Pop Culture Fix: Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer Love Villaneve’s Dancing and Kissing as Much as You Do
My wife watched some TV screeners with me recently, which she hardly ever does because we’re not super into the same kinds of TV. I told her beforehand that watching TV ahead of everyone else and not having anyone to process it with, no memes, no recaps, etc. was a special kind of torture. That she’d have to hold all her feelings and information in her heart. Well she went through with it and now she’s in the corner rocking back and forth and mumbling lesbian fan fiction tropes to herself! Anyway, here is your Pop Culture Fix so you, too, can stay up to date with the latest queer pop culture shenanigans.
+ Ahead of this week’s Killing Eve final season premiere, Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer are making the interview rounds. They helped TV Line pick out some of the best Villaneve scenes, and of course their faves are your faves, especially the dancing and smooching and near-stabbings. (Check out that NYT interview too, it’s great.)
+ The Wilds will be back on May 6 (unfortunately they’re adding a Boy Island).
+ Cynthia Nixon remains baffled by the reaction to And Just Like That.
+ Sasha Lane joins Amanda Seyfried, Tom Holland, and Emmy Rossum for The Crowded Room, an Apple TV+ anthology series “that will explore inspirational stories of those who have struggled with mental illness and learned to live successfully with it.”
+ The trailer for Aisha Dee’s Sissy is here.
+ Related: Why the Oscars are so weird about real people roles.
+ Pose Is Over, but Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is just getting started.
+ HBO’s Last of Us series will premiere next year.
+ Here’s a peep at Kate McKinnon behind the scenes of Joe vs. Carole.
+ Evan Rachel Wood’s Phoenix Rising trailer is as intense as we all knew it would be.
+ Why FX killed Y: The Last Man so quickly.
+ Bored of Drag Race? Dragula awaits with open, blood-soaked arms.
+ Euphoria changes the narrative around Blackness and addiction.
Pop Culture Fix: Queen Latifah and The L Word’s Jordan Hull Star in Netflix’s Basketball Drama “Hustle”
Feature photos by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images + Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
The sun is shining, I’ve got a special coffee treat, the first link in this Pop Culture Fix is about Viola Davis — great day so far! I hope you’re having one too!
+ Happy President’s Day to Viola Davis as Michelle Obama!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j36nGWGC5FI&ab_channel=SHOWTIME
+ Queen Latifah and Jordan Hull both star in Netflix’s Hustle. Natalie wants them to be mother/daughter so bad! She’s always had Angie Porter-Kennard’s best interest at heart, in all the million years I’ve known her!
+ This season of Euphoria has not been… great. Now there’s a whole bunch of stories coming out about the behind-the-scenes drama, which I will be blaming squarely on Sam Levinson. :)
+ We need more queer rep in children’s media.
+ 15 LGBTQ+ movies to look forward to in 2022.
+ Tan France on dream styling the cast of Euphoria.
+ The CW’s first Black nonbinary character is in All: American: Homecoming.
+ Gold-winning Canadian women’s hockey team scores a victory for gay athletes.
+ Amazon has renewed Harlem for a second season.
+ Oooh! Do you agree with this list of greatest queer love songs?
+ Rumors are flying that CW’s Arrowverse is moving to HBO Max.
+ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has been renewed for a fifth and final season.
+ The CW’s Two Sentence Horror Stories is bringing serious POC and queer rep to the genre.
Pop Culture Fix: Hey, There’s a Secret Lesbian Couple in “Death on the Nile”!
Mid-week! We made it! That feels like a pretty big accomplishment this week, tbh! And here is a Pop Culture Fix as a small reward!
+ I didn’t realize Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders play a lesbian couple in Death on the Nile! Probably because it’s only out in theaters and I’m not gonna risk my life to watch a movie that’s not Captain Marvel 2!
+ How I Met Your Father has been renewed for a second season.
+ Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, and Regina Hall will emcee the Academy Awards.
+ Meet the lesbian co-showrunner queering Star Trek: Discovery.
+ The 2022 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame class includes some familiar gay faces.
The @WBHOF Class of 2022:
Becky Hammon
DeLisha Milton-Jones
Penny Taylor
Doug Bruno
Paul Sanderford
Bob Schneider
Debbie Antonelli
Alice “Cookie” Barron— ESPN Women's Hoops (@ESPN_WomenHoop) February 15, 2022
+ Nine stories from queer figure skaters in their own words.
