{"id":4419,"date":"2026-01-12T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baldheadedgirls.com\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:02:19","slug":"political-pins-were-a-golden-globes-fashion-statement-are-they-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baldheadedgirls.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/political-pins-were-a-golden-globes-fashion-statement-are-they-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Pins Were A Golden Globes Fashion Statement. Are They Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards<\/a> took place last night (January 11), and by all means, it was business as usual for the official kick-off to the 2026 awards season<\/a>. Which, to be clear, isn\u2019t a good thing. As anyone who\u2019s logging onto social media, turning on their TV, or doom scrolling on their TikTok FYP daily knows, the times are anything but normal \u2014 and we shouldn\u2019t be acting like they are.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kicking off the show, often touted as Hollywood\u2019s biggest party, two-time host Nikki Glaser <\/a>made a subtle allusion to the current political and social climate, welcoming celebs and viewers<\/a> to the event that was \u201cwithout a doubt the most important thing happening in the world right now.\u201d And then, that was pretty much it.<\/p>\n

To recap: the past year has seen a brutal decimation of human rights across the United States. Since the start of his second term in office, President Donald Trump and his administration have rolled back DEI initiatives <\/a>across sectors, issued executive orders to end birthright citizenship<\/a> and suspend the admission of refugees to the country, as well as targeted Transgender Americans by defining \u201csex\u201d as binary and proposing an immediate pause on gender-affirming<\/a> care. In addition to this, his administration has increased funding to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<\/a>, deploying the National Guard <\/a>into cities across the country and inciting violence. Earlier this month, a Minneapolis citizen, Renee Good, was shot and killed by an ICE agent<\/a>. Oh, and the President of the United States is set to hold a UFC figh<\/a>t this July to celebrate his 80th birthday, held on the White Houses\u2019 South Lawn. (Which isn\u2019t a social injustice, but is<\/em> tacky as hell).\u00a0<\/p>\n

These are arguably the most unprecedented of unprecedented times; yet the Golden Globes felt like something straight out of\u00a0 the 2016 feminism and activism handbook \u2014 ie: soap boxing with little to no substance. Talking around some of the most prevalent and dire issues of the moment without actually speaking to them in a way that would cause conversation or discomfort (which, to be clear, is needed).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Look at the billions of eyeballs on all of us collectively, there should be no outliers of the industry who are the outspoken ones\u2026out there on their own with this amount of privilege.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Presenting the award for Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, Made for TV Movie, Kathryn Hahn and Melissa McCarthy took to the stage to sarcastically congratulate men on finally being recognized for their acting chops, as well as their abilities to show their range playing so many roles, as McCarthy put it \u201cHusband! Ex-husband! Secretary! And everybody\u2019s favorite: nosy neighbor.\u201d It was a moment of comedy meant to be a tongue-in-cheek jab at ongoing conversations around men\u2019s dominance in the profession that failed to be either funny or actually impactful. The feeling was similar to actress Natalie Portman\u2019s now-infamous statement at the 2018 Golden Globes while presenting the award for Best Director, where she pointedly called out the categories\u2019 list of all-male nominees<\/a>. It was a strong statement, until you consider the fact that \u2014 between 2018 and this year \u2014 Portman has herself worked with no female directors. (In the words of queen Kirsten Dunst<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s very simple<\/a>\u201d to work with female directors).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Later in the show, Noah Wyle, the hunky lead of hit HBO series The Pitt\u00a0 <\/em>\u2013 which unflinching depicts the reality of being a healthcare worker in America \u2014 picked up two Golden Globe Awards, during which he broadly thanked healthcare workers, without speaking to any of the current ways in which the health care system is inaccessible <\/a>to the majority of Americans. And Nikki Glaser ribbed Leonardo DiCaprio for continuing to date women under 30 instead of questioning why someone who claims to be a climate activist would attend Jeff Bezos\u2019 wedding<\/a>.\u00a0And even though One Battle After Another <\/em>is a satire about revolution, critiquing anti-immigration and extremist white nationalist groups, those issues weren\u2019t directly addressed in the speeches when the film won. <\/p>\n

