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Found it (for rent) on Vimeo for other countries.
https://sisterswithtransistors.com/watch lists where to watch it for the US, UK and elsewhere (Vimeo) but the Vimeo excludes the following countries: France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Canada, Australia, Austria, Russia, Poland and Israel. I can confirm as a Canadian that I'm having a hard time watching it without (presumably) a VPN.
Sisters with Transistors
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Re: Sisters with Transistors
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> there’s a reason why the former enjoyed wide acclaim throughout the eras That reason is in no small part the propagation of taste via culture. > As if some patriarchal conspiracy was forcing classical composers like Mozart and Beethoven down people’s throats... An unsubtle description perhaps, but it does get at the idea of how cultures promote certain work at the expense of others. Yes, there's certainly "forcing…
>Your adulation of those musicians is a direct consequence of your embedding in a cultural context that you seem blissfully unaware of. As someone whose musical taste spans from classical composers to jazz pioneers, from early Chicago house to ceremonial flute music from Indonesia, I can only smirk at your comment. Mozart's sister's talent may have been suppressed, or she might have been content with her life, we wil…
> Mozart's sister's talent may have been suppressed, or she might have been content with her life, we will never know.
Oh yes, we have no possible way of knowing whether women's talent was historically suppressed. It's a mystery for the ages indeed.
Your own comments are a perfect demonstration of the phenomenon you're denying.
> By judging the actions of 18th century Germans, it is in fact you who seem to be unaware of the modern cultural context that you're embedded into. Modern American morals are neither universal, nor ultimate.
I'm not an American. And I suppose I should accept that you're embedded in a deeply sexist culture, and have a vested interest in maintaining that. But really, you could at least be a bit self-aware about it.
> Sweetie
Lol. You're quite the master debater.
Re: Sisters with Transistors
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Your adulation of those musicians is a direct consequence of your embedding in a cultural context that you seem blissfully unaware of. As someone whose musical taste spans from classical composers to jazz pioneers, from early Chicago house to ceremonial flute music from Indonesia, I can only smirk at your comment. Mozart's sister's talent may have been suppressed, or she might have been content with her life, we wil…
> Mozart's sister's talent may have been suppressed, or she might have been content with her life, we will never know. Oh yes, we have no possible way of knowing whether women's talent was historically suppressed. It's a mystery for the ages indeed. Your own comments are a perfect demonstration of the phenomenon you're denying. > By judging the actions of 18th century Germans, it is in fact you who seem to be unaware…
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