Pop Culture Fix: A New Star-Crossed Queer Love Vampire Show Is on the Way at Netflix

Whomst among us has a recommendation for a favorite sleep mask? Your friendly neighborhood soft butch is in the market for one! She also made you this Wednesday Pop Culture Fix.


+ Netflix’s new YA vampire series, First Kill, has a tagline that looks like something out of a fanfic I would click on immediately. Sarah Catherine Hook and Imani Lewis are headlining.

In it, when it’s time for teenage vampire Juliette (Hook) to make her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family, she sets her sights on a new girl in town named Calliope (Lewis). But much to Juliette’s surprise, Calliope is a vampire hunter, from a family of celebrated slayers. Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for…

+ Niecy Nash chatted with Ellen about her “hersband” and how her daughter helped her try to find a label to fit her.

+ Riverdale actor Lili Reinhart is challenging bisexual sterotypes with her latest tweets.

+ Ruby Rose says she’d be happy to guest star in the Arrowverse.

+ Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon includes a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it trans milestone.

+ Angela Robinson has inked a big overall deal with Warner Bros.

+ CBS has already renewed Queen Latifah’s Equalizer for a second season.

+ Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron, and Yana Perrault are the live-action Powerpuff Girls.

+ The Prom‘s Caitlin Kinnunen and Bella Ortiz will play “millennial nun leads” in a new CW series.

+ Josie Totah says making Moxie made her feel less alone.

+ Lena Waithe partners with Def Jam to start up Hillman Grad Records.


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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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9 Comments

  1. I didn’t realize that Calliope was going to be a Gay Name. It feels like it needs to be added to the List of Lesbianish names.

  2. Also re sleep masks, I’ve just been using cheap ones with one of those buff scarves pulled down over my eyes to block out extra light, but I’ve been meaning to check out these Manta ones for when travel becomes a thing again.

  3. Going to throw a rec in for a weighted sleep mask – it’s like a lil weighted blanket for your eyes! They changed my life.

    Sorry for the A m a z o n link, but this is the one I’ve got (and when I accidentally ruined the flax seed insert in the washing machine, I was able to refill the mask itself with dried beans!)

    https://www.amazon.com/Unimi-Weighted-Puffiness-Blindfold-Comfortable/dp/B08CXR9Q1Z/ref=sr_1_4_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=weighted+sleep+mask&qid=1615430072&sr=8-4-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyUDBSVjlFMVRXQTFLJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDU1MjI3MUJRSDVYRDJUVVozVyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzA0NDMzMzE5OE8xUlpCWFkzVCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

  4. I just got these sleep masks bc my skin needed ones that could be washed easily/often. They’re EXTREMELY soft. The only problem is where they place the hardware for the adjustable straps is uncomfortable if you sleep on your right side; it’s right at the ear for me.
    Adjustability was a must for me though bc the straps stretch out over time.

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