Bad Gals Run The Stage: Inequality in the Music Industry | Natalie Nicholas | TEDxPorthtowan Women

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DJ, festival founder, and rave culture advocate, Natalie Nicholas, traces the history of women in DJ culture from its origins in the Black and queer communities of Chicago, New York, and Detroit and asks why so many of those women's contributions have been quietly, systematically erased. She brings that history into the present day, examining the structural barriers including unconscious bias, unpaid domestic labour, the very real cost of online visibility, and how that keeps women off festival stages and out of the rooms where decisions get made. But this talk goes deeper than line-ups and systemic oppression. It reaches back to ancient times when priestesses who played the frame drum not as entertainment, but as spiritual technology. It draws on research into the ritual power of music and collective gathering and presents the idea of the DJ not just as performer but as shaman, guiding the energy of a space, generating awe, connection, and transformation. Natalie Nicholas is a DJ,

Tags: Activism, Community, Empowerment, English, Feminism, Global Issues, Music (topic), Social Change, TEDxTalks, [TEDxEID:65404]