5 Hysterical Lesbian-Themed Saturday Night Live Skits That Is Sure To Have Every Lesbian Saying, "Wait, That's Too Real"

Please don't ask me how many times I've watched the Totino skit....

1. "Whiskers R We"

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In this recurring skit, Kate McKinnon and an accompanying actress (Kristen Wiig, Charlize Theron, Amy Poehler, Melissa McCarthy, and Amy Adams to name a few) film a commercial for their Cat Adoption Agency, “Whiskeys R We”. The two women go through a lineup of cats they have up for adoption, providing hilarious bios and backstories for their feline friends. For example:

“This is Buttercup. He’s a master of psychological manipulation. It’s not that he’s a monster, he just goes into a dissociative state and commits atrocities.”

Intermixed throughout these hilarious introductions are legitimately hard to watch instances of the two women awkwardly flirting with one another. Tragic attempts to flirt with another woman and an all-consuming obsession with cats? All while wearing pastel floral pattern shirts and oversized denim shorts? This is perhaps one of the most accurate TV representations of lesbians to date.

2. "Fire Island"

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This skit takes the form of a commercial advertising a new show called Cherry Grove, which is essentially the lesbian version of Fire Island, a reality TV show where gay men just go wild partying on an island together. The skit makes fun of lesbian stereotypes by juxtaposing them with those of gay men, cutting from shots of the hard-partying, sex, and drugs taking place on Fire Island to the boring, domestic, unsexy happenings of Cherry Grove, where a bunch of “affluent” lesbians are drinking wine, nursing their adopted babies, and finishing a jigsaw puzzle of a wolf sanctuary. While it’s definitely not true that lesbians never party, I have to admit that it's a little true, and I appreciate the humor of the skit. A lot of our nights do end with puzzles rather than nightclubs, and there’s nothing wrong with that!

3. "Themyscira"

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In an episode hosted by Gal Gadot to promote Wonder Woman, Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant wash up on the Island of Themyscira, home of Gadot and her tribe of beautiful sister warriors. McKinnon, sporting a butch haircut and button down vest combo, and Bryant, rocking a side mullet and classic flannel, have stumbled onto their own personal lesbian paradise. The skit is full of clever jokes about lesbian stereotypes, for example, the way lesbians frequently date their friends, or vice versa, become friends with their exes. At one point, Gadot offers to kiss one of the women to prove that she has no attraction to them. McKinnon’s response is a hilarious combo of the lesbian frustration with straight girls using them to experiment, contradicted by the fact that, well, Gal Gadot is hot, and no lesbian is turning down a kiss from Wonder Woman. This is followed by a long, intense kiss between Gadot and McKinnon, one which had me absolutely yelling at the time, and has been on repeat in my brain ever since. I have a personal theory that Kate McKinnon pitched this skit JUST so she could kiss Gal Gadot, and you know what? I respect it. Good for her!

4. "Lesbian Period Drama"

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This skit is exactly what you would think from its title: a parody of the recent rise of lesbian period dramas, many of which are called out by name such as Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Ammonite, and The Favorite.

5. And finally, "Totinos"

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Among fans of gay-icon Kristen Stewart, this skit is a household name. It’s legendary. The skit takes the format of a Totino's commercial whereby Vanessa Bayer is making pizza rolls for her “hungry guys” (her boyfriend and his friends). However, one of the guys has brought his sister, Sabine, played by the stunning Kristen Stewart. Once Vanessa sees Kristen, everything shifts. She is immediately entranced, speechless even. Violins start dramatically playing in the background, and the skit morphs into a romantic montage of the two embracing each other, tracing each other’s skin with their fingertips, smoking cigarettes, drawing portraits of one another, and exchanging passionate kisses. The skit brilliantly hits on practically every trope of indie lesbian cinema and does so with one of the most thirsted over actresses in the lesbian community. I have to give them props. The cherry on top, which die-hard gay-stew fans will remember, is that Kristen opened this episode with a monologue where she officially came out in the most iconic K-stew fashion, "I'm so gay, dude."

All I gotta say is, SNL REALLY knows their lesbian audience!

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