After reading 1984, there was one word that kept buzzing in my head. That word was “doublethink.” Here’s the definition:

“Doublethink is a process of indoctrination in which subjects are expected to simultaneously accept two conflicting beliefs as truth, often at odds with their own memory or sense of reality.”

There’s what we see, what we hear and what the media tells us to see and to hear. It happened in politics, and now it’s happening in art.

Juan Carlos Gascón is a man who decided to dress up, put breasts on, change his name and suddenly, he became Karla Sofia Gascon. Carlos was cast as a male character who goes through the same physical transformation in becoming a “woman,” but in reality Carlos will always be a man.

Why? Because no matter how many awards as “best actress” Carlos receives, it’s obvious he’s a man. You can see it in the width of his jawline, or his height, or the fact his voice still sounds thick and rough.

It doesn’t matter if the pundits describe Carlos as Karla and call him a woman. He’s not. This is where us, the audience, kicks in. We need to be vocal. It’s time to say “no, that’s a man,” “No, it’s weird that a man is campaigning for best actress.”

Enough with the concept of doublethink. Let’s break free and embrace biology. Once the audience does that, the critics will have no choice but to follow suit.