Pop Culture Fix: Bridget “Rose” Regan Is Batwoman’s Poison Ivy, Guess That Means She’s G A Y

Hello, my friends! The stickers I was telling you about in the last Pop Culture Fix arrived; look at these dang cuties!

A selection of Pokemon and Animal Crossing stickers in pastel colors

There’s some cute queer news below too!


+ Bridget “Rose” Regan has been cast as Poison Ivy in the upcoming season of Batwoman, so I assume that means she’s gonna be G A Y.

+ Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine media company teamed up with the Bumble app and Bailey’s Irish Cream to create three short films about meet-cutes, and non-binary icon and filmmaker Carly Usdin made one of them! More on this tomorrow!

+ Emma Corrin will star in Lady Chatterley’s Lover (which is hilariously being sold as “raunchier than Bridgerton”).

+ Supergirl‘s Chyler Leigh and Azie Tesfai break down the beginning of Kelly’s heroic journey.

+ Netflix’s Q-Force is as soulless as a Drag Race acting challenge.

+ Fable‘s queer representation is a progressive product of its time.

+ Holland Taylor on TV world building, college regrets, and the freedom of going make-up free on-screen.

+ Kiersey Clemons joins Allison Brie in Amazon’s Somebody I Used To Know

+ Pose, Hacks, and I May Destroy You lead the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association’s Dorian Awards nominations.

+ The CW’s Nancy Drew spin-off series, Tom Swift, will feature a Black gay male lead.

+ Producer Cameron Mackintosh clarifies comments about casting after Alexandra Billings says hiring trans actors is not a “gimmick.” 

+ Euphoria star Hunter Schafer has joined the new horror film Cuckoo.

+ Elliot Page has signed a first look deal to create scripted and non-scripted programming for UCP.

+ That Life Is Strange TV adaptation is still happening.

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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.

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2 Comments

  1. In Batwoman, Ryan will kiss a woman this season?????
    Because last season was such a disappointment for the lesbians!
    Caroline Dries, give the lesbian a good wlw story! (with kiss of course)

    *It would be amazing if something happens between Ryan and Poison Ivy but……….

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