Interesting Reads

This week we’re bringing you some interesting reads from around the web. So sit back, relax, and read on.

The New Yorker has a piece called “Women, Gays and Classical Music.” Pretty compelling look at the obstacles women with careers in classical music face:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/10/women-gays-and-classical-music.html

Continuing with the theme of women, this WBUR Artery article is about “She Who Tells A Story,” an exhibit featuring women photographers from the Middle East that was designed to confront misconceptions surrounding the Middle East.

http://artery.wbur.org/2013/10/09/female-photographers-middle-east-boston-mfa

Will texting cause the end of the English language as we know it? Probably not, since shorthand has been around longer than you’d think.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-kaplan/is-spelling-over_b_4050890.html?utm_hp_ref=arts

Finally, a breakdown of who exactly benefits from arts districts.

http://artsfwd.org/arts-districts/

Enjoy!