We all know there are far fewer female DJs than there are male DJs. Not only are we under-represented in festival line-ups, the charts and record label signings but you’re also much less likely to walk into your local club and see a woman behind the decks.
This is nothing new. We’ll be exploring this topic in a lot more detail in coming posts but, for now, here are a few pieces from around the internet on the current state of play of the female DJ:
The reason there aren’t more female DJs
Thump gives us a straight-up reason for why there are fewer of us girl DJs
You don’t know any great female DJs?
Festival line-ups are pretty much male-only
Objectification issue
Pitchfork, via Women Produce Music on dance music’s growing problem with women
What’s it like DJing with heels? (and other insightful questions)
Some examples of inane questions that female DJs get asked
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