At the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Kathryn Bigelow became the first female ever to win an Academy Award for best director! She won for her film The Hurt Locker. Aside from the fact that Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director, her film also portrayed a masculine message. It took place in Iraq, during the current war, and it was about some bomb technicians who struggled to survive, even though they are not well known- and are not considered fighters or heroes.
This is a huge deal for women in the film industry. Women have always won awards for their performances, but never for actually directing a performance, and espeically a performance as powerful as The Hurt Locker is supposed to be. I love war films, and they are always extremely masculine, and I heard The Hurt Locker does not lack any masculinity just because it was directed by a woman. I cannot wait to see it! : )
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Darfur
Since I was a senior in high school I have been very involved in the genocide in Darfur. The situation is extremely complex, and many people, both male and female, are treated extremely poorly. However, women are Darfur are raped, and it is used as a weapon. I find it very disturbing. Women who are "in the way" are raped by any man in the janjaweed that feels it is "necessary" to keep a woman hushed, or scared of the military.
Rape is not only a sexual act, but a violent act, it is hard to imagine a whole country's military raping any woman that crosses the path of a military man. Although, in many similar situations, such as the one in Darfur, women are spared from the violence and killings, but in Darfur they are not spared violence or killings. Many women have been killed, and more women than men have been displaced in Internal Displacement Camps. Many women are left raising their children by themselves, and are responsible for feeding them and fetching water. In Darfur, there is no running water or electricity, so one must go to a well and get the water, and then carry it back to their home, or their tent, or wherever they may be staying due to the conflict in Darfur. It is a very difficult situation, and it is important for women all around the world to educate themselves in what is happening to women in thrid world countries around the world.
Rape is not only a sexual act, but a violent act, it is hard to imagine a whole country's military raping any woman that crosses the path of a military man. Although, in many similar situations, such as the one in Darfur, women are spared from the violence and killings, but in Darfur they are not spared violence or killings. Many women have been killed, and more women than men have been displaced in Internal Displacement Camps. Many women are left raising their children by themselves, and are responsible for feeding them and fetching water. In Darfur, there is no running water or electricity, so one must go to a well and get the water, and then carry it back to their home, or their tent, or wherever they may be staying due to the conflict in Darfur. It is a very difficult situation, and it is important for women all around the world to educate themselves in what is happening to women in thrid world countries around the world.
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