The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Woman Problem by Evelyn McDonnell

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“Ultimately, the Rock Hall is about money, not history. That’s why Madonna and Axl fit right in, and Iggy Pop and Joan Jett don’t. And that’s also why the exclusion of women matters. Women could just follow Johnny Rotten’s lead and say, “Fuck your club, we don’t care if we get in or not.” But being selected pumps up record sales, as a recent New York Times article noted. And getting paid is a feminist issue.”

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   Not a huge Joan Jett fan myself, but...wonder if she’s used here as an example because she...

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   I have a lot of weird feelings about articles like this. I mean, yeah, women are consistently underrepresented (if not...

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