Rae Alexandra and "Unsung Heroines," Part 2 (S8E14)

About this episode

In this episode, Rae Alexandra shares her experiences in the music industry and discusses her new book.

In Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1. We're talking about Mission bars, and I share a story about the backroom at Delirium. Rae brings up similar stories of her own at places like Thee Parkside, and we agree that Parkside owner Malia Spanyol is the best. Rae shares a story that confirms it. She looks back on the years before she got her SSN grateful that Kerrang! allowed her to work. She says and I agree—those jobs don't really exist anymore. The industry itself was misogynistic, but there was also a freedom to the job. They flew her to shows all over the place. And they paid her enough to live in San Francisco. After Rae recounts a couple of specific incidents of mistreatment she got, we go on a sidebar about the music industry specifically and entertainment industry more generally and how riddled with misogyny they are. Rae managed to get out of music journalism, but it took some time and effort. She says that when folks ask her to write about music nowadays, she recoils. Then we talk about Rae's new book. I share how it all came to me, and that originally it was supposed to be a bonus episode where we talked "only" about Unsung Heroines . After reading the book, I…

People in this episode

Host: Storied: San Francisco

Guest: Rae Alexandra

Topics covered

• music industry
• misogyny
• personal stories
• journalism
• book discussion

Keywords

• music journalism
• misogyny
• San Francisco
• Unsung Heroines
• personal stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kerrang!, Delirium, Thee Parkside

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