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You ever been just like super wrong about something? That was me with Starbucks salted caramel cold foam, which I called “a gimmick” when it first appeared but which I now call “my favorite morning treat.” I’m drinking an iced coffee with it right this second! I am also presenting you with your mid-week Pop Culture Fix!
+ Evan Rachel Wood’s new character on Westworld is “named Christina who is ‘from a city that looks like New York’ and lives there with a roommate played by Ariana DeBose who ‘may or may not have a crush on Christina.’ Sold!
+ Here’s your Motherland: Fort Salem season three trailer! And also here’s your announcement that Valerie Anne will be recapping this season!
https://youtu.be/O4tGfZQw3lU
+ The Outlaws season two premieres on Prime Video on August 5th.
+ This is my favorite Pride “headline” so far, from the Onion: Judi Dench Wondering Why She Never Became More Of A Gay Icon.
+ Hayley Kiyoko shares how Becca Tilley helped her discover her “authentic truth.”
+ Ms. Marvel is out on Disney+ today! I watched the first two episodes and loved loved loved it! And even more after I saw this tweet. For the uninitiated, Kamala Khan’s powers explained. And: Ms. Marvel feels like the future of the MCU.
+ Scream 6 won’t give Neve Campbell her paycheck so she’s not coming back and good for her! This isn’t gay, but Neve Campbell is my wife’s root, so… it’s kinda gay?
+ Do queer films like Fire Island need to pass the Bechdel test?
Okay, I just added a corollary to the Bechdel test: Two men talking to each other about the female protagonist of an Alice Munro story in a screenplay structured on a Jane Austen novel = pass. #FireIsland #BechdelTest
— Alison Bechdel (@AlisonBechdel) June 8, 2022