There's no question that many more women artists are showing worldwide now than they were when I was a young woman, and that's really great.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come.
There are some strong female performers out there. But the industry's pre-occupation with the packaging of how a woman looks has gone completely the other way, back to almost the 60s, early 70s.
We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars.
Music is art, art is life, and we are who we are, and all of these aforementioned women, unless they should choose not to, will be performing well into the next many decades because they are great artists.
Women's music is underrepresented.
Don't get me wrong, I've seen some very excellent women musicians.
Women artists are still treated differently from men.
Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable.
Frankly, I get sick of being considered a 'young woman filmmaker' rather than an individual artist, as a man would be.
I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.