'Women Of Distinction' Award Named For Ruth Bader Ginsburg Going To Very Terrible Men
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Da fuq?

What in the name of all the Earth and its domains and the heavens above is this asshattery?

The family of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is very much up in arms at something called the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation over its decision to give a leadership award named after the former Supreme Court justice to **drumroll* … *Elon Musk.

. . . Oh yeah, Rupert Murdoch is also getting this year’s Leadership Award, along with Martha Stewart (weird but whatever), Michael Milken (what?), and Sylvester Stallone (no, seriously, fucking what?).

. . . The award is all of four years old, and has previously gone to “individual women of prominence.” Did we run out of those or something?

  • FaceDeer@fedia.io
    383·
    8 months ago

    Hang on, is it actually called the “Women of Distinction” award? The article body calls it the “Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award”, which doesn’t sound gender-specific. If there’s nothing about the award that requires it specifically to be given to women, other than just being named after a woman and being given to one the first few times, what’s the problem?

    The article is laden with snarky comments and obviously biased opinions, and the article it links to as its source is paywalled, so it’s not really clear what’s going on here.

    • TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world
      25·
      8 months ago

      From the press release:

      Established in 2020, the RBG Award has previously recognized women of distinction, including HM Queen Elizabeth II and Barbra Streisand. The award was expanded this year to include trailblazing men and women. “Justice Ginsburg fought not only for women but for everyone,” said Julie Opperman, Chair of the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation. “Going forward, to embrace the fullness of Justice Ginsburg’s legacy, we honor both women and men who have changed the world by doing what they do best.”

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
        60·
        8 months ago

        “Going forward, to embrace the fullness of Justice Ginsburg’s legacy, we honor both women and men who have changed the world by doing what they do best.”

        Ah, that must be why 80% of the recipients this year were men. What a joke. And musk & murdoch being awarded is an absolute insult.

          • Paddzr@lemmy.world
            7·
            8 months ago

            “Speed run to awareness, any %.”

            And now they’re worthless. Better less awareness but with integrity than a shitshow and a laughing stock.