Pop Culture Fix: “Ammonite” Director Francis Lee Made Mary Anning a Lesbian to “Elevate” Her, Doesn’t Care What Straights Think

Heather Hogan
Sep 16, 2020
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It’s the middle of the week and here’s a little Pop Culture Fix to get you the rest of the way! 


+ Ammonite director Francis Lee will receive New Fest’s inaugural World Queer Visionary Award.

+ And here’s Lee on why he made Mary Anning gay in his biopic.

+ Janelle Monáe tells Stephen Colbert about friend Chadwick Boseman, finding revolution in a song.

+ 10 of the most stylish lesbian characters in cinema.

+ The Nigerian filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie Ife. (Check out Chinelo Anyadiegwu’s
interview too!)

+ Margaret Cho, Stevie Nicks, Serena Williams, Toni Morrison, Shonda Rhimes, and 20 other famous women on anger.

+ The Charlie’s Angels that made you gay.

+ Brandi Carlile’s cover of “Mad World” is a real 2020 mood.

+ Indya Moore’s NYFW debut is tens, tens, tens across the board.

+ Kate McKinnon has inked a new deal with SNL.

+ Andre Braughe reexamines his cop roles and urges Brooklyn Nine-Nine to rise to the moment.

+ Cynthia Nixon on why she identifies as queer.

+ GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced the winners of their TV Awards this weekend. Schitt’s Creek was the big favorite.

+ Stevie Nicks is on the edge of saving cinema.

+ Queer Eye and Drag Race took home some Creative Arts Emmys this year.

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Heather Hogan

Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She’s a member of the Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.

Heather Hogan has written 1718 articles for us.

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