From the time that I was young, the Oscars never really piqued my interest. I always felt like it was something for old white people and that's it, tbh.

But now that I'm older and the awards are diversifying a bit more, my level of interest is up there now.

So for the first time in ever, I actually sat down and watched The Oscars. My personal fan favorite top pick was Jordan Peele's suprise hit movie, GET OUT.

This year, the Oscars had not one, but TWO elephants in the room. Those elephants consisted of

1) The Me too/Times up Movement

2) The continuing talk of the lack of diversity within the culture of the Oscars.

Jimmy Kimmel did an excellent job as host and tackled the Times up Movement as soon as his opening monologue started and several actresses gave their own piece on their experiences through out the night.

The Oscars also used their platform to shed light on and discuss other politics going on in the world, including: Gun control, The dreamers, and racism.

Overall, it was a great night for Hollywood and there were mostly good vibes only through out.

There was a moment for which Emma Stone is getting "Dragged" as we say these days, though.

After announcing the nominees for Best Director, Stone went out of her way to point out the fact that there were 4 male nominees against 1 female nominee. The issue that stands in this is that 2 of the male nominees were minorities (Jordan Peele- Black| Guillermo Del Toro- Mexican). Minorities, especially blacks and hispanics, have historically had the least amount of representation through the entire 90 year tenure.

People are saying this is peak white feminism. A branch of feminism that surrounds the idea of white women only looking out for their own "opression" and not women in general.

That being said, Its dope to announce that the biggst award of the night, "Best Picture", went to Del Toro for his film "The Shape Of Water".

One of the other bigger awards went to Jordan Peele for Best Screenplay.

So though, there are still strides to be made in the category of diversity, its good knowing that progress is being made.

Apart of this progress is also including more diverse people on the voting board for the academy awards. There was a 20% rise in the amount of people of color being added to the board, including a spike in black women specifically.

We hope that as the years go on, there will continuously be growth and room for more diversity at the awards ceremony.

thanks for tuning in as always, peace and much love!

-Max Ataraxis