Jared Leto will play Hugh Hefner in upcoming biopic; internet says, ‘Nah’ – Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

Jared Leto will play Hugh Hefner in upcoming biopic; internet says, ‘Nah’
Los Angeles Times
And then there’s Hefner, whose recent death unleashed a slew of memorials praising his destruction of puritanical ideas regarding sex and scathing critiques about his treatment of women and his reinforcement of unobtainable beauty standards. In short …

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Denison professor talks Cindy Sherman’s feminism –– or lack thereof – OSU – The Lantern

Denison professor talks Cindy Sherman’s feminism –– or lack thereof
OSU – The Lantern
Sherman has been admired over the course of her artistic career for her comments on social roleplaying and sexual stereotypes as a female in society through her “disguised” self-portraits. But is she truly a feminist icon? Sheilah Wilson, an assistant …

BBC reveals 10 per cent gender pay gap, vowing to ban same-sex interview panels – Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

BBC reveals 10 per cent gender pay gap, vowing to ban same-sex interview panels
Telegraph.co.uk
The BBC has disclosed it pays male staff an average ten per cent more than female, as it promises to ban same-sex interview panels to get to grips with a lack of women in senior roles. A study of the corporation’s wages showed a 9.3 per cent median …

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Alicia Silverstone on the taste of Colin Farrell’s hand: ‘Use your imagination’ – EW.com

Alicia Silverstone on the taste of Colin Farrell’s hand: ‘Use your imagination’
EW.com
Rife with crippling curses, role–playing surgeon-on-patient sex, and children bleeding from their eyes, Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer is definitely not that movie. In fact, with a little … He’s telling the story as he wants to tell …