So, there is this film award in Czechia called Český lev -Czech lion in translation. Much like the Oscars it is absolute cancer…

This year, the award was given to Daria Kashcheeva, a filmmaker of Eastern Slavic origin. Her film Electra received the award in the best student film category. Kashcheva used the opportunity to use the platform to deliver a lengthy feminist speech to the public… They cut her off…

Below the screenshots is the translation…

Daria Kashcheeva: Her speech at the Český lev awards has been dedicated to the situation of women – mothers in the film industry. Because we consider this topic important, we are providing the entirety of Daria’s speech.

Yesterday at the ceremony of FAMUFEST (FAMU is the film academy), Mrs. deacon mentioned statistics according to which the gender balance among the students is mostly positive, in the professional life, the number of women in creative professions is decreasing. I consider it extremely important to create a friendly environment for the representatives of all genders. But I consider that the question of conditions for working mothers underestimated. During the development of Electra, we have been very open to mothers and pregnant women, it was very important for me. We had in our team four pregnant women, who have become mothers during production. It wasn’t at all easy, for the mothers, and for the entire pace of the production. But how can we assess the situation? I am a fresh graduate of the FAMU, I have some successes behind me, I am 37, my ovaries are aging, and now I have to decide what to do with it. I am asking, if I make the choice to become a mother and I would I have to manage two shifts: the creative work and child care, will I be doing the work as well as before? Will I get any support in creating conditions to successfully manage the two shifts? Or will I be forced to dump one of these shifts? Do I have to sacrifice being a mother if creative activity is very important for me? Or do I have to sacrifice my creative activity? But why do I even have to make a choice between motherhood and creative activity? Only because I was born with a womb. I hear it already, you can do it, all the women managed to do it… but at what cost? At the cost of quality of my creations? Or the quality of the upbringing of my child? At the cost of burnout and the inability to further create or be a mother? In Nordic countries it is slowly becoming a standard, to count into production budgets the cost of nannies and children spaces, so that the mother are able to present their films. In Czechia, the women have to organize it themselves, or to pay for babysitting from their own salary, which means their overall salary and living standard decreases… again… Just because she was born with a womb and her breasts produce milk? I hope that steps towards the support of creative women – mothers will be taken here in Czechia and we will see more gender balance in creative professions.

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So, in the current year, women are still juggling motherhood and careers. Don’t get me wrong, this Daria has a point, I am very much for political and corporate support of motherhood but I do not think this is where the problem lies here… Czechia has a a 3 year maternity leave for fuck sakes.

The problem is modern women put their careers before motherhood. Also modern women think they need no man. Then they get baby rabies in their thirties, muh ovaries are drying up. I have to pay for the baby sitter with my own money! Muh money! Can’t you find a man to help you with the baby or pay for the babysitter? WTF?

Also modern women have an inflated sense of self worth. They don’t realize that nobody gives two fucks about them and the only people that will give a fuck about her will be her children and some simp dweeb that is their father.

By the way, this is a trailer for Electra:

Looks like degenerate feminist garbage if you ask me. Who gives a flying fuck that it won an award from cretins at Český lev?