“Time Magazine” Women Of The Year 2022

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12 women. It’s a list of 12 women. Or rather, it should be a list of 12 women, but as is inevitable, a space has been ceded to a trans woman. For getting acting awards. Which is not at all an achievement that belongs on this list. There is no logical coherency - TWAW, but this woman is on the list for doing something that wouldn’t make the list were they not a TW… but TWAW! It’s an achievement for trans people & that’s great - but the celebration doesn’t belong in this space.

time.com/collection/women-of-the-year/

The flimsy pretence that the list “crosses borders” is irksome too: would Jennie Jones have been included were she working in the UK (or indeed anywhere else in the world)?

It looks like they flicked through their social media rather than doing actual research; & were desperately trying to tick some diversity boxes not disability obviously plus “Afghanistan is hot right now”.

Grim. To put it mildly.

Don’t get me wrong, there are women on that list doing great things; but it’s far from being a great list.

Personally, I think Paralympian Jessica Long should have been included: she’s America’s most-decorated active Paralympian - 29 Gold Medals, 8 Silver & 4 Bronze - & won 6 medals in Tokyo, 2 more than any other American (according to NBC).

www.paralympic.org/jessica-long

Who would you like to have seen on the list?

So 11 women & a biological man presenting as a woman - no doubt on international mens day they will be including inspirational trans men right….right???

Like the BBC 100 Women, these organisations have to scout around for a trans woman to be included, therefore you know that they haven't got there on merit.

What is particularly irksome is how difficult it has been for black female actors to get any sort of recognition, or indeed, decent roles. Then along come the likes of this nominee and Laverne Cox, and lo, black female actors, you're represented, stop complaining!

I don't know if anyone watched the Netflix series, Inventing Anna. It's excellent. But there were 2 meaty parts - in a story largely about wealthy, white socialites and power players - for black women. Laverne Cox played one of them (a character who exists IRL who is a biological woman) and LC is definitely the weakest link in the whole piece. It made me so angry that an actual female black actor, who would otherwise be scratching around for a part, lost out on this role.

Well done to Jennie Jones (who is British).

This is the system she has been trying to change. www.propublica.org/series/lost-mothers

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What is particularly irksome is how difficult it has been for black female actors to get any sort of recognition, or indeed, decent roles. Then along come the likes of this nominee and Laverne Cox, and lo, black female actors, you're represented, stop complaining!

I don't know if anyone watched the Netflix series, Inventing Anna. It's excellent. But there were 2 meaty parts - in a story largely about wealthy, white socialites and power players - for black women. Laverne Cox played one of them (a character who exists IRL who is a biological woman) and LC is definitely the weakest link in the whole piece. It made me so angry that an actual female black actor, who would otherwise be scratching around for a part, lost out on this role.

I saw the trailer for that and it was a scene where some of the characters have it out with the main character over her refusing to pay back a large sum of money and the character, played by Cox, was so overacted that it was jarring.

I’m amazed the ratio was so low to be honest. I expected at least 2:10