Richard Simmons has not been seen in public for eight years, but he’s not as reclusive as you probably thought.
03.08.2022 - 14:25 / nme.com
Progressing Gender Representation in UK Dance Music report, spearheaded by BBC Radio 1 DJ Jaguar Bingham, found that only 5 per cent of dance hits are by women.It also found that less than one per cent of dance music played on UK radio was made by a female solo artist or all-female band and they were under represented at music festivals.The study analysed 22 festival line-ups from 2018-2022 and found the gender split considerably favoured male artists, with the average percentage of female and non-binary acts comprising just 14 per cent of the line-ups in 2018.According to the report, this has since increased to 28 per cent but women are often relegated to warm-up slots at the bottom of the bill.“You can’t be what you can’t see. And if you look at the line-ups and you’re seeing these headliners and majority of the line-up is men, you’re not going to see yourself represented,” Jaguar told Sky News.“And it’s the same as in hearing tracks on the radio or in streaming or in the charts [which are by non-male artists alone], which is 5 per cent on the charts and 1 per cent in radio, which is so small.
As a radio presenter, that makes me very sad. And if you don’t see yourself in that space, you’re not going to think, ‘Oh, maybe I’ll learn to make house music or get some decks and I’ll learn to DJ’.
What we found in the report is that people don’t feel safe or visible or welcomed.”Additionally, report highlighted the fact that many women feel unsafe in clubs.Jaguar added: “A lot of this job is traveling around late at night on your own, often going to clubs and venues where people are intoxicated. You go to the green room before your set, and there’s often loads of people in their drinking and smoking.“And sexual assault is
.Richard Simmons has not been seen in public for eight years, but he’s not as reclusive as you probably thought.
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