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Nov 3 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
TAKE ACTION! Sign our petition to Tell the Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Reinstate sex-based acting awards! ♀️ #SexNotGender

We have just twenty signatures... Can you help us get to 1,000 signatures in the next 2 weeks? Please share widely! womensliberationfront.org/news/los-angel…

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Recently, LAFCA voted to terminate single-sex awards categories, in favor of "gender neutral" awards, effectively dismantling women's opportunities to win career-changing recognitions.



2/8
A whistleblower shared with Sasha Stone at @AwardsDaily that the controversial decision won a 26 to 27 vote in favor of removing award categories for women. The next voting meeting to finalize the decision will be held on December 11, 2022.

awardsdaily.com/2022/10/15/ins…

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Historically, sex-based awards categories for acting have increased the visibility of women on screen, inspiring countless girls and young women to see themselves represented in stories and media, as well as envisioning equal opportunities to pursue careers in the industry.

4/8
@womensmediacntr publishes an annual report on female representation within Oscar nominations—Women are inadequately represented both on-screen and behind the screen. In 2022, “female representation dropped overall” and is “trending in the wrong direction.”

5/8
WoLF Exec. Director, Mahri Irvine, met w/John Solomon (@jsolomonReports), as reported by @gregpiper (@JustTheNews): "[This will disincentivize] directors and producers from even casting women in the first place, so we're really concerned about this,"

justthenews.com/nation/culture…

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Our petition calls upon LAFCA to immediately reverse its decision and reinstate sex-based awards categories for acting. And, we call upon its leaders to share the full language of this petition and the list of signatories with its entire membership.

womensliberationfront.salsalabs.org/lafcapetition2…

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Removing categories for women is a step backward in addressing Hollywood’s misogynistic culture: womensliberationfront.org/news/the-weins…

Show your support for women in the film industry - Please sign and share today! #SexNotGender #FemaleErasure

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