It was\u2026dissapointing to say the least.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maybe this characterization is unfair. And some celebrities did subtly use their platforms for good last night. But the idea of asking and expecting celebrities to speak truth to power is nothing new. In fact, fans have been demanding it for years. Largely, these calls to action have been met with a divisive response from people both in and outside of the industry. In 2020, then- Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais directly warned celebrities<\/a> not to talk about politics in their acceptance speeches, saying:\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. If you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your god, and fuck off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In 2021, reflecting on that comment after yet another apolitical Golden Globe awards<\/a> ceremony, Refinery29\u2019s Senior Content Director, Entertainment Kathleen Newman-Bremang wrote about understanding the inclination to want to tell stars to essentially \u201cshut up and look pretty.\u201d It\u2019s one that many stars we look to seem to hold, or at least cower behind, themselves.<\/p>\n

In a November 2025 interview, Die My Love<\/em> actress Jennifer Lawrence spoke about her decision to not speak openly about her politics, specifically the actions of President Donald Trump. In an interview with The New York Times\u2019 The Interview <\/em><\/a>podcast, Lawrence said that, after spending the President\u2019s first term \u201crunning around like a chicken with [her] head cut off,\u201d she felt speaking out wouldn\u2019t have an impact. \u201cWe\u2019ve learned election after election, celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever on who people vote for,\u201d Lawrence said. \u201cSo then what am I doing? I\u2019m just sharing my opinion on something that\u2019s going to add fuel to a fire that\u2019s ripping the country apart. We are so divided.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We need celebrities, with platforms and the ability to reach to and speak to people on every side of these issues, by virtue of their influence, to be vocal about the reality of what\u2019s happening and what the impact is for everyone. <\/p>\n

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Lawrence went on to say that she wouldn\u2019t want her personal politics to deter people from coming to see her films, media that, in her words, could \u201cchange consciousness or change the world.\u201d While we admire the ambition and trust in her craft (and yes, it is true that art can literally change lives) \u2014 please, give us a break. Just say you don\u2019t want to alienate people that will contribute to your bottom line.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the fact remains that, despite what any comedians or Jennifer Lawrence may think, these celebrities and their platforms do have influence and can elicit change, especially when it comes to political leaders<\/a>. When Taylor Swift publicly supported Kamala Harris<\/a> ahead of the November 2024 Presidential election, sharing her intent to vote for the candidate on Instagram, she drove over 400,000 people<\/a> to the vote.gov<\/a> site over the next 24 hours. Bridgerton<\/em> actress Nicola Coughlan, who has continued to post frequently to Palestinian aid organizations, has helped raise over $2 million USD<\/a> to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To be fair, that\u2019s not to say that celebrities have completely eschewed speaking up and out about what\u2019s currently happening in the country. Walking the red carpet ahead of the 83rd annual Golden Globes show, a handful of stars did speak out about the need for celebrities and lay people alike to be vocal about the current climate in the United States. Speaking to Refinery29, Poker Face<\/em> actress Natasha Lyon, who donned a pin declaring ICE OUT, said: \u201cI just think it\u2019s important that we don\u2019t normalize what\u2019s going on in this country right now. I love America, I love us, I love our communities,\u00a0 free speech, I love the Trevor Project and all that. I think it\u2019s important. Renee Good, say her name.\u201d Lyon was one of several actors, including Tessa Thompson, Wanda Sykes, and Mark Ruffalo, who wore pins that said \u201cBe Good<\/a>,\u201d speaking out against the actions of ICE and in support of Good and Keith Porter Jr., who was also killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The Be Good campaign<\/a> was launched by advocacy groups in response to ICE\u2019s $1000 million \u201cwartime recruitment campaign\u201d aimed at expanding enforcement officers. Hacks<\/em> star Hannah Einbinder also walked the carpet donning an Artists4Ceasefire pin<\/a> \u2014 a red carpet fashion staple for her. <\/p>\n

