Special Event?
Special event, special issue….. why is the thought of women in rock considered only in the case of a special event or magazine issue, is it that hard to acknowledge that women ARE apart of the rock industry and they aren’t going anywhere, they have made their mark well and truly since the 60’s that’s over 40 years ago and they are still trying to prove themselves.
Any way why I’m writing this is because I read an artical about a “Women in Rock” festival been held at Yale university, they are holding the event to try and decrease the inequality in the rock scene of the university. ”The festival should help to interrupt the monotony of Yale’s music scene, introducing new and talented women to a larger segment of the student body.”
The article also touches on the reasons for the under-representation and lack of women in rock. For boys they often form bands in high school with friends, girls rarely follow suit. Thus the university scene, “suffers from an extension of this teenage mentality.” Another reason there is an absence of women in rock at Yale is because women think it is apart of our culture to not be involved in this world. It is crazy that women sub consciously think they should not be apart of something that is dominated by males, this problem is the fault of male dominated history.
“The Yale Women in Rock Festival seeks to take a small step toward giving a musical voice to women.” I think it is great that people are trying to give women in rock a voice but its only a chance that unfortunately seems very selective.
Lauren
