The only thing that should be on your mind when you’re off out clubbing is fun – having a great time and forgetting your worries. But for too many people that’s not the case – in 2021 a whopping 86% of women reported experiencing sexual harassment in public places with even higher rates for transgender …
Last Friday wonderful ‘critical music’ journalist Anu Shukla from Resident Advisor ran a story on the In the Key of She Producer Directory – a database of 250+ artists who identify as female, trans or non-binary that Alex Wright and I have been putting together over the past few months. One of the first findings …
Leaving ‘identities’ out of electronic music is not an option: Here’s why Read More »
Unheard is Eve Horne’s campaign to forge solidarity among womxn in the music industry, raising money to help girls and womxn from disadvantaged backgrounds get educated in music production. At the same time, the striking black on white t-shirt based campaign is raising more awareness of the stark gender imbalance across the music industry, as the …
On Tuesday June 2nd 2020, the music industry pressed pause on their everyday activities to devote the day to education and reflection about how black, indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC) are systematically oppressed by white supremacy on a daily basis, all over the world. Prompted by the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA, …
9 things I learned about white privilege on Black Out Tuesday Read More »
Last week I gave my inaugural lecture as a Professor at the University of Portsmouth. I was speaking on ‘Doing what you Love: the aesthetics of 21st century work motivation’ and the talk was inspired by what I’ve learned through ‘In the Key of She’ about the importance of love as the driving force behind …
