Emma Stone just called out the patriarchy so hard while announcing Best Director at the 2018 Oscars

Emma Stone may have just had the moment of the 2018 Oscars, and she wasn’t even nominated this year. Specifically, Stone just called out the patriarchy while presenting the award for Best Director.

For some context: The 2018 Oscars featured five nominees for the category, with Greta Gerwig being the sole woman (making her only the fifth woman to ever be nominated in the Academy’s 90 year history). Not to mention the fact that a woman has only won the award a single time — Kathryn Bigelow’s for 2008’s The Hurt Locker.

And Emma Stone wasn’t about to overlook it when she presented tonight, March 4th. After an initial introduction, Stone said:

"These four men and Greta Gerwig created their own masterpieces this year."

HOLLA! As expected, the comment was met with cheers from the audience, as well as much Twitter approval.

"These four men and Greta Gerwig…" 🔥 Emma Stone presenting the best director category. Greta didn't win but I love that heat Emma just brought.

— Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) March 5, 2018

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We're into this calling out: "These four men and Greta Gerwig" – Emma Stone #Oscars

— Women and Hollywood (@WomenaHollywood) March 5, 2018

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However, some on Twitter also noted that there were other historic achievements that the actress could have acknowledged.

TBH I wasn't a fan of Emma Stone presenting Best Director at the #Oscars by saying "The men nominated and Greta Gerwig". Gerwig is only the 5th white woman to be nominated but Jordan Peele is only the 5th black man. How many Mexican directors are nominated?

— Women Film Directors (@women_direct) March 5, 2018

https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/970514131861172224

While we love that Stone called out the male-dominated nature of the entertainment industry (because, make no mistake, it is still extremely male dominated), we also 100% recognize the fact that this was a historic year for multiple marginalized groups in this category — and that should 100% be celebrated.

What are your thoughts?