Sexism Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The Sexist Hell Endured by Female Rockers in the 80s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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