Sonja Eismann
Candy Girls – Sexismus in der Musikindustrie
Book premiere
Moderation: Penelope Braune
- Dialogue
German /
60 mins.
Young women and their bodies – naturally beautiful, youthful, sexy – are the raw material from which the music industry is made. They are fetishised or degraded in song lyrics and serve as a projection screen on stage. Female fans are regarded as a screaming mob or mindless groupies, and when a woman performs as an artist, she is first and foremost a woman and only then a musician.
In a mixture of analysis and reckoning that is as angry as it is instructive, Sonja Eismann shows how deeply sexism and ageism are ingrained in the music industry, and how abuse and paedosexuality are accepted in almost all scenes. She writes about the apparent impossibility of ageing gracefully, about sexist music journalism, absurd body standards, femicide in song lyrics – and, of course, about examples of self-confident appropriation, resistance and angry middle fingers raised against the music patriarchy.
At HAU, the co-founder of the successful Missy Magazine will now present her new book and engage in conversation with musicologist Penelope Braune (HU Berlin).
Dates
Past
Credits
An event by HAU Hebbel am Ufer. In cooperation with Edition Nautilus.
Presented by: ByteFM.
Location
HAU3
Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 BerlinHAU3 unfortunately is not barrier-free. Access to the theatre is via a stairwell (3rd floor). If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or email us at tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
