I hardly ever comment, but I was really happy to see (both in the report and mentioned here) the bit about female conductors, because it's an issue that's near and dear to me. In that I am a conductor, and a woman - and probably won't continue with it after college. But there's a big piece of me that desperately wishes I were more dedicated to the craft, because it's a glass ceiling that could use some serious smashing. To every single one of the (far too few) woman conductors/music directors out there - thank you for the work that you do.
Speaking of smashing, and by that I mean getting smashed - Rachel Maddow, thank you for validating my primary non-musical hobby.
I really need to figure out a way to get my stockbroker hubby to wear the mad men suit without him knowing it's a mad men suit. He calls his tie a noose and would rather be a history professor or a saucier in New Orleans as is... how can I sneakily do this? ;)
Hey, Rachel and I have something in common! I took am ridiculously enamored with pre-Prohibition cocktails, and we both make them at home for ourselves!
Generally, though, I suspect she's better at it than I am.
@BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): It's one of the reasons I want to go into arts administration. Maybe if we get more women behind the scenes, we'll get more women recognized in the field. Or I could just be overly idealistic.
@lalie (apologetic mess): more women behind the scenes in every aspect will help - especially when it comes to writing, producing, directing, and funding. as long as women in the audience are ignored, the sexism in the media will exist.
Marin Alsop took the music director position at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2007, a huge inroad for women. Unfortunately, it was a tempestuous appointment as it was done against the desire of the musicians (not because she was a woman).
@NellMood: It was totally awesome. My husband was in the dream too and he has a crush on Rachel and we had a very good time at a bar together, all three of us. heh.
Rachel Maddow makes me want to start learning mixology as a hobby, too. I just love her unabashed love of cocktails- it's this perfect combination of being awesome and yet managing to make alcohol a nerd pursuit, too :)
Also, I swear I'll come back and read the rest and comment on it all. The Maddow headline just grabbed me.
@redqueenmeg: Praise the Lord and pass the stapler. Ever get so bored you read full-text Shakespeare postings on the internet and imagine yourself in the parts? And, um, overshare?
@Perhaps Not: Haha, of course! And I can't read a book without putting myself in one of the parts, or watch a show without figuring out which role I'd be best suited to, etc.
Let me just put this issue to rest. Regardless of whose DNA the kids carry, Michael Jackson is the father of his children, as he was the only one actually involved in their parenting. Your "real parents" are the ones who "really parent" you. DNA is just a molecule.
Gwyneth Paltrow: so, basically, you're starving yourself as punishment for enjoying life. I mean, yeah, that WAS pretty ridiculous of you. Your life's enjoyment should come out of staying skinny not romping about and having fun and eating delicious food without killing yourself on a treadmill.
As my boss says "You could get hit by a truck tomorrow and your jean size won't matter."
@LaComtesse: I love how our fair Gwynie so transparently uses GOOP to shame the rest of us plebs into punishing--whoops--I mean, DETOXing ourselves for "enjoying life".
Bleh, I hate how "detox" has replaced "diet" as the code word for starving yourself.
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Speaking of smashing, and by that I mean getting smashed - Rachel Maddow, thank you for validating my primary non-musical hobby.
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Generally, though, I suspect she's better at it than I am.
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I can't believe you left out her groundbreaking role in Coyote Ugly.
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Also, I swear I'll come back and read the rest and comment on it all. The Maddow headline just grabbed me.
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As my boss says "You could get hit by a truck tomorrow and your jean size won't matter."
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Bleh, I hate how "detox" has replaced "diet" as the code word for starving yourself.
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