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Munroe Bergdorf has a Glamour Woman of the Year award

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AngeloMysterioso · 12/11/2022 02:36

GLAMOUR and UOMA Beauty's Beauty Game-Changer of the year apparently.

Guess they couldn’t find any actual women deserving of the accolade… wonder how hard they looked?

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bellinisurge · 12/11/2022 08:09

These awards (albeit from a source that has no interest for me) have the effect of raising a woman's profile. They increase her chance of other people paying attention to her and might improve her career prospects. And this is being denied to a woman and given to a LARPer. Pathetic

Feysriana · 12/11/2022 08:02

InterestingUsernameTBC · 12/11/2022 07:26

I once heard Heather Brunskill-Evans speaking about the time Caitlyn Jenner won Glamour Woman of the Year. CJ was in various magazines taking about what being a woman meant to them. And Heather wrote a piece about what being a woman meant to her, spoiler: it was based on being female. She was told she wasn't allowed to write about that. That it invalidated the lived experience of someone like CJ. That's why stuff like this matters. How long before our daughters only see representations of women performed by men in the media?

This.

ohfook · 12/11/2022 08:00

I've not seen that spectator article before. It's really good.

frazzledali · 12/11/2022 07:59

Wonderful news.

CharlotteCollinsneeLucas · 12/11/2022 07:54

That Spectator article is very good.

ResisterRex · 12/11/2022 07:42

I don't agree that because this is in a magazine that pushes stereotypes, it's not worth worrying about. Like women's awards going to bankers - you can dislike the industry but need to be wary of where this is being pushed so it becomes normal for a male to take female awards and spaces.

Here's some background on this person

<a class="break-all" href="https://archive.ph/2022.10.13-081218/mobile.twitter.com/LGBTLabour/status/1579794353119449089" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/2022.10.13-081218/mobile.twitter.com/LGBTLabour/status/1579794353119449089

https://twitter.com/dazed/status/1096438991170215942?s=46&t=smrev_H9FxKyAsKMAxjIHg

https://twitter.com/carrielbjohnson/status/969971308820877316?s=46&t=smrev_H9FxKyAsKMAxjIHg

https://twitter.com/freespiritedp/status/969998496064589824?s=46&t=smrevv_H9FxKyAsKMAxjIHg

www.spectator.co.uk/article/munroe-bergdorf-the-nspcc-and-the-failure-of-the-media/

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Fuckedoffteacher · 12/11/2022 07:38

InterestingUsernameTBC · 12/11/2022 07:26

I once heard Heather Brunskill-Evans speaking about the time Caitlyn Jenner won Glamour Woman of the Year. CJ was in various magazines taking about what being a woman meant to them. And Heather wrote a piece about what being a woman meant to her, spoiler: it was based on being female. She was told she wasn't allowed to write about that. That it invalidated the lived experience of someone like CJ. That's why stuff like this matters. How long before our daughters only see representations of women performed by men in the media?

Like Shakespeare.

WinterTrees · 12/11/2022 07:31

some of the things she's written like that women on a Women's March shouldn't reference female biology? Or that vulnerable kids should contact her privately on social media? Can't see much to admire there.

dudsville · 12/11/2022 07:28

donquixotedelamancha · 12/11/2022 07:19

I don't like the general erosion of the word woman but I'm not sure I care too much about crap like this.

Those companies are all about gender, they are all about promoting the performance of a stereotype of womanhood. In that sense MB seems perfect for them.

I agree with this. I haven't read a glamour magazine but imagine it to be more about gender than about what it means to be a biological human female. Their use of the word woman is inaccurate and confuses the matter for some people, but they aren't leaders in the debate.

IrmaGord · 12/11/2022 07:26

VladmirsPoutine · 12/11/2022 07:21

I don't follow these type of things but having watched a few of her interviews and read some things she's written I'm a big fan of Munroe. She's also gorgeous.

Still not a woman though

InterestingUsernameTBC · 12/11/2022 07:26

I once heard Heather Brunskill-Evans speaking about the time Caitlyn Jenner won Glamour Woman of the Year. CJ was in various magazines taking about what being a woman meant to them. And Heather wrote a piece about what being a woman meant to her, spoiler: it was based on being female. She was told she wasn't allowed to write about that. That it invalidated the lived experience of someone like CJ. That's why stuff like this matters. How long before our daughters only see representations of women performed by men in the media?

TheaBrandt · 12/11/2022 07:25

They’re just trying to sell us stuff. If we as women all show no interest and look away their whole facade crumbles

beastlyslumber · 12/11/2022 07:23

Munroe is not a woman. Therefore should not be getting an award for being a woman. That's all.

VladmirsPoutine · 12/11/2022 07:21

I don't follow these type of things but having watched a few of her interviews and read some things she's written I'm a big fan of Munroe. She's also gorgeous.

donquixotedelamancha · 12/11/2022 07:19

I don't like the general erosion of the word woman but I'm not sure I care too much about crap like this.

Those companies are all about gender, they are all about promoting the performance of a stereotype of womanhood. In that sense MB seems perfect for them.

AsTreesWalking · 12/11/2022 07:12

Guess whose picture tops the article? (Hint - it isn't one of the women)