After the Grammys, it may be Time's Up for the music industry
And now it's the Grammys' turn.
So far, the Recording Academy has largely avoided the sort of criticism over lack of diversity that's been leveled at the Oscars. But hours after men swept all but one of the categories given out on live television, #GrammysSoMale was trending.
Kesha's impassioned performance of "Praying" was certainly the highlight of this year's Grammys, but the audience's emotional response to the anthem of female-empowerment appeared to be skin-deep when the song lost to Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" for pop solo performance.
Indeed, of the 84 Grammy categories handed out Sunday only a dozen or so went to women or acts co-led by women, which is pretty much in keeping with the damning research paper
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