Kiss My Arp...Women In Electronic Music

Women In Electronic Music...................................................(title idea for an article that won't be written probably won't be written)......................................................Googled 'Women in electronic music', saw the Wikipedia page 'List of female electronic musicians' and looked at it...mmm....a few names not recognised....clicked around for samples...wasn't impressed by much I heard......................................

'The Body Electric'....................................another title with a view to writing about the image of women in electronic music and music generally....thinking of the images created by certain women in electronic music who are critically successful..........'sexy'....they can't help 'looking good'...it makes the boys love them even more...catwalk music...why not? Factory Floor fashion avant-garde tangent...

.......the danger in championing anyone simply because of their sex is obvious..........................looked at a site promoting women in electronic music.........it's a matter of taste - yes - should female DJs be applauded just because they're female and playing mediocre Dance Music?...if you love mediocre Dance Music, probably.................a 'joke'........

.....................a 'pioneer' of the 90s?.........Andrea Parker...

 ............the 70s..........Laurie Spiegel...........................

......does Wendy Carlos count?..........................................when did Walter become Wendy, exactly?...

..........if Pierre Henry had changed to Paulette Henry in the 60s, would today's world of women in electronic music look very different?....more women making interesting music?........................is it possible to tell the gender from simply listening?......like the whole world, it's man's domain....except for reception work and school catering..........(insert other job stereotypes here _________ )...............

Why don't women gravitate towards darkness?

Or do they?

Some do.

Because they're not as evil as men?

Because they (insert gender stereotypes here ____________ )

Why aren't they as obsessed by technology and how it works as men?

Is this why more males make electronic music? (too obvious?).............

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