How to disappear (almost) completely

Over at zed equals zee proper, I discuss how there are a small number of artists who’ve decided to make themselves inaccessible online, using a variety of approaches. Some pick unGoogleable names. Some hide behind Unicode characters. Some pick names that will deliberately be confused with other bands. Read more about strategies for obscurity: How to disappear (almost) completely

A lost generation of female artists?

Top 40 female artists are hot, in an idealized, airbrushed way. Top 40 male artists, on the other hand, are occasionally hot, but are frequently fugly.

Over on zed equals zee proper, a short essay examining the disparity, and some optimism for a future world in which female artists don’t have to conform to record-company-executive ideals of beauty.

Women in music: the lost generation