Cinna calls out women over ‘misogynistic’ Sapphire Award debate, delays Streamer Awards vote

Twitch streamer Brittany “Cinna” has criticized women who are speaking against her chances of winning the Sapphire Award at The Streamer Awards 2026. During her October 18 livestream, Cinna said she was “really disappointed” by the way some women were treating the award and using it to put other female streamers down. She also revealed that she planned to wait a few days before voting in this year’s awards. Cinna made it clear that her frustration was directed at viewers, not the streamers who had been nominated for the prize.Brittany “Cinna” Explains Why She Is Disappointed With Sapphire Award CriticismCinna spoke about the issue after seeing women on social media argue against her winning the Sapphire Award. She said some viewers were trying so hard to support other women that their behavior had become harmful to the same people they claimed to support.Explaining why she was delaying her vote, Cinna said:“I’m going to be honest - I want to do Streamer Awards voting this year. I think I’m going to. I think I will, but I’m going to give it a few days. But, like, bro, I’m like really disappointed in the amount of women, and I’m saying women because I’m seeing it a lot from the girls that are so... they are trying to girls-girls so hard that they’re misogynistic about the Sapphire Award.”She also explained that the way people were discussing the award had affected how she felt about it. However, she did not blame the award itself. Instead, she said some viewers were misunderstanding its purpose and using it to attack other women.Cinna explained:“It’s like... I don’t know, bro. I don’t know how to say that without saying it. But, like, it almost makes me dislike what the award has become, and I hate saying that. Right? Because I think the award is so good, and I love the award, and it’s not the award’s fault. But, like, I think some people misunderstand what the award is, and they’re so devout in, like, what they want their streamer to do, that they use the award to bring other women down. Not the streamers, to clarify the sczo... It’s the sczo viewers; it’s not the streamers.”Her clarification was important because she wanted people to understand that her criticism was about how certain viewers behaved online. She was not accusing the other nominees of encouraging attacks against her.Cinna Says Female Streamers Deserve to Be Celebrated for Their NominationsCinna continued by talking about how difficult it can be for streamers to reach the point where they receive an award nomination. She said the reaction from some online communities was disappointing, especially when the nominees were women who had worked hard to build their audiences.She also looked back at last year’s nominations and explained why she believed being nominated was something to celebrate.Cinna said:“It sucks to see that communities have gone that far, especially for women because I think the award is like... It’s cool that all these women got nominated. Even I felt the same way last year. I was like, it was stacked last year. Every single one of those girls should have been so happy that they got nominated. Do you know what that’s like? How hard it is to get to that point?”The Sapphire Award is one of the categories at The Streamer Awards, hosted by Blair “QTCinderella.” According to the nominees announced for 2026, Cinna is competing against Vanilla Mace, Yonna, Maya Higa, and Christinaandamber.The nominations were announced on October 16, while Cinna shared her reaction two days later. The ceremony is scheduled for November 12, 2026.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.