“Derry Girls” Review: “Skins” Meets “Everything Sucks” in a Hilarious Coming of Age ’90s Romp
Derry Girls is genuinely, rawly, categorically funnier than any show I’ve watched in ages — and it’s gay!
Make Susie Gay, You Cowards: On The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Lesbian Problem
This was gonna be a review of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel but instead it’s just an entire thing about how Susie Myerson is a butch lesbian who works at a club surrounded by lesbian bars frequented by other butches and yet somehow she is not, officially, a lesbian, and neither is anybody else on this usually delightful show!!!
“This Is Us” Breaks New Ground With Tess Pearson’s Coming Out Storyline
Ask me when was the last time I saw a beautiful young black girl come out on television and have both her parents tell her that they love her more than any girl in the entire world? NEVER. The answer is, quite literally, never. None of us have.
“Life-Size 2” Is a Holigay Miracle: a Bisexual Made-for-TV Christmas Movie
Shine bright, shine far! Be a star! Where you live, where you are!
Hulu’s “The Bisexual” Is Here to Make Every Queer a Little Uncomfortable
What impresses me most about The Bisexual isn’t that it skewers The Discourse, but that it ignores it completely in favor of having an actual conversation.
Netflix’s “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” Is the Gay Agenda
Noelle Stevenson’s remake of the short-lived but much beloved cartoon series is a brilliant homage to the original Gal Pals of Etheria and an absolute masterclass in feminist storytelling.
HBO’s “Sally4Ever” Is Hilarious, Horrifying, Tries to Make Lesbian Toeing Happen
Our Chief Sally Consultant is also here to weigh in on HBO’s new comedy.
The New “Doctor Who” Is Casually Queer and Brilliantly Hopeful
It’s the deliberate commitment to exploring the universe and space and time and the humanity of more than just white men that makes Doctor Who’s new optimism resonate.
Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina” Revels in Darkness, Misandry, and Witchy Fun
Male power is a toxic, predatory force on the show, and the church is consumed by patriarchy that Sabrina tries to push back against, occasionally with the help of her aunts, the bubbly Hilda and the certified Witch Mommi Zelda.
Supergirl’s Nia Nal Is the Trans Superhero I Need
“Our identities shouldn’t require any external validation. But they do.”
HBO’s “Camping” Review: Harry the Lesbian is the Only Likable Character on a Show Full of Dillholes
The main problem with Harry is that she’s just not around enough to make up for everyone else’s assholery.
Netflix’s New “Haunting of Hill House” Gave Us a Lesbian Who Lives, Took Our Whole Weekend
The new Netflix reboot of Shirley Jackson’s classic has made a lot of changes; one thing that’s stayed, though, is kickass horror lesbian Theo — now with a whole backstory of complicated family trauma!
“Charmed” Review: Come for the Kickass Lesbian Witch, Stay For the Sisterhood
Mel, a graduate student in women’s studies, is the kind of misandrist, angry, radical, combat-boot wearing, feminist lesbian your mother warned you about.
Hulu’s “Light as a Feather” Is a Spooky October Treat With a Lesbian Best Friend
Pretty Little Liars with a touch of The Craft and a hint of Final Destination.
“All American” Review: Bre-Z Shines as a Badass Lesbian BFF on the CW’s New Football Drama
All American’s been described by other critics as “The OC meets Friday Night Lights” and while there are certainly are some parallels, it does a disservice to brush it off as something you’ve already seen before.
Jodie Whittaker’s “Doctor Who” Is an Impossible Thing, a Miracle
You can know your beloved Doctor is going to be a woman, and then you can witness her being a woman. It’s two different things.
Maya Rudolph’s “Forever” Is Finally Here, Quietly Queer
What I’m trying to say is: Forever is like if Portlandia had a baby with San Junipero and it grew up watching only Spike Jonze and Richard Linklater films.
“BoJack Horseman” Season 5: Issa Rae and Wanda Sykes Shine a Little Lesbian Light in the Darkness
A mediator and a maven, reframing the show and our world in the wake of #MeToo.
Lifetime’s “You” Knows Ezra Fitz and Dan Humphrey Are the Fucking Worst
Also there’s a tiny bit of Shay Mitchell being an amazing bitchy/obsessive lesbian socialite.
Harlots’ Season Two Is Queer, Here, and Transcendent
Harlots’ second season has five queer women and a story that proves sex worker narratives are uniquely capable of illuminating the restless, uncomfortable gender dynamics and power structures that may experience shifts in style or public acceptance, but never by degrees of import or influence.