Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Is it time to
scrap gender specific awards?
Which sounds
more meaningful to you to classify awards, by gender or genre? While the
director of a movie is non-binary, actors and actresses are segregated. Why so? Is
that because of the gender of the actor or the role played in the movie?
One of the
most rising stars, Emma Watson, was awarded a first-ever non-binary big title, the
MTV Movie and TV award for best big-screen actor for her role in Beauty and the
Beast.
This move was
triggered by an entry with the Emmys by a female-born non-binary actor who acted
a role of a non-binary character in a movie. The academy accepted their, not
her, entry as an “actor,” used as a non-gendered word.
It may not be
too long before the world will see more such combined categories become common,
just like server instead of waiter or waitress, flight attendant for steward or
stewardess.
Enjoy reading
and thinking what non-binary classifications will become common in the future.
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