The Anatomy of a Lesbian Icon Explained

[@Imagi9.11]

Actually Mc Adams matched Weiz sooo good in Disobedience. There couldn’t haven’t been a better match

[@logansquare2212]

So what we really need is Rachel and Cate to do a lesbian movie together.

[@booberfraggle3839]

I think we might all self-combust.😉

[@vanessahuertadonado8058]

si si si!

[@rhyfeddu]

💥💥💥💥 dangerous. But also, YES

[@maureenlocascio474]

That would be the bigggest O ever !! Wet & wild ladies indeed❤

[@stonedpotath0e]

YES

[@Swimdeep]

I really enjoy your assessment of sapphic content. While watching the split screen of “Carol” and “Disobedience,” I flashed the on how much more natural was Rachel Weiz’s sexual performance than than was Cate Blanchett’s. Surprised you didn’t mention Charlize Theron in this video essay. She’s a keeper and even won an Oscar playing a lesbian.

[@Jamakaya1]

I second your nomination of Charlize Theron to be the next subject of a Lesbian Icon video!

[@dysfunctionalisme]

Suranne Jones is definitely worthy of the shout out if not a whole analysis too!

[@mayhu3282]

If you haven't seen Rachel as astronomer Hypatia in Spanish director Amenabar's "Agora" I really recommend it. Her intelligence and strength in the male dominated world of antiquity is really stunning.

[@alarmgoingoff9325]

“PART 2 GETTING RAILED BY RACHEL WIESZ” is such an insane title 😭😭

[@aflobwelrooms]

The thumbnail really caught me off guard, and I was the one who searched up lesbian icons in the first place 😅

[@CMGutier74]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! Please do a lesbian icon breakdown for the tremendously fabulous Katie McGrath. You will not regret it. ;)

[@giovannacalaca]

Yeeeees, Katie needs more visibility

[@emma94lee60]

I never really understood the Cate Blanchett appeal (how un-australian of me). But I remember watching the Mummy / Mummy Returns on repeat when I was younger, completely taken by Evelyn. I think growing up and having a chance to see her play gay speaks to that lesbian youngling part of my life. Also, there is something about her accent and her voice that just 😍 She is intelligent, elegant, and, as you mentioned, strong without losing her femininity. There is a depth to her also - you know she would be well read, cultured - the sort you could lay beside all night and get lost in conversation with. Cate Blanchett is a little too masculine for me (and if I'm honest, I'd probably want to do the railing with Rachel. Maybe that's why she is so popular, she appeals to all haha).

[@alaynawhitten]

It's like you've seen my thoughts and put them in this comment for all to see 😮

[@charityonyinyechi1428]

Fr like damm​@@alaynawhitten

[@Juliette_Thandi]

I think this is a good analysis. You’ve explained things to me (a top), that I’ve been wondering for years. I’ve never really been attracted to them - only some of their co-stars.

[@elisabertoni]

1:34 love the italian comment❤

[@tetxisk]

I feel like Rachel Weisz *is* really gay when she plays, i mean, she must have felt something reading all those lesbian fiction I don't feel that way with Cate Blanchett

[@johnscott488]

Really gay?? Grow up will ya.

[@tetxisk]

@@johnscott488 please stop patronizing me You don't even present your arguments what's wrong with you

[@tarotaddicts4695]

She's cooooooooold. I feel like she's more predetorial, Hollywoodish, knowing young actresses vy to be in her presence and kind of taking advantage of it. Where with Rachel, she feels more organic, she truly feels like She cares for telling womens story for women, for her daughter, for the world to change for the better, while with Cate it always feels like its tactics, get a bigger role, get more accolades, be attractive to women, because men dont look at anything past 40 years old actresses. there's something more rebellious yet nourishing about Rachel, more real. she has warmth and compassion, while cate feels like its all about control.

[@phira360]

Kate Winslet could be another 🙏Kim Seohyung as another too, though idk if she's straight

[@santhilampon]

i love both these women as lesbian icons but others also deserve like Charlize Theron (especially when i watched Mad Max road fury and The Old Guard) and now Rosamund Pike in the Wheel of Time

[@Victori.A1]

Actual lesbian celebrities are so underrated and under appreciated!💔 So much so that the title "lesbian icon" is going to a straight woman.

