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I got some apple cider donuts at the farmer’s market this weekend! I wish I could share them with you! But here’s a Pop Culture Fix, which is not quite but almost as good? (No it’s not, but still! I made it for you!)
+ Megan Rapinoe played her last game for the USWNT yesterday and was honored with cheers and hugs and trophies and tears and a smooch from her wifey Sue Bird. Fans cheered her in person and at home. Over at OutSports: Megan Rapinoe takes pride in having pushed LGBTQ rights as she makes USWNT farewell. And at The Athletic: Megan Rapinoe from those who know her: “She makes the tough times easier for everybody.” Thank you for everything, Megan Rapinoe! See you and Sue at the WNBA Finals!
+ WGA & AMPTP reach tentative agreement to end writers strike! Related: LeVar Burton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Mark Hamill, and many more celebrate strike-ending deal!
+ An update on last week’s story: Angelica Ross has receipts.
+ The story behind Friends’ banned lesbian wedding episode, almost 28 years on.
+ Heartstopper’s repeated clarification of Nick’s bisexuality is more important than it seems.
+ Lil Nas X, Saucy Santana, Ice Spice: LGBTQ rappers are queering hip-hop like never before.
+ The sexiest queer horror movies of all time.
+ Mean Girls musical movie now will premiere in theaters, not Paramount+.
+ Shonda Rhimes and Lena Waithe will be honored at a Human Rights Campaign national dinner.
+ Troye Sivan, 070 Shake, Chappell Roan, and more land on Billboard’s Queer Jams of the Week.