Happy Winter Solstice/Yule Pop Culture Fix!Â
+ How Viola Davis leaned into Ma Rainey’s queer desire in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
“In researching Ma Rainey, she was unapologetic about her sexuality. This is a woman who went to orgies. She was arrested at an orgy. I felt like Ma always had a woman with her. A lot of the women who dance with her were her women. She had orgies with them. That was her world. I didn’t want to sweep it under the rug.”
+ Batwoman’s season two premiere photos are here!
+ Emily VanDerWerff wonders: What is television, anyway?
+ Aubrey Plaza isn’t “a total psychopath,” you know.
+ The Wilds has been renewed for a second season.
+ In the queer Christmas movie arena, predictability still outshines realness.
+ The Laverne Cox Show is coming to Shondaland Audio.
+ Elliot Page posted his first public message since coming out.
+ There’s a lesbian couple in OWN’s First Christmas.
+ Below Deck‘s Izzy Wouters comes out as a lesbian.
+ There’s no word yet on a new season of The Bold Type, but Aisha Dee has signed on for a new Australian horror satire.
+ DANGIT!
It's true, Bex Taylor-Klaus was going to play Tanya (named after @TanyaSaracho ) the hot barista that tempts Elena to stray (of course she stays true to Syd). I was so excited to work with @IBexWeBex — one day! #ODAAT #EpisodesThatNeverGotShot https://t.co/tFRmzQyx3n
— ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) December 14, 2020
+ Happy Holigays from Motherland: Fort Salem‘s queers!
+ Portia de Rossi will lead Better Off Ted‘s cast reunion.
+ Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad has launched a new mentorship lab.
+ All My Children is getting a primetime reboot! Let’s go, Bianca!
