#the academy awards 2024

[marsprincess889]

Please, please, read.

Saw something dissapointing and not surprising online.

There was a post on insta about the Barbie movie's oscars snubs. One woman goes on to write about how she didn't like the movie and how she feels forced to love it because it's everywhere and everyone seems to love it. Granted, she did use a rather strong(but still polite) language, but I do agree with her.

A man replies to her, not knowing her gender, something along the lines of "you should just admit you're an insecure male."

The woman replies that he, in fact, is a she.

And believe or not, he then proceeds to reply that "no man would type so much nonsense" and that "only a woman who has spent her life realizing that she's inferior to men would go on and on."..............

I was going to reply to him that he had managed to write way more nonsense with way less words but he's so not worth interacting with. And yet I feel insulted.

First of all, I don't care if any if you love this movie and want to defend it. I just don't like it, and that's not the point.

The point, to me, is that maybe we should stop encouraging the surface-level, superficial feminism, when the very thing that people believe is helping equality does virtually nothing. A lot of you are going to argue that its impact was enough, but was it really?

I, personally, felt alienated by the whole hype. Very happy for those people who loved the movie and found meaning in it, but that was not my experience. I did not in any way feel represented while watching it. I definitely did not feel empowered and I don't think that there's anything wrong with that. People are allowed to have their their own taste, and everyone should be allowed to express their opinion, and if a woman is silenced like that just because her opinion is not popular, then maybe everyone should think twice about the whole situation. The vast majority of the world claims that, or at least acts as if the movie has helped the whole female population.

I've seen so many posts online defending the movie to the point where anyone who dislikes it is attacked.

I'm not an activist, nor do i write stuff like this, nor do I engage in debates about this subject online or in real life, but this felt personal.

Maybe it was because throught witnessing that woman's experience, I felt silenced myself.

Why shouldn't I call out an ignorant, arrogant, mysoginistic scum?

The ones like him are those who keep the inequality going.

And equality IS DEFINITELY NOT ABOUT MAKING WOMEN SIMILAR TO MEN, IT'S ABOUT EMPOWERING FEMININITY AND EACH AND EVERY WOMAN, despite what they're like. It's about giving each and every one of them voice. Men have no business teaching women about feminism.

Yes, I feel angry about it. So what?

But I'm also not going to allow him or anyone like him to diminish my self-worth or spirit.

I feel confident that there are people, no matter their gender(if they even have one) who agree with me. There must be.

The movie might have dabbled in gender equality, but at its core it is business, not activism.

And if some actual "inferior" male like that one uses this movie as a shield for his blatant sexism, then I think it's for the best if people stop forcing others to like the movie and allow everyone to dislike popular things.

And also, I have that post saved. If I get enough people to support me, I might drop his @, then we can all spam and humble him lol, if you guys feel like it's worth to spend your time and energy on that. We will have one less mysoginist, or at least a humbled one.

In all seriousness, replies to this will mean a lot.

That's all for now, I guess.

PS: I won't argue with anyone about this, as I really wish the conversations around this movie in context to sexism would stop.

[sayruq]

[pauls-mescal]

Ryan Gosling performing “I’m Just Ken” at the Oscars 2024

[themakeupbrush]

Members of the Osage Nation at the 2024 Academy Awards

[jodielandons]

LUPITA NYONG'O presenting DA'VINE JOY RANDOLPH's nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Holdovers at the 96th Academy Awards

[stevenrogered]

Robert Downey Jr. wins Best Supporting Actor at the 2024 Oscars. It is his third nomination and his first win.

[sir-ballister-boldheart]

One day, I will move on from the Oscar nomination and stop spamming with memes. Today is not that day

[starfall-xo]

2024 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees as VHS tapes by @ShawnMansfield

[the-bluespirit]

RYAN GOSLING performs Oscar-nominated "I'm Just Ken" from BARBIE at the 96th Academy Awards

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MESSI THE DOG at the 96th Academy Awards (March 10, 2024)

[enidsinclair]

Academy Award Winner Cillian Murphy

Actor in a Leading Role | Oppenheimer

[sayruq]

[pauls-mescal]

Ryan Gosling performing "I'm Just Ken" during the 96th Annual Academy Awards (March 10, 2024)

[themakeupbrush]

America Ferrera at the 2024 Academy Awards

[anadumond]

Best Actress in a Leading Role for "Poor Things" US actress Emma Stone, Best Actor in a Leading Role for "Oppenheimer" Irish actor Cillian Murphy, Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "The Holdovers" US actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "Oppenheimer" US actor Robert Downey Jr. pose in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards

[sir-ballister-boldheart]

YOOOOOOOO