#jessicahopper

[woodesmusic]

One of the best (& most moving, brave and vulnerable) things I saw at BIGSOUND this year. Jessica Hopper (Of Pitchfork music)'s speech on women in the music industry. Jessica offers some solutions and some harrowing stories on an extremely important issue.

If you work in the industry, male or female I recommend you put aside a bit of time to watch/listen to this. Inspire change, speak up.

"When women tell you their experiences, believe them"

[morganedewey]

THE FIRST COLLECTION OF CRITICISM BY A LIVING FEMALE ROCK CRITIC

[featherproofbooks]

More than that, Hopper remains one of the sharpest and most fiery writers working today, filling column inches with deeply felt and unabashedly feminist stories and reviews of small noise-punk bands like Coughs and arena-ready superstars like Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift. She's also one of the most fearless critics out there, as noted by her work covering the controversy surrounding R. Kelly and, in one of the key pieces in this book, "Emo: Where the Girls Aren't," the sexism she witnessed in her hometown punk scene.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/this-is-it/Content?oid=15624070

[featherproofbooks]

She's [Jessica Hopper] since become one of the most essential music critics of the 21st century.

http://dcist.com/2015/05/dcist_interview_jessica_hopper.php

Read an interview with Jessica Hopper: A Living Female Rock Critic. 

[featherproofbooks]

I was writing this basically for the girls I worked with at Rookie! That it’s also resonating with young dudes who write about rap, and blackness and the modern age and we’re getting outside the punk rock radical feminist cloister is…it’s all gravy.

Jessica Hopper, on her criticism

http://thehairpin.com/2015/05/rough-around-the-edges-an-interview-with-jessica-hopper

[featherproofbooks]

I feel like I’m watching some science film where something decomposes and mushrooms grow out of it.

Jessica Hopper in The Hairpin interview on women, music, and audience

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[featherproofbooks]

Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets, Brookland, presents Jessica Hopper, reading from her book

Rock Critic JESSICA HOPPER will be in conversation with Pop music Critic Chris Richards TONIGHT, Wednesday May 13th @ 6:30PM

Busboys and Poets : 625 Monroe St., New England!

This event is hosted by Politics & Prose.

And it's FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

https://www.facebook.com/events/1424169237892977/