Written for Kurrent Music
Published November 25th 2015
There’s a lot said recently about what women in the music business are encountering. From sexism, to the double standard of ageism, where men only get sexier with age and women get ugly and are urged to quit.
Charli XCX has spoken out on Twitter on several occasions about how women are being treated in music, especially after a Dutch radio DJ asked her if she was touching herself on air, which deeply insulted her.
Now, Charli XCX is fighting back with “The F Word And Me”, where F stands for feminism.
It’s a 42 minute documentary about being a woman in the music business. During her collaborations and work as a pop star, she tries to find out if feminism has even reached the music business at all.