There’s an controversial all-female opera being put on in Germany that has resulted in older audience members needing to seek medical attention due to shock and this picture from the article has me in actual tears
Illustration from Gaspar Schott's Magia universalis naturae et artis (c. 1658) — the bottom image shows a "cat piano".
More about cat pianos here: buff.ly/3i8nfE9
🚨Etsy just announced sweeping sitewide censorship and will begin banning almost anything remotely sexual — including toys, BDSM gear, t-shirts with provocative messages. Even "gluteal clefts" (buttcracks) need to be blurred. (via @annaroseiovine)
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For the role of Gaston, Disney cast a trained opera singer (Richard White, went to Oberlin and IU Jacobs), and you can hear it in his delivery. He reads/sings every line like he's projecting to massive hall without a microphone. I love it.