Pop Culture Fix: Russian Doll Is Back, Sweet Birthday Babies!

I just ordered a juice with carrots, kale, celery, and green apples, a little bit because it sounded tasty, but also because I can’t imagine what color it will be and I want to find out. I’ll let you know! In the meantime, here’s your first Pop Culture Fix of the week!


+ Look who’s back!

+ At The Cut, Beanie Feldstein talks to Michaela Jaé Rodriguez about taking the stage in Funny Girl this spring, proving she’ll be exactly where she belongs.

+ Supergirl’s Nicole Maines has joined Hulu’s Darby Parker Wants You to Know.

+ Jeri Ryan discusses Seven of Nine’s enduring legacy and the origin of the “hottest lesbian couple” in Star Trek history.

+ Which But I’m a Cheerleader character are you based on your sign?

+ In the era of ‘safe spaces,’ has comedy become any safer for queer comedians?

+ Discovery+’s The Book of Queer is LGBTQ history like you’ve never seen it before.

+ 4 times Kate McKinnon helped me embrace being bisexual and proud.

+ Phoebe Bridgers, Troye Sivan, Lil Nas X: How LGBTQ pop stars are thriving like never before.

+ Zoë Kravitz  may have interpreted her Catwoman as bi, but apparently that wish is buried deep in the subtext of the new Batman.

+ Kristen Stewart asks Spirit Awards crowd to stand with Ukraine (and also to clap ’cause silence is weird).

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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.

Heather has written 1718 articles for us.

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