Pay Taylor Swift to tell girls to play jazz?
First world problem.
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Your read it too fast, not “female”, “” female-identified “”.
If you look her up on RateMyProfessor, almost every comment includes "Hates men."
A proper gender balance in jazz teachers is critical to the welfare of the country. (I think it was Benjamin Franklin who said that first.)
So hire more female jazz teachers. Or fire many male jazz teachers. Oh, wait. Maybe get some of the male teachers to identify as female. That will work, too.
I don’t care which option - or combination of options - is chosen. Just get ‘er done!
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When I was in college (a long time ago) I took Jazz as an elective. Our lecturer was great Jazz drummer Kenny Clarke, who “lectured” by telling war stories from his years playing. It was fascinating. There were no “female identified” instructors. Our classroom instructor was Japanese, though, which was kind of an oddity - listening to him try to pronounce “Jelly Roll Morton” was special (and he joked about it). Having a female would not have enhanced the experience one bit. And I still like Jazz to this day.
“Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice”
Oh FFS. Some people just have to have something, anything, to complain about. And cash in on nonexistent problems.
This is so stupid.
“Female-identified”, “female-identified”...
What about the Jazz native american and triggered feminist gaps! Clutch my pearls we have work to do.
And the Jazz normal guy that hates it to death chasm!
By and large, women don’t have the correct attitude to play jazz.