Ways to Interrupt the Patriarchy in Music: Fighting for 50/50
Nov 1 · 10 min read
Read a FB update by Brittney Cooper yesterday about how often feminist avoids calling the patriarchy “the patriarchy”. She rarely sees the word used in even the best feminist theory and texts in her grad seminar.
I’m guilty. Even though one of the first readings in my undergrad course focused on sexism in music on YouTube this semester was a bell hooks piece titled Understanding Patriarchy, I’ve not used the term with any frequency such that it is recognized much in our conversations. And I’m a firm believer in its invisible…

