“Last year THUMP’s Zel McCarthy wrote an essay entitled, "EDM Doesn’t Have a
“Last year THUMP’s Zel McCarthy wrote an essay entitled, "EDM Doesn’t Have a Woman Problem, It Has a Straight White Guy Problem.” In it, he outlined many of the issues women in electronic and dance music communities worldwide face, including sexism, racism, and homophobia. While there’s been plenty of discussions about what can be done to correct gender imbalance—whether that be with festival lineups, club bookings, or largely, positions of industry power typically only granted to white, hetero males—there’s plenty of systemic changes to address.“Read More: https://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/three-female-canadian-djs-discuss-gender-inequality-in-the-dance-world -- source link