Also in today’s Pop Culture Fix: Gillian Anderson will play Eleanor Roosevelt, Legends of Tomorrow is moving to Sundays, the Zendaya interview that’s raising perfectly sculpted queer eyebrows, and more!
The world outside of America is not just countries of people that need saving and there is no hypothetical past to return to that would make that saviour narrative real. It just obscures harm.
Halle Berry grew up by practicing kissing on girls (stars, they’re just like us). Also, Megan Thee Stallion interviews Rep. Maxine Waters, more truly excellent Britney reads, and what does abortion access really look like during a pandemic?
Queen Latifah’s crushing the Sunday ratings, Batwoman’s new non-binary character, the best movie endings, Roxane Gay on her love-hate relationship with HGTV, Ashley Benson’s new crime podcast, and more!
The queer art for divorce, advice on cohabiting with your girlfriend for the first time (should you split the rent?), the librarian war against QAnon, Carmen Maria Machado on Phoebe Bridgers, and more going into your weekend!
Viola Davis and Stacey Abrams in conversation, Thunder will appear in the Black Lightning spin-off, the story behind those Lady Gaga Oreos, Reign’s Adelaide Kane comes out as bi, and more!
You’re probably doing your pandemic pod all wrong, dispatches from the California stripper strike, wait what is going on with Cara Delevingne and Jaden Smith? And photography of lesbian joy from the 1970s that will warm your heart right in the middle of a cold February.
Dolly Parton will finally appear on Grace & Frankie, baby-eating witch Kate McKinnon doubts QAnon, Ruth Negga will play queer legend Josephine Baker, Brooklyn Nine-Nine will end with a shortened season eight, and more!
Excellent reads from noted queer authors Kristen Arnett and Leah Johnson, grown up love stories that are certain to make you cry before Valentine’s Day (one starring Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman) — and more to wrap up the week.
This week’s Extra! Extra! looks at some sobering and some hopeful news related to sex workers’ rights, coverage of the insurrection in the context of the ongoing impeachment trial, an update on the COVID-19 pandemic and America’s fumbled vaccine roll out, and more.
We’ve decided Rosie is Bette Porter’s arch-nemesis in Gen Q, Jasika Nicole joins Peacock’s Punky Brewster reboot, Callie Torres/Sara Ramirez’s lasting legacy, and more!
One Million Moms is boycotting this American Girl doll for having lesbian aunts (lol what!?!?), a history of Black Queer Chicago and AIDS Activism, and Serena Williams the GOAT has so many trophies she can’t keep them straight.
Netflix picks up Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga’s Passing, Jojo Siwa is making a live-action musical about her life, Dan Levy can’t keep his promise to the lesbian M&M’s, how Captain Marvel helped WWE star Tegan Nox come out as bisexual, and more!
Brandy and Whitney’s Cinderella is finally coming to Disney+, queer indie game designers, a round up of the anti-trans bills showing up in state legislatures nationwide, and a profile of Sonia Sotomayor not to be missed.
Evan Rachel Wood, the epidemic of sexual violence against bi+ people, and why we’re so tired of waiting for people to listen.
The Golden Globes are such a joke (but there were a few things to celebrate), almost all the CW’s queer shows are renewed, Dolly Parton refused Trump’s offer for a Presidential Medal of Freedom twice, and more!
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to her Instagram Live to talk about trauma and the January 6th Capitol Riot. Remembering how Sophie made you feel, Black fashion historians on Black culture’s most influential moments, and every single trade news from the WNBA Free Agency period that you can imagine.
A tribute to Cicely Tyson’s most iconic roles, Harley Quinn season three is a go, celebrating Black LGBTQ+ athletes every day of Black History Month, The Real Housewives’ lesbian problem, and more!
We need the Equality Act to be the law of the land, because trans rights can’t be here one day, gone the next every time there’s an election.
This week’s Extra! Extra! continues to unpack the insurrection while also looking at some of Biden’s actions these last two weeks as president. We look a little more closely at the latest on police accountability, immigration and COVID-19, as well as a smattering of international news.