From: nethed (nethed@ninjatune.net)
Date: Mon Sep 09 2002 - 17:15:05 CEST
Pretty interesting the writer picked DJ Rap (the UK dj I presume) who used
to be a model to interview.
I'm not familiar with the other DJ (I've been djing for almost 20
years now off and on)...
There are lots of women dj's out there & I've never been booked
because of my looks but cause I got more records than most people.
End of.
nH
At 12:52 pm -0700 6/9/02, Mort, Jessica wrote:
>Maybe I'm just feeling a bit feisty today...
>
>
>I'm all fired up from this article in the Calendar section of the LATimes
>published yesterday entitled, "Hey, Ms. DJ", written by a *Mr* Steve Baltin
>. http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-wk-cover5sep05.story
>The article interviews DJ Rap and DJ Colette predominately. It starts off
>promising- DJing used to be a man's world, but these women are mixing it up.
>Female DJs are becoming established with growing popularity. Men sometimes
>look stagnant on stage with the occasional fist pumping (I can't shake Luke
>Slater out of my head) whereas women use their bodies and the crowd feeds in
>their energy. These women have proved their skills behind the decks and
>their not some little cute girl playing with electronics. Some women have
>relied on their sex appeal resulting in a backlash of incredibility to
>others.
>
>Ironically enough, in an article that is (supposed to) promoting women DJs,
>Rap and Colette explain that they are fed up with all the focus on gender.
>"There are a ton of women DJs now; Get over it" Rap says. True, true; but
>I'm still stoked to hear great music and solid mixing from a woman DJ just
>like I'm impressed with a guy that can shake his bootay.
>
>All the sudden, there's an emphasis on how Colette has, oh my god, OTHER
>INTERESTS (gasp). Art, photography, reading, and.......BABY FEVER. I'm not
>reading this article because I want to know the 27 year old DJ Colette has
>baby fever. But the article gets worse. Baltin states that promotors are
>booking women because because they have a "built-in" audience. Men want to
>watch attractive women, and women want to be supportive. But then "reverse
>sexism takes effect" and the female DJ feel it diminishes them. And,
>instead of wrapping up the article with something intelligent, Baltin vomits
>up (as if this is why he took the article) a NY DJ Penelope Tuesdae who goes
>topless during her sets. Baltin comments, "She is not the only one, though
>she is the best known. Though she even ADMITS in an interview with Orlando
>Weekly, "I have to back it up with skills"". So Penelope Tuesdae backs her
>rack with her admitted secondary skill. OK then, she's justified. I don't
>know whose more annoying, the author or this topless "DJ".
>
>
>Jessica
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