![]() This one might sound completely unrelated, but it’s depressingly relevant: Consider taking personal action in the #MeToo movement by either tipping food servers big or - better yet - advocating for a salary system independent of tipping for restaurant employees. You have to act even if other people don’t see you doing it. It’s easy to tweet a hashtag or buy a T-shirt or gripe with friends - and those are great things to do! - but support has to mean more than having an opinion. This administrative quirk in Grammy voting happens to be an excellent metaphor for how a broad social movement can peter out against the bulwark of bureaucracy. would choose to simply not vote in the comedy category, while people who support C.K. It’s easy to imagine that someone who had strong negative opinions about C.K. So voting in the comedy field would spend a vote that could have been cast in pop or dance or alternative or rap (all different genres in the eyes of the Recording Academy). Beyond the four major categories of album, record, song and best new artist of the year, Grammy voters (the musical professionals who have been invited to be members of the Recording Academy) can cast ballots only in three additional genres. ![]() to win, despite his admitting in 2017 to having masturbated in front of several women and despite what I’m sure is sincere support among many Grammy voters for the #MeToo movement. An article in Billboard illuminated the voting process that made it possible for C.K.
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