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[–]yousaythosethings 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How are separate categories reflecting a “hierarchy?” The hierarchy will be reflected once the distinct categories are removed. Women’s recognition in the film industry is legendary levels of bad even when there is ample talent and excellent work being done.

https://time.com/5763937/oscars-2020-female-directors-shut-out/

https://www.insider.com/hollywood-gender-pay-gap-examples-actresses-paid-less-than-actors-2019-4

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheenascott/2020/02/11/celine-sciamma-and-omar-sy-among-200-film-stars-demanding-reform-and-gender-equality-in-french-oscars/

So how do they purport to even talk about these issues now, much less attempt to rectify them? On the other hand, it will surely peak a lot of people, especially women, when the “first woman to do X” is a trans woman over and over, Martine Rothblatt style.