Beginning in 2012, the Brooklyn Museum’s Sackler Center First Awards were established to honor amazing women who were first in their fields. Past honorees have included such luminaries as Toni Morrison, Sandra Day O’Connor, Connie Chung, and Julie Taymor. All of those women are about to feel extremely special, because the AP reports that this year’s surprise honoree is Miss Piggy, a longtime public figure who is also made of felt.-
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-The brassy and commanding porcine is set to receive the award in person at a ceremony on June 4, if by “in person” it’s clear that we mean someone manipulating a puppet will pretend that the puppet is actually able to move and talk. She will be presented her honor by Gloria Steinem (fitting, as the Daily Beast recently referred to the longtime paramour of Kermit The Frog as “The Gloria Steinem of the Muppet World”), and will no doubt have some remarks about the importance of staying strong in the face of adversity. Again, this is expected to have the desired effect of silencing any and all critics of feminism, who have time and again shown themselves willing to accept the movement, if only they could be convinced that it is a large and variegated assemblage of people with a healthy sense of humor about themselves.
