At 02:01 PM 9/18/95 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 11 lines Although there are not nearly as many female techno artists as there>
>Although there are not nearly as many female techno artists as there
>could be, there are at least a few. DJ Rap makes great, deep jungle,
>the late Lee Newman was one half of one of the most innovative techno /
>dance industrial groups ever (GTO / Greather Than One / John & Julie /
>Tricky Disco), and Chelsea Grin makes deep headfuck weirdness. Not to
>mention K. Hand, deep house mistress from Detroit.
>
>yrz,
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This is something that has concerned me for a while now. Though there are a
few female artists, artists, and DJs, I don't think the ratios in electronic
music in general are any more inclusive than rock or punk. Ironically,
stereotypically misogynist and sexist forms like country and rap have
histories of active female participation. And in rock and punk the female
participants are relegated to sideline functions or token acts (eg Go Gos,
Hole, Runaways) that do nothing to facilitate increased female participation
in the future. The doors to women close pretty rapidly after letting through
the current crop of guilt reducers. Instead of discussing these individual
artists as reasons to not do anything about it, maybe the thing to do is to
ponder why female presence in techno is so easy to forget about. I don't see
ANY women (that I know of), posting to idm, 313, breaks or even the ambient
lists. There are plenty of women with computers and modems and email
addresses so those disparities can be eliminated, which leaves the music and
its members and scenes. I think women could add some unforeseen and
valuable aspects to electronic music. What is going on here?
eh
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