> From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 09:50:04 -0700 (PDT) > > Marin Alsop hates it > > https://www.rogerebert.com/features/how-the-world-of-classical-music-has-responded-to-tr > > Lydia announces: “Don’t be so eager to be offended. The narcissism > of small differences leads to the most boring kind of conformity.” > ) I like this quote, very Gen X and before I think) I think no matter who the female protagonist was, somebody would've been offended. The protagonist would have had to be a woman in order for this story to work. Maybe the protagonist could've had another more popular vocation, 'tho, and that might still have worked -- perhaps president of a university or something, and that could've offended fewer people.