Why we must stop dancing to the sound of our own oppression

So often,

I'll take a fitness class,

or I'll go to a music venue,

or really anywhere that plays
music in the background,

and I'll find myself loving the rhythms

and the melodies and the beats,

and then I take a second
to listen to the lyrics,

lyrics that, for example,
place us in a position of subservience

that we would never tolerate
in any other context.

And I'm aghast at the degree to which
we normalize sexism in our culture.

I listen to this music and I'm like,

I don't want to have to turn up
to the sound of my own oppression.

You know, music is one of
the most powerful forms of communication,

because it has the potential
to either uplift or oppress.

Music caters to the emotions.
Music caters to the soul.

Music opens up our soul.

It opens up our channels
to receive information

about somebody else's walk of life,

to inform our own ??.

And while I have no problem
with male fantasy,

what I do have a problem with

is that according to a recent study,
only 2.6 percent of all music producers

identify as women.

That means an even smaller percentage
identify as trans or gender nonconforming.