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History of Feminism

catrose

(5,065 posts)

2. Seriously?

Reply to niyad (Reply #1)

Wed May 21, 2014, 10:42 PM

May 2014

She's beautiful. And Octavian is a man. There were no 20 year old men that size? Ever? And, you know, in other parts of the opera, she does play a maid (a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman). The critics are nuts, and the singers are right: We do not need body shaming in the opera.

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An opera singer’s backlash wasn’t just sexism [View all] ismnotwasm May 2014 OP

sadly, we are not in the least surprised. niyad May 2014 #1

Seriously? catrose May 2014 #2

We don't need it anywhere, and yet it's everywhere Warpy May 2014 #3

+1 nomorenomore08 May 2014 #14

Wow. How utterly disgusting theHandpuppet May 2014 #4

Good grief! She is a beautiful young woman. You're right, justhanginon May 2014 #5

Gees! Apparently nobody in opera has ever seen or heard any of the following women sing... longship May 2014 #6

What do these critics know of opera, really? Some of the greatest opera singer of both genders have freshwest May 2014 #7

None of the Three Tenors were exactly svelte, were they? nomorenomore08 May 2014 #15

Nope, not really. Pavarotti was a favorite of mine for years: freshwest May 2014 #18

And operagoers don't give a flying fuck. Really. eridani May 2014 #8

Nice! ismnotwasm May 2014 #11

That is fantastic! geardaddy May 2014 #12

+3 nomorenomore08 May 2014 #16

Pregnancy and childbirth do affect vocal production Demeter May 2014 #9

Thank you all for your replies ismnotwasm May 2014 #10

Body shaming aside, how embarassing for those reviewers that they have absolutely no understanding Squinch May 2014 #13

What idiocy. This bullshit is (or should be) beneath any halfway intelligent adult. n/t nomorenomore08 May 2014 #17