Sultry Stories, Sweat, and Sapphic Snacks with Jo Del Carmen

About this episode

Siren and Wendy discuss sapphic literature and personal experiences with guest Jo Del Carmen.

This week on Tongue First , Siren and Wendy welcome Jo Del Carmen — sapphic short story author, TikTok storyteller, and the author behind Women in Papercuts — a collection of true sapphic experiences written with the kind of tension that makes you want to turn down the brightness, light a candle, and get in touch with yourself. Jo brings her full self to the room. A queer Latinx woman who grew up in South Florida, spent seven years songwriting and performing, got shoved out of the closet by her brother, and has since been turning twenty four real experiences into some of the most searingly honest sapphic short fiction on the internet. Together, Siren, Wendy, and Jo talk about coming out, being outed, trauma bonding, and why youth group has always been a pipeline for gay people. They get into favorite sapphic books and movies — Foxfire, Gia, Imagine Me and You, and a very passionate defense of Aubrey Plaza. They talk about polyamory, how Jo's relationship opened up, how Siren's trifecta formed after New Orleans, and Wendy revealing for the first time that she's demisexual. Then the conversation turns toward the sapphic slow burn — why queer women connect so deeply through…

People in this episode

Hosts: Siren, Wendy

Guest: Jo Del Carmen

Topics covered

• sapphic literature
• coming out
• polyamory
• queer identity
• sapphic relationships
• personal experiences

Keywords

• sapphic stories
• queer literature
• coming out stories
• polyamory
• demisexuality
• queer women
• sapphic snacks

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Women in Papercuts, Foxfire, Gia, Imagine Me and You

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