+ Daisy Ifma, of Netflix’s Twinkleberry, on growing up gay in the UK.
+ More on Twinkleberry, the “gayest ever” IRL class reunion.
+ DC has reintroduced Vixen, and this time she’s queer!
+ The complicated history of LGBTQ+ rep in Doctor Who.
+ The sublime Jeopardy swan song of Amy Schneider.
+ This isn’t gay but I really thought you’d want to know that Roy Kent met Oscar the Grouch.
+ Zoë Kravitz still isn’t over High Fidelity’s cancellation, and frankly neither are we.
Pop Culture Fix: America Chavez Arrives in the “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” Trailer
Happy Valentine’s Day, friends! Marvel got you some America Chavez and so let’s just get right into this Pop Culture Fix!
+ AAAAAHHHHH!!! (Also: Team Wanda IDGADF)
+ Jada Pinkett Smith is a dazzling thief in first look at The Equalizer guest appearance.
+ Here’s a first look at the new season of Russian Doll (finally!).
+ Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies is coming to Paramount+.
+ Hayley Kiyoko is still fighting for queer rep on-screen.
+ Stephanie Beatriz tackles cult-obsessed true love in a new podcast.
+ LOL what! Carol and Susan have been erased from Friends in China.
+ Related: The Sims wedding pack won’t be sold in Russia because it’s too gay.
+ Why Bound is the perfect queer Valentine’s film.
+ Jessica Jones is leaving Netflix. (If you’re caught up on Hawkeye, I’d love to hear your speculation about whether or not Jessica Jones will come to the proper MCU.)
Five Things to do While Listening to Jasmin Savoy Brown’s “Orange Wine”
If you’re like me, you’ve been completely swept up in the universe that is Yellowjackets. Particularly, you’ve been entranced by Taissa Turner, whose teen version is played by Jasmin Savoy Brown. Now that the show’s first season is done, you’re bereft. What is teen Taissa up to? How’s Van?! Who else was at the reunion that we didn’t see?! If you’re longing for more Brown, you can watch her in the new “Scream” — and you can listen to her music.
As someone who is always listening to music, I was surprised and delighted when I saw Brown had a new single. Talk about a triple threat: she can write, sing, and act! When “Orange Wine” began I was immediately enticed. The song starts with a simple strum of the guitar, but with its dazzling and smokey tone—the song is instantly sexy. Brown’s heady voice kicks in at the same time, and as a listener, you’re swept up. The lyrics are sensual and feverish:
“But at least we kissed
At least we kissed
I got to taste your lips
You put your hands on my hips
Careful, you’re making me slip
Because when we kissed
It tasted just like this
Mmm-mm-mm-mm.”
Again, I can’t overstate the performance of the guitar in the song. As the song transforms, and more instrumentation like drums are added, we hear a desperate guitar whine in the background. The song is accompanied by a sensual video featuring Brown and a cohort of pole dancers. She enters the frame with her bubblegum pink hair, a white tank top, and jeans, and as we pan out, we see dancers surrounding her. When the lighting changes, so do the outfits. Suddenly Brown is in a leather jacket and harness with black leather pasties. It’s a whole vibe, so I matched it with a few instances when you can and should listen to this song.
1. When you’re making out
This one is pretty obvious. The emphasis on kissing in the lyrics, written by Brown, makes for a great song to put on when you’re in that stage just before making out—when you’re trying to set the mood. Maybe you want to rely solely on the music to get the message across that you want to lock lips with a babe. Maybe you need the song to amp up your own bravery. Brown’s voice can be light, with a soft trill at some points, then deep and resonant in others. I’m imagining you, dear reader, sitting on the couch with a hottie, locking eyes and smizing (while smiling) and just giving them that look that says “I. want. you.” Then you make out and do whatever else the spirit moves you to do. It’s such a hot song please someone make out to it for me!
2. When dancing for your lover
This is the perfect song to do a sexy dance to for your partner. When I was young and in love I was always performing little dances for my lover. If you’ve got the money you could even pay someone to teach you a choreographed number to the song. But if not, just letting your body move to the song feels heavenly. Put on your own black outfit, or maybe you’re more into color and put on something red. Maybe something nude and mesh. Get creative, get sexy, and be tantalizing.
