Mila Kunis, New Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (With Pictures)

Mila Kunis was honored as the Harvard University Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2018 Woman of the Year in Cambridge, Mass. on Thursday. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals announced earlier that they will finally allow women to audition become cast members starting in 2019.

Previous winners include Octavia Spencer, Anne Hathaway and Amy Poehler.

The celebration was met with protests as some called for Kunis to deny the award, boycott the events or speak out against Hasty Pudding's policy of excluding female performers. Women held signs reading "The patriarchy is a drag" in reference to the club's tradition of featuring male performers in drag.

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, founded in 1795, is the oldest collegiate theater group in the United States and said its longstanding tradition of casting men in women's roles is an artistic decision.

Following the ceremony for Kunis, Pudding President Amira T. Weeks said the group would permit women to audition in 2019. "With no further fanfare, the graduate board of the Hasty Pudding Institute has determined that commencing with the 2019 Hasty Pudding Show, the Hasty Pudding welcomes women to audition," Weeks said.