Of the 749 inducted members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, only about 50 of them are women. If you’re sick of the largely male dominated perspective of the Rock and Roll narrative then you’re not alone.
Top mates Isabella Trimboli and Juliette Younger have taken it upon themselves to speak to the underrepresentation and exclusion of women in music media and culture, co-founding women-only rock publication Gusher, running a Pozible campaign to drum up funding to print their first issue.
Despite their status as full-time uni students the pair have still found time to establish the mag themselves, believing it to be a seriously worthwhile cause.
Younger explains that “Rock culture still has a boys’ club mentality – this outdated idea that women aren’t serious consumers of music. We want to help stamp out this fallacy and promote and encourage women to talk about the music they love”.
Impassioned by the cause a slew of prominent female writers and artists have leant their name, work or keyboard to the first issue, including writers from The New Yorker, Vice, The Age, The Financial Review and The Guardian.
Featuring rock criticism, essays, interviews as well as art by women in the international music community Gusher is clearly bursting at the seems with great content. The only difference between Gusher and your classic street press is the focus on diverse voices, including those who identify as trans or non-binary.
Gusher is an independent publication, made DIY punk style like the zines of old. Uni students as they are the founders would never be able to fund the projects printing, but with your help they might just be in with a chance.
Head over to their Pozible campaign to pick up an issue for a measly 25 bucks or keep in touch with all things Gusher on Facebook.
