You Never Heard of Fanny?
May 26, 2011 by June Millington · 21 Comments
It’s not really possible to talk about women in rock without bringing up my band, Fanny, but people do. Even the newly opened “Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power” exhibit at ...Read More
Beyonce: Girls Run the World (Cue the Apocalypse!)
May 20, 2011 by Janell Hobson · 20 Comments
I’ve been an admirer of Beyonce since her Destiny’s Child days and always appreciated that group’s “girl power” anthems (think “Bills, Bills, Bills,” “Independent ...Read More
We Know Women Rock–Tell Us Something New
May 12, 2011 by Audrey Bilger · 15 Comments
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has a reputation for being a boys club. Since 1986, when its first annual list of inductees consisted of men only, women have been snubbed three additional ...Read More
JD Samson Talks about MEN and All-Gendered Bodies
April 26, 2011 by Erica Meiners · Leave a Comment
Fresh from the Coachella music festival, where she played songs from her debut album with the trio MEN, Talk About Body, JD Samson is back in New York, and it is her first conversation of the day. ...Read More
Pop’s Diva Daughter as Primal Mother
March 3, 2011 by Aviva Dove-Viebahn · 9 Comments
I’ve been looking forward to the music video of Lady Gaga’s much-hyped single “Born This Way” for several weeks, so, when it premiered Sunday on Vevo I really wanted to love ...Read More
Can’t Stop the Women of Hip-Hop
February 24, 2011 by Janell Hobson · 4 Comments
My awakening to black feminist thought came in 1989 when Queen Latifah, with British rapper Monie Love, rapped about “Ladies First” and opened the music video for this powerful track with ...Read More
We Heart Esperanza Spalding–But Not How the Grammys Presented Her
February 14, 2011 by Michele Kort · 4 Comments
Perhaps the biggest surprise at the unsurprisingly bombastic Grammy Awards last night was the Best New Artist. No, the winner wasn’t tween heartthrob Justin Bieber (whose loss caused an online ...Read More
Last-Minute Xmas Downloads: Sisters Doin’ It For Themselves
December 24, 2010 by Michele Kort · 1 Comment
Need some perfect season-greeting music for Christmas Eve and Day? You can’t go wrong with two excellent new albums by fiercely independent, iconic women artists–Annie Lennox’s A ...Read More
Injecting F-Words Into Music with Kate Nash
December 6, 2010 by Eva McKend · 5 Comments
A proud feminist who views her music as an art form that can change young people’s lives, British singer/songwriter Kate Nash prides herself on redefining sexy. “Real sexiness is about confidence, ...Read More
Gaga’s Meaty Protest
September 28, 2010 by Amanda Montei · 9 Comments
It didn’t take long for fashion and food columnists alike to churn out their reactions to what may be Lady’s Gaga most infamous fashion choice yet: an outfit made entirely of raw meat. Gaga accepted ...Read More
