www.vulture.com: On Sunday, singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton watched the Grammys for the first time in years, hoping for improvement. As the night slogged on, though, she saw Alessia Cara become the lone woman to get a top award, while only 17 women or women-fronted acts won the night’s 86 trophies. Then came the single vocal acknowledgment that the music industry also has a #MeToo problem, with a performance from Kesha. Meanwhile, Lorde, the only woman up for Album of the Year, was reportedly denied her chance to perform alone. Immediately following the glaringly uneven night, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow inflicted another blow when he posited backstage that women were perhaps to blame for their underrepresentation, saying they need to “step up” if they want to be included.
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Vanessa Carlton was one of my favorite artists when I was younger so I'm glad to know they're the type of person who really takes action and sticks up for people. I completely agree with them when they say that the Grammy's are a cold and corporate environment. Not only do they push out women but they also push out every other marginalized group of people. It took so long for a black person to win the Album of the Year, after Beyonce a black woman was snubbed twice for brilliant concept albums. Black people and women need more space at award shows. Only with people like Vanessa Carlton who demand space and the resignations of the bad entities in the industry can demand the change that is needed.
We need more people to actually organize in the slew of people who are coming forward about things right now. We are on the way to actual change assuming that all of this energy can go into and that greatly excites me.
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