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Later on the same carpet, actress Yvette Nicole Brown was even more explicit with her distaste for the current administration, telling Refinery29<\/em>\u2019s Unbothered the thing that\u2019s bothering her deeply is, simply: \u201cOur government. That orange ghoul that is terrorizing us everyday,\u201d before warning viewers that \u201cit\u2019s about to be really real, get ready.\u201d <\/p>\n

And while accepting her third Golden Globe for Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series, Hacks<\/em> star Jean Smart also took her moment on-stage to encourage viewers to take action<\/a>, saying: \u201cThere\u2019s just a lot that could be said tonight; I said my rant on the red carpet, so I won\u2019t do it here\u2026.But let\u2019s all do the right thing. I think everybody in their hearts knows what the right thing is to do. So let\u2019s do the right thing.\u201d Smart was referring to earlier comments she made on the carpet, telling reporters that filming of the upcoming season of the show was overshadowed by the current goings on in the country, stating: \u201cI feel like we\u2019re kind of at a turning point in this country, and I hope people can keep their heads because that\u2019s actually, really, the hardest thing, I think, is to keep our heads. It\u2019s going to take a lot of courage and concerns, but I think that\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While fashion has long been political, and these small moments of resistance can be important,\u00a0 it\u2019s hard to feel like a handful of celebs donning obscured, teeny-tiny pins or making veiled comments about triumphing over fear is enough, or anywhere near enough \u2014 because it\u2019s really not.<\/p>\n

We need celebrities, with platforms and the ability to reach to and speak to people on every side of these issues, by virtue of their influence, to be vocal about the reality of what\u2019s happening and what the impact is for everyone. We need these big names with big money and big studios attached to them to take action \u2014 whether that\u2019s boycotting award shows or refusing to speak to anything other than these issues at this moment in time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It feels like the bare minimum, and actress Jameela Jamil agrees. Speaking to Refinery29 <\/em>at the Spotify x The Hollywood Reporter Golden Globes Nominees Night, the British actress \u2014 who is a vocal activist \u2014 spoke to the inability of many of her colleagues to speak out against injustices, pondering, \u201cAm I brave or are they cowards?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re being greedy and weird and disappointing,\u201d Jamil continued. \u201cLook at the billions of eyeballs on all of us collectively, there should be no outliers of the industry who are the outspoken ones\u2026out there on their own with this amount of privilege.\u201d Jamil pointed to actors like Mark Ruffalo, who has often and vocally spoken out against injustices<\/a>, noting that, when we look at people like him, we weaponize the word \u201cbrave\u201d as a way to separate ourselves, removing ourselves from the expectation that we can and will do the same. \u201cSo we rely on individuals to do what would be so much easier to achieve as a collective.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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And if the Golden Globes are any indicator of what this upcoming awards season will hold when it comes to celebs speaking out, it feels like \u2014 once again \u2014 Ruffalo will be an outlier.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But as disappointing as the apoliticalness of this awards show was, maybe the bigger disappointment is the fact that we continue to hope and ask for anything different from those we look up to onscreen, and continue to be disappointed when they don\u2019t follow through. Because truly, what can we really expect? At the end of the day, this industry is all about the bottom line. And our faves, who we idolize, meme, emulate and form a parasocial bond with, are largely going to stay on the side of the line that makes sure they get their bag \u2013 as long as these injustices don\u2019t impact or affect them directly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, for the next few months, award show contenders, winners, and Hollywood ingenues will have the spotlight on them. As they have every other awards\u2019 season, they\u2019ll thank their families and agents; tearfully, they\u2019ll talk about hardship and determination, picking themselves up and trying again. And maybe it\u2019s time we stop hoping for more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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