In the majority of mainstream writing and discussions on music, women appear purely in relation to men as muses, groupies or fangirls, with our own experiences, ideas and arguments dismissed or ignored.
As much celebration as critique, this collection explores the joys, tensions, contradictions and complexities of women loving music however that music may feel about them..
It brings together stories from journalists, critics, musicians and fans about artists or Songs we love (or used to love) despite their questionable or troubling gender politics, and looks at how these issues interact with race, class and sexuality.
Under My Thumb: Songs that hate women and the women Who love them is a study of misogyny in music through the eyes of women.
But this hasn\'t stopped generations of women from loving, being moved by and critically appreciating music, even and sometimes especially when we feel we shouldn\'t.
In the majority of mainstream writing and discussions on music, women appear purely in relation to men as muses, groupies or fangirls, with our own experiences, ideas and arguments dismissed or ignored
