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'Marin Ireland Talks Sexual Harassment in World of Theater, Joins 500 Others in Actor's Equity Fight

Already a major topic in the workplace and beyond, sexual harassment and physical abuse is now reportedly on the rise in the world of professional theatre--or has it merely been overlooked the entire time?
  • 'UPDATE: New York Mag's Pop Critic Jody Rosen Responds with Shelfie to Tongue-Tied Ted Gioa's Daily Beast Column

    UPDATE: Like ex-SPIN scribe Charles Aaron tweeted at the start of the fracas, the best way to get another critic to recognize your work is to simply slag them off. And so, Jody Rosen of New York magazine's Vulture blog did just that...with a shelfie.
  • 'Music Criticism Is Tongue-Tied, Says Daily Beast's Ted Gioia

    A very interesting piece comes to us from Ted Gioia at The Daily Beast about music criticism, or rather its death, or rather its inability or unwillingness to use technical language or display, you know, any kind of actual knowledge. It's especially interesting because it seems to take the viewpoint of mainstream, pop music criticism, referencing outlets like Billboard and even American Idol (I know, that last isn't exactly a bastion of intelligent criticism but apparently Harry Connick, Jr. was sniggered at for using the word "pentatonic"). Sigh.
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