His argument was: Why aren't there any women rock musicians? And in order to "prove" his argument he created his own special definition of women, and said, "there, there aren't any."
To take his own arguments: one of his "points" is that women are not [as] underrepresented in classical music as in rock. So some mysterious something must be different.
Well, one of those something's is that many orchestras now use blind auditions where the performers are behind a screen
for exactly that reason.
And guess what? You put women behind a screen, they win auditions more often. What oh what could be the cause?
Well, one of those something's is that many orchestras now use blind auditions where the performers are behind a screen for exactly that reason. And guess what? You put women behind a screen, they win auditions more often. What oh what could be the cause?
I remember the first time I auditioned for all-state band in high school with this process. I walked into the room, and there was a chair and a screen. I had no idea whether I was supposed to wait for a signal to begin playing or what, and there was no one on my side of the screen to ask, and calling out questions to the other side of the screen seemed like it would totally defeat the purpose, so I finally just played the piece I was supposed to play and walked out of the room. I have no idea if anyone was even listening from the other side of the screen. (I didn't make it into all-state that year.)
Fuuuuck. I am feeling kind of demoralized about work and now I have to do stupid freelance work. I really need to make the freelance work about how I am actually good at what I do. But in order to do that, I need to stop beating myself up about the stupid job thing. FEH. And a cocktail would help with the one but not the other.
I'd forgotten that cromulent was coined by the Simpsons! But it turns out embiggen dates back to 1884. Go Team Over-Educated Simpsons Writers!
OK, I am off to catch a train to the Amtrak station, where I will catch a bigger train. See y'all later!
What do people make of this? There's a store opening near me.
The home decorating shows love the tiles for families, because they are easy to clean and/or replace when your kids spill the fruit punch all over the floor.
Jesse, if you were here I'd make you listen to my 80s playlist on YouTube, and watch me dance to it. That's enough to make anybody laugh.
I'm dying to try some of those Flor tiles, but they're not cheap, I think.
Our Minneapolis headquarters has those and they are pretty and take a lot of wear. I like 'em!
