do you listen to girl in red?
Coded TikTok question for 'are you a girl who likes girls?' — a sapphic shibboleth.
Definitions
The modern friend of Dorothy. On Sapphic TikTok around 2020 this became the discreet password for 'are you a woman attracted to women?' Girl in Red — Norwegian artist Marie Ulven — wrote enough wlw love songs that her name turned into a flag. Ask it, and a fellow sapphic clocks you instantly. The classic exchange runs: 'Do you listen to girl in red?' 'No, Sweater Weather.' Translation: 'Are you a lesbian?' 'No, I'm bi.'
do you listen to girl in red? In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
TikTok, c. 2020. Built on the wlw fanbase of artist Girl in Red (Marie Ulven); functions as a Gen-Z update of 'friend of Dorothy.'
People Also Ask
What's the 'Sweater Weather' part about?
The Neighbourhood's 'Sweater Weather' became the parallel code for bisexual women, so the call-and-response sorts lesbian from bi.
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