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Music History Music Industry 

The Sexist Hell Endured by Female Rockers in the 80s

March 30, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hair Metal, Sexism

For decades, women were told that they couldn’t rock. Sure, there were exceptions–Janis Joplin and Grace Slick come to mind–but

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Music History 

Charli XCX and What It’s Like to be a Woman in Music Today

November 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Charli XCX, Sexism

The music industry has always been an old boys’ club, although it used to be much, much worse than it

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Music News 

A Female Music Fan Wants a Word with Apple’s Jimmy Iovine

November 24, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apple, Jimmy Iovine, Music Discovery, Sexism

There was an Internet dust-up last week when producer and Apple Music dude Jimmy Iovine opined that women found it

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Music History 

Atoning for the Misogyny of Hip Hop

September 2, 2015September 1, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments Hip-hop, Misogyny, Sexism

Hip hop has a number of image problems, one of the worst being its treatment of women. The bitches and

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Music News 

Women Tell Their Music Industry Horror Stories

August 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Pay Inequality, Sexism, Women

For years (decades!) the music industry was exclusively and old boys’ club. That, thankfully, has changed in recent times–it’s sure

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Controversy 

Watch Video of Madonna’s “Cougar Attack” on Drake at Coachella

April 13, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ageism, Drake, Jimmy Page, KISS, Madonna, Sexism

Okay, so it might have been a bit creepy to some.  As Bob Lefsetz put it, Madonna kissing Drake was

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, March 13, 2014

March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bollywood, Croatia, Elbow, Guy Garvey, Johnny Marr, Radio, Rebecca Black, Sexism, SXSW, William Shatner

Some one-line news stories to keep you up to date: There was a terrible accident at SXSW last night when

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