If there are three constants in life we can count on, it’s death, taxes, and Oscar snubs. But this year’s snubs felt different—especially when it comes to Greta Gerwig and the Best Director race.
Now, look, women getting snubbed at the Oscars in the Best Director category is nothing new—sadly, it’s commonplace. Five directors are nominated each year for the prize. In the past 25 years of Academy Awards, only seven (yes, seven) women have been nominated for the award out of the 125 possible nominations; that’s a pathetic 5.6 percent of nominees.
