Do sapphics move too fast, or is it just sexism?
It's U-Haul season. And so, the best time of year to unpack this famed sapphic cliché once and for all…
Words by Katie Baskerville
"What does a lesbian bring on the second date?"
…
"A U-Haul."
Some forty-five years ago, comedian Lea DeLaria famously made this joke, marrying lesbians and U-Hauls 'til death they do part. However, it's believed that the “urge to merge” was formally coined as “U-Hauling” in a 1990s Atlantic article by journalist Shauna Miller — the term describing the pacey speed at which women who love women move when happening upon romantic love.