3. When making a playlist for your crush
This one kind of goes hand in hand with number one. When you’re making a playlist for someone, it’s best to work around one song and build from there. “Orange Wine” works perfectly as the centerpiece for a playlist that you’re making for a cutie—to listen to with them or for them to play on their own. When I’m creating a playlist, I like to work from one song and think of other songs that have a similar tone, vibe, and emotional landscape. If your plan is to play this song with the person you want, it might help to think of the trajectory of the evening. If you want to make out, don’t put this song first, build to it for about two to three songs until you’re ready for things to heat up. Creating a playlist is an art form, so knowing when and where each song will come into play is crucial.
4. When dancing alone
Spending sensual time alone is very important for your overall health. Maybe you don’t have a partner to dance for, or maybe you do, but you want this song to be for your own special, solo performance. Dim the lights, light a few candles, put on something that makes you feel good and that you can move in, and play this song. Let your hips, your arms, your legs, do what they want to do. Don’t worry about looking sexy or being coordinated. Just be free and unhindered in your movements. I love this song because while the lyrics are pretty explicitly about being with another person, you can be alone and still completely feel the gravity of the song.
5. When cruising in your car on your way to your boo
There’s an element to this song that also makes it cool for driving I’d imagine. I don’t drive because I’m a prissy little femme but I love the feeling of cruising passenger side with the windows down, driving fast with the wind in my hair. If I did drive, I could see myself going Tokyo Drift to this one. Like bordering on reckless driving as I make myself the main character in other drivers’ lives. Probably smoking a cigarette even though I quit almost ten years ago. This song makes me want to be kissing behind the wheel, I can’t explain it! I’m gonna get my license at 30 years old just so I can live out this fantasy I’ve created!
This song is well-suited for so many licentious scenarios. Songs like “Orange Wine” help me get in touch with my own body, even when I’m listening to them alone. You can fantasize, reminisce or revel in all your hotness while listening to it. It’s out on streaming platforms now, and you can watch the video on Youtube. Will we be getting more singles? an album?! Who can say, but I’m so excited for more music from Jasmin Savoy Brown.
Pop Culture Fix: Shay Mitchell, Javicia Leslie and Jojo T. Gibbs Join Forces for a Holiday Rom-Com
Feature image Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 Presented by Amazon Prime Video // Steven Ferdman/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows // Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Baby2Baby
Did you see the big news in publishing today? InStyle and Entertainment Weekly are axing their print magazines and moving to digital only. A great reminder that joining A+ is a cool thing you could do as you enjoy today’s Pop Culture Fix!
+ Okay now here’s a trifecta you never dreamed about, but you won’t be able to un-imagine it: Shay Mitchell, Javicia Leslie and Jojo T. Gibbs will star in Prime Video’s upcoming holiday rom-com, Something From Tiffany’s.
+ Black Girl Nerds takes a deep dive into Javicia Leslie’s time in the Arrrowverse.
+ The Rookie is eying a spin-off series starring Niecy Nash!
+ This is really cool. The suit Rock wore for their they-mitzvah on the season finale of And Just Like That was a Willie Garson suit, in honor of the late actor’s time on the show playing Stanford Blatch.
+ Cara Delevingne will star in the “eco-thriller” The Climb.
+ Just as it added queer women, Love, Victor is ending on Hulu.
+ A study out of USC has found that women and under-represented directors are making strides in top grossing films, but those advances in Hollywood don’t yet include women of color.
+ For Euphoria and Yellowjackets music supervisor Jen Malone, “only fucking bangers will do.”
+ Tig Notaro covers Out this month in the coolest suit I have ever seen!
Pop Culture Fix: Sara Ramirez Is Very Aware That You Hate Che Diaz
Welcome to your first Pop Culture Fix after the season finale of And Just Like That, a show that people are still fighting about nonstop all because of Che Diaz! If you’re one of the people fighting, do stay hydrated out there!
+ Sara Ramirez says they don’t recognize themself in Che Diaz.
+ Related from the NYT: Sara Ramirez is NOT Che Diaz. (This is an awesome interview; it gets into Grey’s Anatomy too!)
+ But then also!
https://twitter.com/SaraRamirez/status/1490340325893812225
+ Good Trouble will be back on Freeform on March 9th.
+ Season four of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel returns to Prime Video on February 18th.
+ HBO Max has renewed Euphoria for a third season.
