What? Here’s the (beautifully depicted) deal: “There will be a time when we’ll go to concerts again. We will buy our tickets, shuffle shoulder to shoulder down the aisle, and find our seats. The lights will dim, and the conductor will walk onto the stage to introduce the program. They might talk about Beethoven, Schumann, and Bartók. And they might talk about Alma Mahler, Florence Price, Henry Burleigh, and Caroline Shaw. Many of us, used to the conventions of classical performance, will hardly notice the difference: ‘traditional’ white male composers being introduced with only surnames, full names for everyone else, especially women and composers of color.” – Slate
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Edith O’Hara, Founder Of 13th Street Repertory Company, 103
Her life was like a New York urban legend: “Ms. O’Hara didn’t move to Manhattan until midway through her long life, but once she did she plunged into the theater scene with gusto. Her children called her the Hurricane.” – The New York Times
Analyzing The Gender Politics Of Netflix’s Newest Gothic Series
The series comes so close. And yet. “Perhaps, in more deft hands, this storyline could be a transgressive investigation of the ways in which women, and particularly mothers, are forced to carry terrible burdens, as well as, perhaps, provocative commentary on femme identity, queerness, and found family.” – BuzzFeed
How Do Crime Writers Reconcile Their Fictional Good Cops With Reality?
It’s not easy, especially for Black women writing crime fiction. Rachel Howzell Hall: “I think for the most part, people of color, writers of color who write mystery and crime, have written the proper cop. … There are those cops that don’t do the right thing and we reflect that in our novels because we’ve lived it.” – Los Angeles Times
The Limits Of Extreme Comedy
Well, probably not, says an expert. “Becker found that audiences tended to react to those situations along party lines: If they already believed what they were being told, they were likely to find the comedy credible. If they don’t hold the same beliefs, the opposite effect can be seen.” – CBC