TV Team Roundtable: Seeing Our Baby Gay Selves in Our Favorite Baby TV Gays
“I felt connected to her on a deep level — she is the only girl I’ve written an entire zine about — but wasn’t ready to really engage with it.”
Ellen Degeneres
The 16 Best Faces Kate McKinnon and Ellen DeGeneres Made While Being Held Hostage in a Car by Jerry Seinfeld
It’s always a good day to side-eye rich and powerful men.
10 Lesbian and Bisexual Comedy Specials to Watch After “Nanette”
Queer comedians have been using their unique perspectives to provide scathing, riotous commentary on everything from politics to pop culture for decades.
Demi Lovato Playing “Who’d You Rather” on “Ellen” Is F*cking Delightful
Also, Demi Lovato wants Kristen Stewart to call her.
Ellen Scaring The Pants Off Sarah Paulson Is The Three Minutes of Surprise Joy You Need Today
Tag yourself. I’m Sarah under the table clutching the closest lesbian going, “I’m really scared something else is going to happen!”
Pop Culture Fix: Remember When Ellen DeGeneres Couldn’t Say Gay Stuff on Daytime TV?
Topics include 15 years of the Ellen show, Lily Tomlin handing the Magic Schoolbus torch to Kate McKinnon, Battle of the Sexes, the sexiest TV shows of all time and so much more!
Roundtable: The Lesbian Toaster
Everyone on staff tells me WITHOUT LOOKING where they think the lesbian toaster thing came from.
This Is The Real Ellen DeGeneres Story: Remembering “The Puppy Episode” 20 Years Later
“She was an attractive woman, you know. If she hadn’t told us she was a lesbian, she could’ve been in a Miss America contest!”
Pop Culture Fix: Ellen Gets The Cast Back Together For 20th Anniversary Of Scandalous Coming Out Episode and Other Stories
Ellen Degeneres is doing a “Puppy Episode” tribute with Oprah and Laura Dern, everybody’s talking about The Handmaid’s Tale, Kristen Stewart queers up the screen, Ellen Page’s Gaycation Special and so much more!
“Beauty and the Beast”: Disney’s Long, Slow Evolution From Gay-Coded Villains to Live-Action LeFou
Disney’s been doing their dance to just enough for over 50 years.
Pop Culture Fix: Ellen Suspects Donald Trump Didn’t Grasp the Heart of “Finding Dory” and Other Pop Culture Stories
Topics include Beyonce having twins (idk if you heard), Ellen’s excellent summary of “Finding Dory,” the GLAAD awards, Ruby Rose’s sex life, Steven Universe’s artistic resistance, Lea Delaria’s pussy diet, the future of queer cinema and so much more!
Rebel Girls: 16 Women and Girls Who Shook the World in 2016
Here’s 16 women or groups of women who gave me and you and everyone we know some life in this, the darkest of years.
Pop Culture Fix: Everything Is Terrible Except For Ellen Receiving Her Presidential Medal of Freedom
Okay FINE, Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor are still adorable. Plus Alison Bechdel drew her first Dykes to Watch Out For in eight years, Luisa’s getting a new love interest on Jane the Virgin, Hamilton is not here to apologize & more pop culture news for your Thanksgiving.
Pop Culture Fix: Ellen DeGeneres Becomes First Out Lesbian Entertainer to Get Presidential Medal of Freedom, Should Maybe Just Be President
Ellen DeGeneres becomes the second living out lesbian to get a Presidential Medal of Honor, let’s all just hold hands and re-watch San Junipero, Wanda Sykes says “fuck you” to pro-Trump hecklers, someone from Fifth Harmony kisses a girl and other important stories!
Pop Culture Fix: “Supergirl” Is Getting Gay With Detective Maggie Sawyer
Batwoman’s girlfriend is coming to National City, another sneak peek of Finding Dory, queer comedians tell the most important jokes, white dudes continue to rule TV, and Bobby Brown says Whitney Houston was bi after all.
Pinterest Should Calm Down: Some More Internet Haikus
Who’s up.
Pop Culture Fix: Finding Dory’s Lesbian Couple Will Finally Empower Ellen To Turn All Children Gay
Idina Menzel wants Elsa to be gay too, Marceline sings another love song about Princess Bubblegum, Laverne Cox’s new legal drama hires a trans writer, and Shonda Rhimes really didn’t mean for Callie to leave Grey’s Anatomy that way.
Pop Culture Fix: Ellen Is Going To Just Keep Swimming Into Your Heart Forever
The first trailer for Finding Dory is here and so is Ellen’s commentary on Starbucks’ new “Satan Sippers.” Freeheld’s director feels like his movie was “de-gayed.” New teasers for Transparent and Jessica Jones. Ilene Chaiken knows you want a Cookie Lyon standalone show. And more, more, more!
Lesbian Kisses On American TV: The Definitive History Of Everybody Freaking Out Over Nothing
We’ve come so far since same-sex kisses on television only happened once in a show’s entire run, rarely involved lesbian or bisexual characters and generally were obscured by somebody’s hair!
Ellen Talks Love With Ellen, Everybody Talks About Cara Delevingne, New Fox Project Seeks TWOC Lead and Other Stories
Also in today’s fix: a breakdown on gender and racial diversity in TV writing, Ellen Page and Ellen Degeneres talk coming out, lots of people talking about Cara Delevingne, Rosie O’Donnell’s guest spot on Empire, Olivia Wilde has made out with girls and other important stories!