+ An Orphan Black sequel is headed to AMC.
+ This is so beautiful! 😭
https://twitter.com/kmelkhat/status/1489391052255600641?s=21
+ Watch Danielle Brooks react to Oprah telling her she landed a role in The Color Purple remake.
+ Natalie Abrams’ Gotham Knights has been picked up to pilot by the CW.
+ From Thor: Ragnarok to The Mummy: The bisexual movie canon reaches beyond the obvious.
+ Bisexual Dutch speedskater Ireen Wüst has made history at the Winter Olympics.
Pop Culture Fix: Here’s Your First Look at “Gentleman Jack” Season 2, Landing This Spring on HBO
I wish someone had told me that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla had the option to HOLD AND PET CATS AND DOGS! I would have started playing it two years ago! As it is, I just started over the weekend, and the first time a cat jumped into my arms, I screamed! Cold blooded viking murder -+ cat lover? That’s how my week’s going so far! And here is how queer pop culture is shaking out!
+ Here’s our first look at the second season of Gentleman Jack, which lands on HBO Max this spring!
+ !
Happy #Batwoman Wednesday! Gather your inhalers and practice your breathing exercises cause tonight’s a doozy 😈
— Batwoman Writers Room (@BatwomanWriters) February 2, 2022
+ Related: Javicia Leslie joins Jasmin Savoy Brown on a new episode of The Homo Schedule.
+ It’s a good month for New Yorker profiles of queer celebs. This week, Céline Sciamma’s quest for a new feminist grammar of cinema.
+ Viola Davis posted the first photos from The Woman King yesterday — and HOT DAMN.
+ Jada Pinkett Smith will reunite with Queen Latifah in The Equalizer.
+ ICYMI, the full trailer for Killing Eve’s final season dropped yesterday.
+ Jennifer Beals has joined Ilene Chaiken’s Law & Order: Organized Crime.
+ And Just Like That‘s showrunner reveals what would have happened to Stanford.
Pop Culture Fix: Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s “Am I OK?” Is Coming to HBO Max ASAP
Good Monday to you, my friends, and welcome to your first Pop Culture Fix of the new week! It snowed like bananas here in NYC over the weekend and now the whole thing has turned into city sludge, so I am parked cozily inside my house with a cat in my lap and tea in my mug and I’m ready to see what in the world this week’s* gonna throw at me.
* the finale of And Just Like That.
+ Am I OK? is coming to HBO Max!
+ I got way behind on Marvel shows because my wife and I were watching all the Marvel movies from start to finish in order, and she was determined not to watch the shows until it was time to watch them on our movie timeline. So! I just finished up Hawkeye last week! And immediately went to check out one of my favorite YouTubers — queer, disabled genius Jessica Kellgren-Fozard — to see what she had to say about the show’s deafness. I thought you might like to see too!
+ Cameron Esposito will be a guest star when A Million Little Things returns on February 23rd.
+ Encanto’s Jessica Darrow is ready to be your new queer crush.
+ There’s big rumors about And Just Like That coming back for a second season. Or, as The Cut calls them, “threats.”
+ “Being adored by gay people” is all Yellowjackets star Liv Hewson has ever wanted.
+ The queer legends who attended Degrassi over the years.
+ Where is queer rep in video games right now?
+ The heartiest heartthrob Melissa King is on Cameron Esposito’s Queery podcast this week.
+ T’Nia Miller chatted with Geeks of Color about La Fortuna, working with Stanley Tucci, and more.
Pop Culture Fix: HBO Max’s “Batgirl” Casts Ivory Aquino as Alysia Yeoh, DC’s First Trans Movie Character
I’m enjoying a delicious cup of coffee out of my Pray The Gay to Stay mug from Autostraddle’s most recent fundraiser, which is making it EVEN TASTIER. Being gay is so great and not just because I get to share fun queer pop culture news with you twice a week (but that IS part of it!).
+ Okay this is awesome news: Ivory Aquino will play Alysia Yeoh in the Batgirl movie; she’ll be the first trans character in a DCU film!
+ We missed this news back in December (along with basically everyone else), but it looks like Showtime did not renew Work In Progress for a third season.
+ It’s not news but it’s memes! And Batwoman at that!
+ How I Met Your Father’s Ellen story is a problem in 2022.
+ Why you shouldn’t write off Che Diaz.
