Polanski-related link roundup

The Sexist: Common Roman Polanski Defenses, Refuted

Shakesville: Polanski: The Defend-a-thon

Feminist Law Professors: “The word “rape” has been disappearing from the English language”

Women & Hollywood: Does Being an “Artist” Trump Being a Rapist?

Feministe: Polanski Defend-a-thon, Part 2

Shakesville: Her Reasons Are Not Yours

Flip Flopping Joy: Why They Defend

ONTD: Backlash to Hollywood petition demanding release of Roman Polanski

Feministe: Getting Over It

Jezebel: Sharon Tate’s Sister: “It Was A Consentual Matter”

Hoyden About Town: The Polanski “morals issue” – just so we’re all on the same page.

Jezebel: Whoopi “Clarifies” Polanski Comments

Daisy’s Dead Air: Repulsion (1965)

Monitor Mix: Loving the Art but Not the Artist

Women & Hollywood: The Silence is Deafening

LA Times: Polanski’s defenders lose sight of the true victim

And though it’s modest compared to the list of artists assholes demanding Polanski’s release, here are the celebs who have spoken out (mostly through Twitter) in favor of Polanski’s arrest:

• Kevin Smith
• Greg Grunberg
• Luc Besson
• Sherri Shepherd (albeit in her own Sherri *headdesk* way)
• Bill Maher (albeit in his own disgusting way)
• Jewel
• John Legend
• Kirstie Alley
• Star Jones
• Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein

UPDATE: A massive anti-petition list is being created here.