Talk:Women's music

Women's literature
"Women's literature" as an area of study

(I am posting this message on the discussion pages of several likely articles and lists; sorry for the cross-posting):

I'd like to invite anyone interested in women's cultural production to read and comment on a draft article, " Women's literature in English." It began in response to the recent removal of " Woman Writers" as a category. It's close to being finished, but a few more eyes would be really helpful. Thanks! scribblingwoman 16:07, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I think something should be made of the apparent fact that "women's music" barely exists in the popular lexicon anymore, if it ever did, which is why (I assume) there's no mention here of Lilith Fair, Riot Grrrl, or Ladyfest. When did the concept fall out of vogue? I'd never even heard of it until I came across this entry, and I've been going to lesbian/feminist events for much of my 37 years. -- Pete Scholtes April, 2007

Must there always be the addition of alternative spelling of the word 'women' in articles concerning women's movements? I really do find it ridiculous and slightly embarrassing, and I know I'm not the only girl who thinks so. -Mog 01/6/2009


 * One aspect of the early 70s women's movement was to take back language and those alternative spellings came from that school of thought. This was an era that insisted that "mankind" included everyone, including women; women should go by their married title, including their husband's first name when addressed as a Mrs.; and grown women were referred to as "girls." So while the alternate spellings might seem ridiculous today, at the time they were a defiant act of language acquisition by women who didn't want to be ignored. It was the "language is power" movement and it doesn't get a lot of attention today in a world full of congress members, postal workers, flight attendants, and other titles no longer gender specific (thanks to the women's movement). --Utilizer (talk) 04:14, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

no female 60s groups?
there were girl groups galore - the supremes, for example. women were important contributors in the hippie movement (mamas & papas, joni mitchell) and the rock movement (jefferson airplane, janis joplin). they were present in pop music - nancy sinatra. they were important in session work (carol kaye, delia derbyshire). and it's not like women jazz singers, like billie holiday, weren't popular, either. seems like a strange way to open the article.


 * I've added these examples to Women's_music as a note. (my edit)
 * I don't know much about the US music scene, so if others can add more examples or further review this article, that would be good. Gronky (talk) 07:03, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

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