Double standards in how we treat female creators

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Push(back) at the Intersections: Sluts, Bores, Attention Whores: How We Talk About Female Creators

There’s a fascinating double-edged sword that comes out of the sheath when it comes to talking about women creators.

On the one hand, there’s an attitude that we should unreservedly support female artists. That they deserve a pass on some things because they are trying to make it in a difficult industry, and that it’s antifeminist to criticize female creators at all. Consumers should look for the intent, they argue, should consider the context, shouldn’t have such unreasonably high standards. MORE

Introducing Clinical Trials

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Can you tell my fav instrument is the guitar?

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Clinical Trials is a Rock/Electro/Grunge outfit led by Somer Bingham, with Dan LeMunyan on drums, AJ Annunziata on bass, and Ino Aksentiev on synths and keys.MORE That info may be out of date, as their myspace and their recent Kickstarter reference Somer Bingham and new drummer Cici Harrison, for an all female duo.

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Here's their appeal to raise cash for an album.

Jukebox Heroines Mission Statement

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On Being a “Female, Chic, Woman, Girl, Grrrl and Lady” Musician

So, as many of you may have noticed, I use some labels a lot on my blog relating to gender.Relating to the female gender that is. This is a women in music blog. I use terms like “Female Guitarist, Chic Singer, Grrrl Band, Woman Artists” but not in the ways you may think. I am VERY aware that these labels are used to point out the anomaly that is women in music, the fact that “musician, guitarist, singer, band” all are normally coded as male, man, and masculine. It is the same with other professions. Doctors, lawyers, and soldiers are coded as male, where as nurses, secretaries and dental assistants are coded as female. That is why many must say “Lady Doctor, or Male Nurse.” It is because we assume one gender over another, and therefore must point out the difference, hence in some ways policing those who do not fit the “norm.” It is one of those horrible results of androcentrism. We gender everything, including jobs, including instruments, including music. However, usually what ends up happening is “female” means “deficient,” “lacking,” “less than.” Well, I am here to change that.MORE

Meet Paz Lenchantin

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From Wikipedia:

Paz Lenchantin (born in Mar del Plata, Argentina) is an American musician of Armenian and French ancestry. She came to Los Angeles, California with her family at the age of four.

Lenchantin speaks fluent Spanish and English. She began playing piano at age five. She then took violin lessons at age eight and taught herself how to play guitar at age twelve. Her sister, Ana is a musician and a frequent collaborator. She and her late brother Luciano Lenchantin also collaborated frequently.

She is most well-known as one of the original members of A Perfect Circle, playing bass guitar and violin:

Paz's more recent efforts include her roles as bassist, violinist, vocalist and producer in Entrance: