Tag Archive for "awards"

Posts Tagged awards

By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 10 years ago

Friday Feminist Fuck You: The Oscars (via Native Appropriations)

None of us is surprised to reaffirm that the Hollywood awards season never brings very good news for racial or gender justice. At the Golden Globes we saw people of color consistently overlooked, Jared Leto celebrated for playing a trans woman (who apparently can’t be real), and the worship of a child molester, Woody Allen.

But the Oscar nominations are out, and things are getting worse. One of our favorite blogs, Native Appropriations, run by one of our favorite people, Adrienne Keene, has an important take-down of two nominations.

None of us is surprised to reaffirm that the Hollywood awards season never brings very good news for racial or gender justice. At the Golden Globes we saw people of color consistently overlooked,

By Alexandra Brodsky • 11 years ago

The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes

Last night everyone in the world (read: everyone I follow on Twitter) watched the Golden Globes, which promised to be an important event for women in entertainment with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey hosting and a bunch of talented ladies nominated. In case you had better things to do than watch (read a book, take a nap, feed your cat), we’ve compiled the best and worst moments from the night—from a feminist perspective, of course.

The Top Feminist Moments:

5. Lena Dunham wins stuff. I get that this is a controversial call, and I’m pretty ambivalent about Dunham. I absolutely agree that she is no progressive feminist leader; the “Girls” creator/director/writer/star has some serious thinking to do about ...

By Chloe Angyal • 11 years ago

Louise Erdrich becomes first American Indian woman to win National Book Award

Erdrich’s book, The Round House, is about violence against American Indian women, and about one young man who confronts that violence when it finds its way into his home.

According to CBS News,

A clearly delighted and surprised Erdrich, who’s part Ojibwe, spoke in her tribal tongue and then switched to English as she dedicated her fiction award to “the grace and endurance of native women.”

Only fifteen or so women have won the adult fiction prize since 1952, and Erdrich is the first American Indian woman to ever win it. “This is a book about a huge case of injustice ongoing on reservations,” she said. “Thank you for giving it a wider audience.”

When the short list was ...

Erdrich’s book, The Round House, is about violence against American Indian women, and about one young man who confronts that violence when it finds its way into his home.

According to CBS News,

A clearly ...

By Jos Truitt • 12 years ago

Badass midwife wins 2011 CNN Hero Award

Midwife Robin Lim has won the 2011 CNN Hero Award, which comes with a $300,000 prize to help her cause. About Robin, from CNN:

Robin Lim, an American woman who has helped thousands of poor Indonesian women have a healthy pregnancy and birth, was named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night.

Through her Yayasan Bumi Sehat health clinics, “Mother Robin,” or “Ibu Robin” as she is called by the locals, offers free prenatal care, birthing services and medical aid in Indonesia, where many families cannot afford care.

It’s great to see a midwife receive such mainstream recognition and support for her work.

You can read more about Robin’s clinic and see video of ...

Midwife Robin Lim has won the 2011 CNN Hero Award, which comes with a $300,000 prize to help her cause. About Robin, from CNN:

Robin Lim, an American woman who has helped thousands of poor Indonesian ...

By Jos Truitt • 13 years ago

White men win big at the Emmys

The Primetime Emmys aired last night, and it was another big win for white dudes (and not just because of the appearance of every feminist’s favorite person, Charlie Sheen). Out of 25 categories presented last night white guys won all the individual awards that weren’t in lady-only categories (they swept writer/director awards but failed to capture Best Supporting Actress).

Awards like those for the best Comedy and Drama are given out to writing or producing teams, and a few women managed to make it on stage there. However, all the winning teams had men billed first, and on teams of 10-15ish people there were typically about 2 women.

Racialicious has a breakdown of the Emmy numbers by race, and those are ...

By Chloe Angyal • 13 years ago

GLAAD media awards honor one of our own!

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced the nominees for its annual GLAAD media awards. The awards “honor outstanding images of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community” and promote “fair, accurate and inclusive LGBT images and set a benchmark for media to build support for equality.”

Among the nominees this year:

Outstanding film – wide release
Burlesque (Screen Gems)
Easy A (Screen Gems)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Music Box Films)
The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding drama series
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Degrassi (TeenNick)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family)
True Blood (HBO)

Outstanding comedy series
Glee (Fox)
GREEK (ABC Family)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse ...

By Chloe Angyal • 13 years ago

Bullying? “Screw that,” says Chris Colfer

On Sunday, Chris Colfer, who plays Kurt on “Glee” won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a series, miniseries or television film. “Glee” certainly has its flaws, but Colfer’s Kurt is one of its brightest spots.

Colfer, who is openly gay and has spoken about how important it is for young LGBT folks to have representation in pop culture. He has been working with The Trevor Foundation for the last few months, especially since “Glee” started fleshing out the storyline about Kurt being bullied for being gay. Colfer used his acceptance speech as a chance to thank “Glee” viewers who are going through something similar:

Most importantly, to all the amazing kids who watch our show and who our ...