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Hi there. At the GRCA Europe Conference in Sweden we met two members of Icelandic band Boogie Trouble, the bassist and singer. They are also team members of Iceland's Stelpur Rokka camp. It was really cool to meet them and hear about what they do in Iceland! Today they posted a cover of Toxic...

Hi there! We are doing lots of preparation work first, as we want it to be sustainable and long term, so haven't made any decisions about the age range yet!

Hi everyone, So, a bunch of us (5 of us) visited Sweden last week to learn more about setting up the music camp in Ireland / for the first GRCA (Girls Rock Camp Alliance) Europe, which took place in Skane near Malmo in the south of Sweden. We met up with feminist music activists from Iceland...

Hi Jill, thanks for your input. I did not insinuate the any female musicians that played were tokens. Personally, I feel the opposite - if the numbers are stacked against female musicians, they are less likely to get booked etc. So the ones that did make it on stage must have something special...

Hi everyone! I don't have time today to respond to some interesting points but just wanted to post this, with regards to sexism across different art forms, here is josie long being eloquent as usual: Scientician, if you want to count gender balance across different genres, be my guest :-) I...

You're right, it's on our facebook page. So the stuff you posted isn't even on the tumblr biog. If it's political to say that all people should have equal access to making music, and that social structures prevent them from doing so, then call me assata shakur! As for unqualified statistics...

oh come on. that's not even in the biog on the tumblr. this is: Girls Rock Camp Ireland wants to empower women* and girls* to discover their musical and artistic possibilities. ✓ Form Bands ✓ Write Songs ✓ Rock Out ✓

thanks hugh, i appreciate your patience :-) Especially the point that girls and women do go to gigs and are interested in music. Everyone should read that again, because that is the crux of the issue. washingcattle, I might remind you that this is our biog and ask you to refrain from picking...

Okay let me try one last time. I've actually spent some time writing this out and trying to make it really clear so here goes: Tokenism is defined as less than 15%. Under this number the token member of a discriminated group is forced to always be representing their group. So when you claim...

Hi everyone! I'm not going to comment on everything written here, because it's not my responsibility to educate you all. IFF, a person who has transitioned to their gender identity as a man is wholly male. I didn't write cis-men, but "men". I think it's safe to assume these includes trans-men...

@Mormen Nailor Tokenism tends to be less than 15%. Are you even aware of the concept of tokenism??? Honestly, you should take some time to read about it. Or you know, just stop talking. Please don't use transphobic language such as "hermaphrodites". If you don't know why this is transphobic...

*quit derailing the thread*

http://www.youreonlymassive.com/gender-crawl/

Such happy News! Congrats you two!