this morning when I was in the state of not-quite-awake I thought to myself “all beans in the world taste almost the way a bean is supposed to taste, but not quite” and I felt like I was on the brink of some great truth
and then I woke up and sat up straight in bed bc I had no idea how beans are apparently supposed to taste but I knew I was about to know and now I probably never will.
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.
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.
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.
Men who slam doors and furniture are making sure you hear how much they want to hit you.
The day he does that stupid nonesense just leave. He’s trynna tell you something sis pay attention and protect yourself. Domestic violence happens in escalation. Don’t stay around to find out 👋
Rats are so easy to please. I shoved some sweet potato into cardboard toilet paper tubes, packed in with shredded paper towels. At first they were just excited about the paper towel shreds and started making a nest, then they found the sweet potato and lost their minds. Like they couldn’t believe what a good and gracious world they lived in that there could be sweet potato and paper towel at the same time.
there’s some weirdo printing out pepe the frog memes and he looks like an incel i think hes one of those alt right freaks idk whether to call him out or mind my business
i asked him why he printing out pepe shit and he talking abt some “its for a project” like GAG why do you need a pic of a frog with a celtic cross and SS bolts for a school project
me standing behind him but instead of a knife its a pencil
ok so i met up with him today and questioned him again and apparently it was a project… abt the rise of white nationalism and he had a segment abt how they ruined pepe the frog i feel so bad that i vagued abt him timothy if youre reading this im sorry
