Critical Mass - The Series! Episode 7 - with guest Melanie Spector

Join us for episode 7 with guest Melanie Spector, as we discuss the ongoing conversation about anti-fat bias and discrimination in the opera industry. A huge thanks to Melanie for coming and sharing her story! And a big congrats as she heads out into the world with her newly minted Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music! We can’t wait to see what you do, Melanie!

Melanie is one of the singers who went on the record with Zach Finkelstein about her experience with anti-fat bias and discrimination in the opera industry in the follow-up article in Middle-Class Artist on being fat-shamed in the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus. You can read that article HERE

Content Warning for eating disorders, fatphobia, mental health issue, self-harm, weight bias, and potentially colorful language.