you are the star

Bryn || they || artist || 32 || personal blog, here’s my art blog 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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The combination of good kush + alcohol

[wingsfromwhere]

[ahumanbeena]

Did you know that after they switched to blind auditions, major symphony orchestras hired women between 30% to 55% more? Before bringing in “blind auditions” with a screen to conceal the the candidate, women in the top 5 major orchestras made up less than 5% of the musicians performing.

[shwetanarayan-deactivated202504]

so I believe it was actually more complicated than that, in interesting ways. Because at first, when they did blind auditions, they were STILL hiring more men.

…Then they put down a carpet, so that high heels didn’t clack on the floor,  and BOOM women were suddenly getting hired.

The testers didn’t even know that’s what they were picking up on, which just goes to show how tiny of a cue it takes for misogyny to kick in.

[isaacsapphire]

The case of blind auditions for orchestras and how it dramatically changed the gender makeup of orchestras is a very illuminating example of gender bias, and an interesting possible way of countering it.

[small-witch-big-hat]

You can be sexist without knowing it. You can be racist without knowing it. This is not a moral failing; it is a moral imperative to remember that you are fallible, and take steps to limit the damage your squishy ape brain’s foibles can cause.

[mindfulwrath]

The final chapter in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink (2005) describes this in detail.

What you don’t usually hear about when discussing this blind audition process is that after the blind auditions were implemented, when women had gotten many positions in the orchestra, men no longer saw being a member as prestigious and the salaries for the entire orchestra dropped.

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[dukeofriven]

My understanding of the themes and narrative arc of Jojo based off years of observation of Tumblr posts.

[redrosesinblue]

[ifiinvadelaconiaishallturnyouout]

[pjackk]

Dont be very woried about me since i deserve all of this

[circusheart]

May I please have 1 everything

[bernieandtheaeroplanes]

Noah's Ark if every animal reproduced asexually

[circusheart]

Interesting I like it

[sapropel]

Someone messaged me to tell me they had small boobs and then blocked me

[jisuto]

[t4timekeeper]

yeah i just love it when a character is in an inescapable torment nexus for a huge portion of their life and it defines every aspect of their existence forever. also whats cptsd

[segacity]

Amon ‘Shining Force’ SEGA Mega Drive

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[girlb0yfriend]

fuuuuuck i have needs and wants and desires :( sadly they needto put me at the bottom of a deep as fuck hole and pour cement over me because of this

[lamignonette]

[ink-the-artist]

Girls Night

[larval-tear]

did you seriously just disturb my slumber