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How To Take Responsibility
A Christmas Come-to-Jesus
Dec 23, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak
If She Had a Choice, So Do You
Esther Hwang, the Vancouver Symphony, and the Spinelessness of this Scene
Dec 21, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak
We Can’t Believe You—Yet
Let's End Diversity-Washing in the Classical Music Industry
Dec 8, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak

November 2025

Sunday Round-Up
A test balloon.
Nov 30, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak
No Adult in the Room at ESM
Somebody save them from themselves.
Nov 17, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak
Women Don't Ruin the Workplace. The Workplace Ruins Women.
Lean in and get punched in the face.
Nov 16, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak
All Women
When the world goes dark, the women bring the flashlight.
Nov 6, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak
Three Rules for Combatting Bullshit
The chaos is the point.
Nov 2, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak

October 2025

Slipped Disc On The Witness Stand
Unbelievable. But also not.
Oct 30, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak
Eastman (Finally) Responds
A "self-centered" "saga"
Oct 28, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak
Classical Music Is The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The BSO's cringe response to Katherine Needleman
Oct 26, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak

August 2025

The Parish Faithful
A Field Guide to Spineless Complicity
Aug 25, 2025 • Rebecca Bryant Novak
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