MTV Award Show is ground, and gender, breaking

The MTV Movie and TV Awards have come to the top of feminist news after becoming the first awards show to present non-gender based categories. While many believe feminism revolves around strictly women's issues, the true basis of feminism is to include all peoples equally. This groundbreaking step by MTV at an integral part of our country's history has been congratulated by many. I looked at the New York Post and CNN coverage of the release to learn more.

From New York Post, courtesy of Reuters 
CNN reports on the growing diversity in the acting community, and the lack of individual praise for those who do not conform to the standard binary gender system. The article has little direct quotes on the matter but pulls from events during the award ceremony. Through these new genderless awards, MTV hopes to expand and accept more people for their brilliant and creative works in Movie and Television. There is a hope that other ceremonies will follow along, and in fact an expectation, that this will become the way other award ceremonies are conducted. 

From Hello Giggles, courtesy of Getty Images
The New York Post focuses on the combination of men and women acting categories as well as the expansion of a general acting category. This is one of the best ways to make the competition be amongst equal peoples instead of the best of "women" versus the best of "men". Acting is something that is outside of the gender system and should be rewarded as such. The article also went into detail on the hosts of the nights and the gender-bending skits that came with the release. 

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