+ The Sims 4 will now ask for pronouns.
+ Vanity Fair has an exclusive clip of Gerrick Kennedy’s Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston. It’s all about Whitney and her relationship with Robyn Crawford.
+ The 10 best LGBTQ love stories in gaming.
+ Miranda Lambert chatted with Billboard about her new Queer Eye anthem, “Y’all Means All.”
+ Euphoria is a dozen different shows; which ones should get cancelled?
+ The Power of the Dog has a queer problem.
Pop Culture Fix: One Year of JoJo Siwa Being Gay
Feature photo by Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for iHeartRadio
Well hello and a happy Monday to you! I am pausing from discussing all the BANANAS drama happening in the WNBA right with Natalie to bring you this week’s first Pop Culture Fix! And then I will immediately be going back to the Basketball Mess ’cause I cannot get enough of it!
+ One whole year of JoJo Siwa being gay.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZDcljpJ_No/
+ How Tessa Thompson explores the many layers of identity.
+ Kate McKinnon’s Tiger King scripted series, Joe vs. Carole, will land on Peacock on March 3rd.
+ Jasmin Savoy Brown is having a moment. (Yellowjackets AND Scream spoilers at that link!)
+ Exceptional family drama and lesbian love story Marte Um fights for kindness.
+ If you want to be a pro speedrunner in Deltarune, it’s imperative that you utilize a technique called “Lesbian Skip.” (Spoiler alert: It involves processing!)
+ Miranda Hobbes has always been gay. And also, she hasn’t.
+ Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s next feature film will be the Judd Apatow-produced Time And Space. According to Deadline: “Allynne will direct off a screenplay she wrote based on a story she conceived with her spouse Notaro. Emmy nominee and stand-up comic Notaro also will star in the project, which follows the life of a lesbian couple who are thrown into turmoil when they ditch their Los Angeles city life for upstate New York.”
+ The drag queens of Golden Girlz Live celebrate Betty White and queer friendship.
+ Jonathan Van Ness previews a new book and a new show.
+ Sundance 2022 presents a broader queer scope for an expanded global audience.
+ P.S. Have you checked out Drew’s Sundance reviews? They are brilliant, as always!
+ I love this!
By the end of today's @Jeopardy, I will have interviewed Amy 38 times. You can learn a lot about someone in almost 40 mini-conversations! pic.twitter.com/wxw7sDBzbs
— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) January 21, 2022
Pop Culture Fix: Lady Gaga and Salma Hayek Tried to Lesbian Together in “House of Gucci”
Feature photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Did y’all know we have a Pope Francis tag? I didn’t know it until I couldn’t find Monday’s Pop Culture Fix and realized I’d tagged it as “Pope Francis” instead of “Pop Culture” by accident. I’m sure he’s just as excited about the Tig Notaro lesbian rom-com as we are! Anyhoodle, here’s your midweek Pope Francis Fix!
+ Lady Gaga says she and Salma Hayek tried to lesbian together in House of Gucci, but it got cut.
https://twitter.com/popcrave/status/1483632679874666496
+ In defense of the overlooked Kristen Stewart.
+ Yellowjackets season two is eyeballing an end-of-2022 release date.
+ Yellowjackets creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson have been making the post-finale interview rounds! At Slate, they name their favorite (wrong) fan theories.
+ Related! The bloody, brutal business of being a teenage girl.
+ Candace Parker’s TED Talk is as great as you knew it would be!
+ The Connecticut Sun are having a Fit-Off — and Jasmine Thomas declared herself the winner, on account of she’s her own stylist and also her fiancée, Natasha Hiedeman’s, stylist.
win-win for me, I’m her stylist lol go babe 💋 https://t.co/HLWnhRZjce
— Jasmine Thomas (@jaszthomas) January 16, 2022
+ Maddy Gross on how Rock’s storyline on And Just Like That helped them come out as non-binary.
+ Netflix’s Cheer has an LGBTQ couple in season two.
+ And here is a new Horizon Forbidden West story trailer! Not long now! I honestly can’t remember if Aloy is canonically gay but I know I’m gay and played her gay and she’s voiced by Ashly Burch who has never played a straight character in her life, so.
Pop Culture Fix: Tig Notaro and Dakota Johnson are Making That “Lesbian Falls for Her Best Friend” Rom-Com You’ve Been Waiting For
Hello and welcome to your first Pop Culture Fix of the week!
