Dear MTed,

May I humbly suggest that there have *always* been women who had musical aspirations -- and so much unappreciated, ignored and discouraged talent -- that is has always been insane, sick, pathetic, and unfair for them to have been treated thusly.

Even though it saddens me to see so many of the young women who have 'made it' in the larger aspects of the music world demeaned by having to pander to a sexually oriented marketplace, I am heartened to see that at last there is a contingent of women showing the world that they *can* create and perform with the *big boys*.

The next step I would like to see them take is creating and performing on their own terms, not those imposed on them from the outside. Time will tell, though, won't it?

-- Áine