She-Hulk star Jameela Jamil calls for non-binary category at award shows INSTAGRAM: jameelajamilShe-Hulk star Jameela Jamil has recently proposed non-binary categories at award shows to prevent exclusion of women in Hollywood. The 37-year-old actress suggested an entirely new category solely for non-binary actors, amid talk of the Academy Awards looking to do so in the future. On Instagram on June 17, Jameela wrote: \u201cWould it not be better to give non-binary people their own category rather than open the door for Hollywood to completely shut out women given the known disproportionate amount of men vs women winning at award shows? She went on to praise non-binary talent in the movie industry, suggesting we should \u201cadd\u201d to the categories already in existence, rather than \u201crun the accidental risk of erasing.\u201d Jameela continued: \u201cIt\u2019s a shame that this disparity exists in the first place. But it does exist. It is blatant and it makes the news every year within awards shows. I have learned during my 18 years working within activism, that while some backlash is inevitable and indeed helpful, some of it only muddies the waters and slows down progress.\u201d The \u2018She-Hulk: Attorney at Law\u2019 actress explained how her comments were because the Oscars are \u201clooking to get rid of gendered acting awards. As we see with the director award which is genderless, it\u2019s rare to even see a woman nominated never mind win.\u201d She added: \u201cI want to open more doors and create more tables, not narrow the opportunities for everyone, including GNC [gender non-conforming] people.\u201d \u2018The Last Of Us\u2018 star Bella Ramsey, who identifies as non-binary, supported Jameela\u2019s idea in the comments. \u201cI would love the categories to be \u2018Actress\/Non-Binary Performer\u2019 and \u2018Actor\/Non-Binary Performer\u2019 then the performer can be submitted into their preferred category,\u201d they wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s not a perfect solution, but that\u2019s my take on it. I think it\u2019s more about making us feel seen and included rather than categorised,\u201d they said. Jameela later revealed that the two had been discussing the issue together over direct messages, and realized that they both \u201cdon\u2019t have the perfect answer.\u201d For all the latest entertainment news and updates, be sure to check out Dexerto\u2019s full coverage here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
She-Hulk star Jameela Jamil calls for non-binary category at award shows INSTAGRAM: jameelajamilShe-Hulk star Jameela Jamil has recently proposed non-binary categories at award shows to prevent exclusion of women in Hollywood. The 37-year-old actress suggested an entirely new category solely for non-binary actors, amid talk of the Academy Awards looking to do so in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}