Having recently seen the film The Girl Who Played With Fire, i was struck by the mesmerizing power of the actress, Noomi Rapace in the role of Lisbeth Salander. She is half woman/half man. It got me thinking about how captivated we are by androgynous people, how compelling and powerful they can be. I thought back to pictures of David Bowie in the ’70s. Despite being married to one of the most beautiful woman in the world, he never loses that incredibly sexy androgynous quality. Maybe we’re fascinated because such people contain the energy of both sexes, enticing us no matter what our sexual identity. As the yin/yang image shows, each half of the duality encompasses the heart of the opposite.

But not wanting to get too philosophical, here is some serious androgynous eye candy — including the amazing Tilda Swinton who played Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, the man who becomes a woman, the fantastic singer/performer, Kame, and the beautiful model Florian Pessenteiner.