+ Tig Notaro and Dakota Johnson’s queer rom-com story Am I Okay? is heading to Sundance.
Am I OK? Written by Lauren Pomerantz (SNL, The Ellen DeGeneres Show) stars Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno (Maniac, Devs) as best friends whose relationship faces a series of challenges when one of them decides to move to London just as the other confesses her love. It co-stars June Diane Raphael, queer actors Sean Hayes and Kiersey Clemons, and co-director Notaro in a small role.
+ Nicole Kang and Bridget Regan talk last week’s Poison Ivy twists on Batwoman.
+ Fans are loving Olivia Benson’s response to her son coming out on SVU.
+ Euphoria doesn’t need shock value anymore to keep us watching.
+ Eternals was the perfect story to bring LGBTQ+ identities to the MCU.
+ Alia Shawkat is a cult classic.
+ Lili Reinhart told her Insta followers she’s “struggling with obsessive thoughts” about her body and weight and that she is sharing it with her fans “to be vulnerable… in the hope that any of you who are also struggling don’t feel so alone.”
+ Reese Witherspoon’s daughter Ava opens up about her sexuality: “gender is whatever.”
+ The Mitchells Vs The Machines writer/director on queer rep for LGBTQ+ youth.
+ How Doctor Who unearthed my buried queer self.
+ Xochitl Gomez building the America Chavez Doctor Strange Lego set is SO COOL.
+ Here comes your Sue Bird documentary.
Pop Culture Fix: Bridget Regan’s Poison Ivy Is Making “Batwoman” Even Gayer
Good morning, friends! I just got a notice that the 26 Catra stickers I ordered from Etsy are on the way. I don’t remember ordering 26 Catra stickers and must have done it when I was high on NyQuil after my last Covid booster. But I am VERY excited to see what I bought! Also exciting? Your mid-week Pop Culture Fix!
+ Bridget Reagan’s Poison Ivy is here and it looks like she’s gonna be making Batwoman EVEN GAYER.
+ You know what else, let’s just take a real quick sneak peek at the promo photos from tonight’s midseason premiere.
+ AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!! I’M JUST SO EXCITED!
+ Aubrey Plaza will headline White Lotus’ second season.
+ Jasmin Savoy Brown chats about bringing the first queer character to the Scream franchise, finally.
+ Naomi premiered last night. It was gay and it was awesome! Did you watch?
https://twitter.com/ava/status/1480632281681186816?s=21
+ All Rise will be back for season three on OWN this spring.
+ Apple TV+ has renewed The Morning Show for a third season.
+ Grey’s Anatomy has been renewed for a six hundredth season.
+ Cynthia Erivo will star in the sci-fi film Blink Speed.
+ grown-ish is baaaack!
+ Over at Refinery 29, Mercedes Viera: Rebelde made me gay (and the Netflix remix is telling our queer stories).
+ How The Golden Girls allowed Betty White’s Rose to take on LGBTQ issues.
+ Kate McKinnon’s best SNL sketches to celebrate her 38th birthday.
Pop Culture Fix: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez’s Golden Globes Acceptance Speech Is Gonna Make You Sob
Good Monday morning, my friends! Here is a video of a cat being completely convinced it’s caught a bird from the TV. And also here is a Pop Culture Fix!
GOT IT ! https://t.co/ocXHi7mddv
— Sarge 🧡 (@sarge_the_kitty) January 10, 2022
+ If you missed last night’s Golden Globes, that’s because NBC didn’t air them because the Hollywood Foreign Press association will not get its shit together re: racism, so the ceremony was conducted in private — no red carpet, no celebs, no presentations — and the winners were announced on Twitter and in press releases. Most exciting: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez was FINALLY recognized for her revolutionary work on Pose, becoming the first trans actress to win a Globe. Her acceptance speech on IG Live made me cry and I bet it will make you cry too. It’s always good to see mainstream press catching up with Autostraddle’s TV Team!
Mj Rodriguez reacts to her #GoldenGlobes win & gives an acceptance speech on IG Live:
"This is for the LGBTQAI, Black, Latina,
Asian [communities], the many multi beautiful colors of the rainbow… This is not just for me, this is for y'all. This is the door that opens for y'all” pic.twitter.com/g6GA6mzmWq— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 10, 2022
+ Natalie mentioned this in Friday’s Boobs on Your Tube and I’m mentioning it again: After much speculation from press and fans and other players, Sue Bird announced she’s returning to the Storm for another season.
