If a woman works hard, has a high education, and does everything possible to do
her best, but doesn’t get equal pay, is that really fair? Pay gaps are a form of sexual
discrimination. According to CNN, the gender pay gap can begin even at the interview
stage, when women are offered around $3,000 less than the average man would earn.
Some think that the pay gap is a subconscious decision made during the hiring
process. Others think that experienced women are forced to swap the salaries they
deserve for jobs with flexible working hours because they still are saddled with the
majority of child care responsibilities. Either way, the pay gap between women and men
needs to be put to an end. It is a form of discrimination.
Modernism in Music
By Jordan Holloway
As politics and society continue to age, so does art. Whether it’s theatre, dance,
music, or visual art, all aspects of it have grown, and in a very strange way. If we brought
the greatest artists of the 17th century in a time machine to the present, they would be at
least thoroughly confused if not flat-out disgusted. Music exemplifies this in the best
possible way (other than, perhaps, visual art). Many people embrace the change, while
others are more conservative with their taste. I speak specifically of classical
instrumental music and its development throughout history.
I believe that there is good modernism and bad modernism. Good modernism is
a work of music that strays from the 20th century norms very gradually and artfully.
Bad modernism is a work of music that seems like it exists for a joke, like the
genre-bending “Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra,” which, instead of being an edgy
blend of hip-hop and classical, turned into pure kitsch. Music should have a natural
progression, not an abrupt one, and the mixture of good and bad modernism is
disrupting the natural flow of how people view the
history of music.
An example of a very neatly done transition between
two eras of music is that between the Classical and
Romantic Eras. A transitional composer between these
two periods was none other that Ludwig van
Beethoven, and you do not need to be a well-versed
listener to be able to hear the artful transition that
happens in his works. Early Beethoven works fit well
into the light-hearted and fluffy style of the Classical
Era, whereas late Beethoven pieces fit more into the
dramatic and expressive Romantic Era, where a