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SPEECHLESS

November 8, 2005 by Jan Herman

Prompted, we believe, by the posting of CIRCLE JERKS, about the Vienna Philharmonic’s sexist prancing, two messages showed up in our email bag. First this one, from Rex Bruce, the director of the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, about an exhibition with a title hinting of … well, you figure it out …

CHARLIE THUMB © 2005 by Charlie Siebert“UNBOUND”
Nov. 10-Dec. 3, 2005
Opening Reception: Thursday Nov. 10, 7-9 pm
“Unbound” features four women artists from Los Angeles working with video and digital imaging. These artists explore the shadowy side of the female psyche in relationship to woman’s bodies and minds searching to transcend a largely male dominated culture and the limitations of traditional gender roles.

And then came this one, from the Webmaster of a site that shall remain nameless:

Hi!
Still thinking which women make better wives? Considering Latinos, Filipinos, Asians?
We don’t want to seem meddlesome but RUSSIAN women are the first ones to be considered! Why??? As some guys say, “Go with the Russians! They will cook, clean and do anything else you want…”
More than that — it is absolutely impossible not to admit (we can’t help mentioning) the exceptional beauty of Russian girls! Look at those slim bodies, long tanned legs, wasp waists, tempting looks …

We are speechless.
We are also reminded of VPO Watch, an advocacy project of the International Alliance for Women in Music organized and posted by Monique Buzzarté. We should have noted it before. Anyone interested in the media coverage of the Vienna Philharmonic and the status of women will find it invaluable.
— Tireless Staff of Thousands

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