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DEMANDING_MEDIUM

                                             September  6, 2013
                                             September 28, 2013

  Using your appearence as a medium is an                IMPURE_FORM
  artform that requires certain physical
  equipment for certain effects: is that
  any different from the athletic skill
  of dancers, the dexterity of musicians?

  Women may be trapped in a different
  way then men, both required and not              People who overreach
  allowed to work with their appearence:           are not treated kindly:

  Consider how a female musician is                A chunky woman jiggling
  treated differently depending on                 around in tight sheer
  whether she registers as pretty.                 outfits brings out
                                                   reactions from other
  There's a risk she may be regarded as            woman like: "What is she
  Not Serious if she's too pretty,                 thinking?"
  and a risk she'll simply be ignored
  if not.


            It's always an issue:
            "Dress it up or down?"

  Yoko Kanno could flash her legs
  *after* she was established as
  a composer.




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