"From then on, the difference became clear. It’s the male band members who don’t take you seriously, and when you get upset with how you’re treated, ask you if you’re menstruating. It’s the promoters and planners who screw you, then call you a diva when you assert yourself. It’s the kids who don’t talk to you after your set, but talk to your male bandmates because they assume you’re only there for show. It’s the people who think you’re sleeping with the guitarist, the people who assume you’re queer, or the journalists who mention your weight in reviews. It’s every single time a producer has told me I can’t play guitar on my own record because “sweetie, you’re not a studio musician” or “sing it again, but naked.”
Mariel Loveland from
Candy Hearts and
Lauren Denitzio from
The Measure [SA] discuss sexism in modern punk rock. For further reading there's Jessica Hopper's classic essay
Emo: Where the Girls Aren’t.
Previously.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn
on Apr 18, 2011 -
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