Anohni Explains Why She Is Skipping The Academy Awards

In a Facebook post published today, Anohni discussed the reasons why she will not be attending the Oscar’s this weekend despite being “the only transgendered performer ever to have been nominated for an Academy Award.” “I will not be lulled into submission with a few more well manufactured, feel-good ballads and a bit of good old fashioned T. and A,” she writes. “They are going to try to convince us that they have our best interests at heart by waving flags for identity politics and fake moral issues. But don't forget that many of these celebrities are the trophies of billionaire corporations whose only intention it is to manipulate you into giving them your consent and the last of your money. They have been paid to do a little tap dance to occupy you while Rome burns.”

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