Hi ya, this is your Wednesday Pop Culture Fix!

+ Ammonite director Francis Lee says Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan’s new lesbian film is about the power of love and also touch.

+ The history of the Baby-Sitter’s Club‘s clear phone.

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+ Also: Ann M. Martin totally understands why you love her books.

+ 🧡 Dolly Parton on her LGBTQ fans. 🧡

+ Justina Machado says Latinx shows aren’t being given a chance.

+ Portrait of an Economy on Fire: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire reminds us what it’s like to be on the margins; we make our own way together.”

+ About Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Andy Samberg told People: “We’re all in touch and kind of discussing how you make a comedy show about police right now, and if we can find a way of doing that that we all feel morally okay about.”

+ I don’t think we’ve talked about Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Gemma Arterton playing girlfriends in Jessica Swale’s upcoming film Summerland, have we?

+ Charlize Theron says an Atomic Blonde 2 is on the way.

+ How Janelle Monáe built a character we don’t often see on TV.

+ Dead to Me has been renewed for a third and final season.

+ Jodie Comer reading Vita Sackville-West’s love letters to Virginia Woolf.

+ There are two pieces by E. Alex Jung that you absolutely must read on Vulture this week: His conversation with Thandie Newton and his profile of Michaela Coel.

+ Hailee Steinfeld, MJ Rodriguez, and Regina King talk female character agency in Dickinson, Pose, and Watchmen.

+ Elizabeth Moss would be happy playing Shirley Jackson forever.

+ The Hair Love team is doing a new animated series called Young Love on HBO!