+ ALSO speaking of the greatest ever, LSU retired Seimone Augustus’ jersey last week.
The Best To Ever Do It
The No. 33 will always be remembered@seimoneaugustus | #GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/05VGmdrPLl
— LSU Women's Basketball (@LSUwbkb) January 7, 2022
+ Amy Schneider is now only the fourth person — and the first woman — to win more than $1 million on Jeopardy!
+ Netflix is developing a Scott Pilgrim animated series; hopefully we get more into Ramona Flowers’ bisexuality and learn more about her ex Roxie Richter this time!
+ Javicia Leslie is on this week’s Down & Nerdy podcast talking Batwoman, LGBTQ+ rep, and WILLLLDOMOOORE.
+ Thankfully Chris Noth’s final scenes have been axed from And Just Like That.
+ Prime Video has cancelled I Know What You Did Last Summer, which makes sense ’cause even the gayness couldn’t save it from how terrible it was.
+ Vulture’s “Underrated” series would like to suggest a lil’ something called Feel Good to you!
+ Omicrion’s got a whole lot of gay TV series on hold.
+ Alia Shawkat on Dory’s dangerous reawakening in Search Party’s final season.
Pop Culture Fix: Let’s Fight About Aubrey Plaza’s Best/Worst Movies!
Feature image by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
Friends, hello, and happy Wednesday! Isn’t it weird how this is the first Wednesday of 2022 but also it feels like the 300th Wednesday of 2022 but also like it is still 2020? The only way I can keep track of time at all these days is by the Pop Culture Fix calendar. It’s either Monday, Wednesday, or Who Even Knows, you know?
+ Aubrey Plaza’s ten best films, according to Letterboxd. Happiest Season is the second worst! Somebody wants to fight you! Also, speaking of Aubrey Plaza, what would you call this outfit? Like what is it? Is it a tux? A tux dress? A too-big tux? I can’t stop staring at it in Getty Images. Kayla says it’s “a shirt-dress with a dress-dress over it and then a blazer-dress over that.”
+ Too many movies right now are “about trauma.” The Matrix Resurrections actually does the work.
+ Why the Gossip Girl reboot failed.
+ Jasmin Savoy Brown and Liv Hewson will be hosting Netflix’s new podcast, The Gay Agenda!
+ Marvel’s official Doctor Strange 2 merch hints that America Chavez will actually be gay in the film.
+ 18 Gen 4 Pokemon that queer people love. (It is true that I love Togekiss!)
+ Are the cool Euphoria teens doing okay?
+ St. Vincent on making room for ‘Daddy’ and taking her ’70s-inspired sound on tour in 2021.
+ Why Becky Hammon had to leave the NBA to become a head coach.
+ The AV Club has an exclusive clip of the new Fraggle Rock!
Pop Culture Fix: The MCU’s Kicking Up Gay Gossip for the New Year
Friends, hello, and welcome to 2022 and your first Pop Culture Fix of the year!
+ Here’s a rumor I love and want to believe so badly! Okoye will have a girlfriend in Black Panther 2??
+ Here’s another good rumor: Florence Pugh and Hailee Steinfeld will maybe team up for Black Widow 2???
+ And a final MCU rumor for the day is that Valkyrie’s gonna be in The Marvels.
+ All of this information led Carmen and I into our classic scuffle wherein I ship Maria Rambeau and Carol Danvers for life, and Carmen wants to see Carol hook up with Valkyrie. There’s no link to this bullet point, I just wanted to, once again, MAKE MY SHIP STANCE KNOWN.
+ Gentleman Jack is on its way back!
+ This is the last time I’m mentioning Miranda Lambert’s “gay anthem,” Y’all Means All, I swear, but here is the final song.
+ The 13 queerest moments in Yellowjackets so far.
+ Niecy Nash on playing a “strip mall superhero.”
+ Vogue has just launched a new column called I Want What They Have about celebrity couples that give them hope for their romantic futures. First up, Emma Specter on Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe.
+ Over at NYT, Beandrea July is doing a spotlight of Pariah at 10 (years old, not o’clock).
+ Another day, another gay on Freeform.
