“It is no longer the voice that is judged, but the visible, the physical.” The current state of body shaming in opera—and what many in the industry are doing to fight back. https://t.co/asYDw6KWGQ
Today I got a random email from someone asking for me to weigh in (haha😭) on how the body size of one of my colleagues might keep them from being cast, and I just want to say:
THE LACK OF BODY DIVERSITY ON STAGE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF WHITE PATRIARCHAL IDEALS. WHICH IS BULLSHIT.
My Lyft driver was telling me how PROUD he was that he never read Shakespeare because it is “not English” and “out dated.” I asked him if we then should disregard all art from the past to which he replied, “Not all! Just Shakespeare.” Wow.
@sopranokate Kate! I don’t know how else to get a hold of you! Roli and I were just at St. Louis and you were sorely missed! What’s the best way to contact you? I’d love to catch up!!