Y’all liked the other one so much I figured we could do this list, too. 

  • Improbable
  • Unlikely
  • Curious
  • Irregular
  • Oho
  • Fond of her health
  • Peculiar
  • Glasses
  • Inquisitive
  • “Pays her own way”
  • Well-read
  • Mysterious
  • Independent-minded
  • Pocketbook
  • Scholarly
  • Incurable
  • “She keeps her hands in her pockets”
  • Resourceful
  • Standoffish
  • Uninvited
  • Companionable
  • “Carries plenty of spare change”
  • A real pal
  • Unaccountable
  • A shirts-and-trousers female
  • Busy
  • “Carries her own purse”
  • Confidential
  • Marvelous
  • Uncanny
  • Contralto
  • Financially secure
  • Unfriendly
  • Private
  • Remarkable
  • Solitary
  • Loyal
  • Singular
  • Artistic
  • Unsympathetic
  • Reluctant
  • “She kisses backwards”
  • Sturdy
  • Outdoorsy
  • “She’s an evening girl, fond of the twilight hours”
  • Tight-lipped
  • Devoted
  • Civic-minded
  • Energetic
  • Steady-handed
  • Alert
  • “Stands up on a night train”

tag yourself I’m “scholarly”

I’m an evening girl, fond of the twilight hours.

my favourite such expression, which sadly isn’t on this list: 

“she steers her punt from the Cambridge end”

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