Word: genderism
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...Marsalis' essay struck a chord; in addition to his musical talents, he has amazing insight. Perhaps musicians share an understanding that easily transcends racial and class lines. Musicians seem to embrace the soul in one another, the soul of life. They appreciate something that treats race, gender and religion as being as incidental as the clothes we wear. Marsalis is right on the mark. Perhaps if enough people speak out, as he has, they might pierce the tone-deaf arrogance of the powerful. Peter Piaskoski Milwaukee...
...Take professional wrestling, for instance.” I could have stopped, but I continued on, in a potentially incriminating vein. “While one viewer might watch WWE and see nothing more than a bunch of steroid-addled actors with gender issues, another person could witness the spectacle and see a modern-day burlesque. There’s melodrama, slapstick humor, sexual ambiguity…frankly, Commedia dell’Arte incorporates most of the same elements...
Marsalis' essay struck a chord; in addition to his musical talents, he has amazing insight. Maybe musicians share an understanding that easily transcends racial and class lines. Musicians seem to embrace the soul in one another, the soul of life. They appreciate something that treats race, gender and religion as being as incidental as the clothes we wear. Marsalis is right on the mark. Perhaps if enough people speak out, as he has, they will pierce the tone-deaf arrogance of the powerful. Peter Piaskoski Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
...Maathai, social issues facing developing nations, including poverty and gender inequality, are intrinsically linked to the environment...
...lesbian, and bisexual people also deal with similar issues to varying extents across the nation. Only 17 states have laws that protect citizens from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and even where those laws exist, it is almost impossible to show that your sexual orientation (or gender identity/expression) is the reason an employer refused to hire you. And while public opinion is improving with regard to bisexual, gay, and lesbian Americans, discrimination is still a fact of life for those in all but the most accepting industries and regions of the country. Moreover, discrimination based on gender identity/expression...