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Can Gay Play Straight? What Sexuality Has to Do With Winning Roles and Academy Awards

Trish Bendix, AlterNet. March 3, 2011.

If gay actors can’t play straight convincingly, and are losing gay roles to straight actors, what parts are left?

"Crazy Chicks Are Hot?" 8 Messed-Up Portrayals of Women Going Insane in Film

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 6, 2011.

On the cusp of Black Swan's sure wins, we look at the misogyny that drives the meme of the insane beauty.

Swanday Bloody Swanday: Darren Aronofsky's Sadistic, Misogynistic New Film

Debra Cash, Arts Fuse. December 16, 2010.

'Black Swan' is a textbook demonstration of what academics refer to as the male gaze—with a pretty young thing poked and dismembered under a misogynist lens.

Celebs Say Don't Vote... Unless You Care About Anything at All

Staff, Huffington Post. October 2, 2008.

A star-studded non-partisan PSA to get out the vote.

Natalie Portman Achieves New Levels of Hotness (VIDEO)

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. August 3, 2008.

You didn't think it was possible, but ...