It's hard to be a person. I felt that.
____@SingleDrunkTV premieres Thursday, January 20 on Freeform. Stream on @Hulu Friday, January 21 https://t.co/SVAGQ6dITR— Freeform (@FreeformTV) January 3, 2022
+ Sailor Moon’s birthday was over the long holiday weekend, and Vulture retweeted one of their all-time best lists: Every Sailor Moon Weapon, Ranked by Emotional Carnage
Pop Culture Fix: Eve Gives Villanelle a Ride in Killing Eve’s Final Season Teaser
It’s the last Pop Culture Fix of 2021! Thanks for coming along for the ride this year, my friends! Hey and speaking of rides…
+ Eve offers one to Villanelle in the final season teaser. Maybe? Or maybe it’s Eve’s ghost? UNCLEAR.
https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1475851535024156675
+ I’m not sure what it says about our TV Team that some of our favorite episodes of the year count as some of the “weepiest moments of 2021.”
+ Valkyrie can start fixing the MCU’s queer rep problem in Thor: Love and Thunder.
+ Remember on Monday when I told you about “Y’all Means All”? Well, and here a sneak peek.
+ Just Women Sports is counting down their most-read articles of the year, including: Looking back at the legend of Diana Taurasi after the WNBA’s 25th season.
+ Speaking of GOATS, Season’s Greetings from gay Candace Parker and her gay wife and awesome daughter and many dogs!
+ Vulture ranked every traffic violation in Taylor Swift’s discography.
+ WandaVision was 2021’s most pirated TV show.
+ Kate Winslet says a second season of Mare of Easttown would tackle American police brutality.
Pop Culture Fix: The Witcher’s Getting Queer Next Season, Finally!
Well hello and Happy Almost New Year, my friends! I got my second Covid booster today, finally, which is the greatest holiday gift ever! But also Riese got me a wine aerator which is the second best holiday gift ever. My prezzie to you is, of course, another Pop Culture Fix!
+ The Witcher boss teases a major character will be queer in season 3.
“We have Phillipa, who’s best known… I would say she’s a queer icon for book readers. We delve into her character. It’s not something we shy away from… I also think with Ciri, that’s something that I would say is hinted at in the books, but you never really get into what is her sexuality, and we start to delve into that more as well. All of that is coming down the horizon, and it is fun. I’m glad that you brought it up, because one of the things that I think that we try very hard to do with The Witcher is show that fantasy is for everyone, and represents everyone.”
+ Claws‘ Judy Reyes shares what she’ll miss most about playing Quiet Ann.
+ Lesbian Housewives star Julia Lemigova on how her kids helped her come out.
+ How Lifetime’s Under The Christmas Tree caused this Slate writer to have an out-of-body experience.
+ Geezus, nuns are still so pissed about Benedetta.
+ Why Carol is the best Christmas movie.
+ 15 times queer celebs fought for on-screen queer rep.
+ 20 queer pop culture moments that defined 2021.
+ Brandi Carlile honors Joni Mitchell with soaring River cover.
+ Hailee Steinfeld on why it might take a few weeks to watch the Dickinson finale.
+ Read an excerpt from the new Buffy YA novel starring Willow’s daughter.
Pop Culture Fix: Bridget Regan’s Poison Ivy Blooms in Batwoman’s Gotham City
Friends, I hope you have a wonderful holigay that includes some time off and some cozy things you love! I got you a Pop Culture Fix for Christmas!
+ Bridget Regan’s Poison Ivy is heeeere!
https://twitter.com/BridgetRegan/status/1473471308843274242?
+ Jeopardy’s favorite contestant, Amy Schneider, snagged her 14th win broke $600k this week!
+ The Euphoria season two trailer is here!
https://youtu.be/JdwZwrs8Qt0
+ Out WWE star Sonya Deville still pushing for ‘organic’ on-screen LGBTQ representation.
+ Nicola Coughlan, Derry Girls’ wee lesbian, says goodbye to the series.
+ The Carrie-Anne Moss interviews are everywhere — p.s. read Drew’s review of The Matrix Resurrections — and in her NYT profile she talks about playing Jeri Hogarth, the first openly lesbian character in a Marvel TV series.
+ Gloria Calderón Kellett on With Love and what One Day at a Time means to her.
+ Jojo Siwa sends a message to parents who dislike her for coming out.