[@Teaspooncat]

Only actual popular gay woman that comes to my mind is Sarah Paulson. She's an icon to many

[@Victori.A1]

@@Teaspooncat I LOVE Sarah Paulson

[@Anonymous-ox4gk]

They are crushes to straight and gay woman. What's the problem with that? 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Teaspooncat]

@@Victori.A1 same! She's one of my faves

[@Victori.A1]

@@Anonymous-ox4gk tell me you're ignorant without telling me you're ignorant 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@cruelascension]

Hi i know I'm late here but can the next one be on Katie McGrath. I'd love to know the science behind it.

[@real_heh]

Okay, I lost it at the Anatomy of a lesbian icon. Absolutely wonderful video

[@real_heh]

queer Kryptonite, omg

[@angelaholmes8888]

Love Rachel in the mummy movies ❤

[@msdsplayground8360]

Please add Rosemund Pike to that list❤.

[@my_own_pace]

Charlize Theron next please if you haven’t already covered her lesbian icon status. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@kelsian_smith03]

I think the iconic actresses that have full/partial lesbian characters are: Rachel Weisz Natasha Lyonne Rachel Mcadams Sarah Paulson Cate Blanchett Kristen Stewart Jennifer Tilly Angelina Jolie Piper Perabo Gina Gershon Kate Winslet Clea Duvall Hailee Steinfeld

[@mattylamb9194]

could add Lisa Ray to that list

[@Mementovivere5991]

Rachel Weisz is just 🔥🔥🔥. When i watched the movie ' constant gardener '( which is a great movie ) i was 14 and i remember that i immediately felt attracted to her ( it was my gay awakening ).

[@cici7739]

Really good points about what sets them apart, it all makes sense 👍🏽

[@islash09]

would you be open to talking about dianna agron and faberry fandom and her lesbian following even thou her actual gay content has not been that great like bare for example just figure i throw out a idea!

[@teri526]

CB and RW - They are beautiful. There is something about their eyes and the way they speak that draws your attention and attraction....on and off screen. They are bold not because of their powerful presence within the industry, but because their nature is on display and they do so without reserve. They present what we all want, deeply felt love that rocks your soul. Carol is one example of falling for someone you are so attracted to because they can seduce with ease and boldness that excites and arouses you... even if it seems is a bit manipulative. Therese is overcome by this but welcomes it and is emboldened by it. She feel things that she only imagined she could or never imagined, until it happened. What a great story. Ronit and Esti, on the other hand, know that passion. Ronit has left their world behind but Esti never stopped loving her. It is not that they are lesbians , though they might be, it is that they have genuinely found themselves in each other, and while there, have tasted a remarkably powerful love. It is chemistry. The sadness of these two films is that there is such struggle to just be. That is why we love these stories. While half of the LGBT world has bolted out, there is still the other half that remain at the door. These characters and the women who play them make you believe that anything is possible, even through the worst of struggles. So until you liberate yourself, you live vicariously through their liberation. They are beautiful.

[@msfantabulosaeames9008]

Very beautifully, and elequently put

[@terencesilva4499]

Queen helping all the little girls realize something 😹

[@carmeliaoquinn8608]

The best lesbian love scene EVER made was the 2 Rachels in Disobedience! The chemistry between them was mind blowing. I have NEVER seen 2 straight women ( yeah right) swap spit like those 2 in any movie.......of course I LOVED it. Lol I wish they would have made a part 2.

[@Cloud-ql3oy]

"Below her mouth" movie tribb✂️ scene I think is the best lesbian scene period. Erika linder killed it.

[@carmeliaoquinn8608]

@@Cloud-ql3oy I agree. I watched that movie many times. I LOVED their story line & was so glad it had a happy ending, not very often we get that in w/w movies.

[@johnscott488]

Grow up will ya.

[@tarotaddicts4695]

I can agree it's the only real French kiss on a wlw film, no one did realistic tongue like they did. The sex scene itself, tricky, as it should be in that situation, loved that they were both dressed. Cate and rooney for best sex scene, 2xrachel for best real French kiss scene

[@Jamakaya1]

I was first charmed by Rachel in The Mummy, and it's been a pleasure to watch her develop such a distinguished and lesbian-positive career. Not looking to be dominated but I have fantasized about what I would do if I ever had a close encounter with those eyebrows of hers...

[@tarotaddicts4695]

I died, the eyebrows remark, thank you

[@missclairessa]

This has happened in the world of pro wrestling too. Rhea Ripley is clearly the one that lesbians gravitate to even though she's straight and none of the actual lesbian wrestlers get nearly the same attention. She's spoken openly about it.

[@rach650]

Shoot let's get a movie with Rachel and Cate. We love them more, because of their energy to play these roles and they ended up to be amazing movies.

[@mariethemanns9769]

There was another film, which was really queercoded, from her Beautiful Creatures. I was already in love !

[@kamillaribeiro-ek1id]

Complex layered plots great talent in the artistic team and great financing and production is a recipe for great intertainment

[@taniabanes4707]

Another great content

[@roxanasanchezmendez7234]

Recuerdo haberla amado en The Momy, cuando era tan solo una niña, su rosotro tan perfecto y esa actitud empoderada, uffs me encantaron. Sus papeles Queer resaltan a una mujer fuerte, activa sexualmente y dominante, debido a eso su gran popularidad, además de su aura complaciente con sus copotragonistas mujeres en las entrevistas, tiene ese rol fascinante de activa y complaciente. Rachel Weisz ❤

[@sheabhaddi3449]

Julianne Moore Natasha Lyonne Aubrey Plaza

[@violetgoesshopping]

I believe that cate and Rachel are both older and are seen as prizes by patriarchy. Because they are also adored by men, even if we don't mean to, we hold them in higher prestige. This means that when they allude to queerness (movies; off camera), it feels like a prize won and we chase more of it.

[@JeNn0mic0n]

I think what makes it hotter for straight actresses/actors to play gay vs actual gay performers is because of the unknown variable of mystery. Are they or aren’t they? With a lesbian or gay actor, it’s like “Duh they’re gay” whereas a straight performer playing a gay character has this aura of the mystique in whether or not they’re actually gay. The fact they don’t slap a label on themselves makes them special than those locked in a box.

[@MECHANISMUS]

It's about the face alone. The face, and nothing else. They both have a correct, proportional face which is both: discriminately feminine, but also not prominantly feminine, not too fine, doll-like etc..

[@caljaysoc]

The last reason. Completely.

[@cherylvilakazi884]

Hi, South African over here 👋I'd like to nominate my homegirl Charlize Theron. As much as I worship at the alter of Rachel and Cate, Charlize eats them for breakfast in this department.

[@bertieborough]

"Took the bulls by the horn"? Is that a Freudian slip or just a slip for effect? I expect even in NZ it's still bull by the horns.

[@fukyuyuetoob7663]

They whole 1 minute is Hilarious.😅

[@mooooogrrrr]

i've had some friends tell me both rachel and daniel are actually bi😭 and i wouldn't be surprised cause... hollywood

[@tarotaddicts4695]

People love ppl and are attracted to everything, it depends on the person, not the title. That's reality, not Hollywood. Its just that the world likes to play pretend for some reason still.

[@luisinadetorres4956]

I think another very powerful lesbian icon is Sarah Paulson, regardless of the fact that she actually is queer

[@user-fr9nz9se1f]

4:20

[@luisinadetorres4956]

JENNIFER BEALS

[@Cloud-ql3oy]

This vid is on point and truth. I love Rachel and Cate. But why don't we have seriously talented Lesbians in these roles too by now. Alot of Hollywood has been exposed for serious problems and u can't ignore the possibly that this may have something to do with it. Who knows?? I really think "Below her mouth" movie, tribb✂️ scene is the best lesbian sex scene period. Erika linder killed it and is a lesbian. Rachel&Cate should be able to do these roles but we still need to have our legendary Lesbian actor in these roles as well for representation like other communities have today. Like Denzel, the Rock, Jlo, Angelina, Zendaya, Will smith. Where are ours, and in our sapphic movies?😢

[@Cloud-ql3oy]

Shouldn't a Lesbian icon, be an actual Lesbian?! Are lesbian actors given these same opportunities? No hate on Rachel

[@tarotaddicts4695]

Can they act iconic? Do they make iconic moves like writing producing acting in wlw films? There are many who have the money and contacts yet think that being out is enough. These women are exceptional, as actresses as women in a male dominant industry, they push the envelope to make movies a reflection of a new future, I don't see any openly gay actress doing that. To be and icon, u need to do something brave, iconic, new, different, u need to exude power strength, something, I don't see that either with them, and I love them all and very proud they are out, but they don't have what these two have.

[@Louie203]

Constance Zimmer though has been playing queer recently !!