Unsilenced: Women Musicians, Gender-Based Violence, and the Popular Music Industry

2026 PROSE Award Finalist in Music & The Performing Arts

This book explores gender-based violence within the music industry, and how women who have experienced violence represent it in their music.

Using the key case studies of music by Kesha, Lingua Ignota, and Alice Glass, as well as many other examples from across the musical landscape, the book examines how the artists represent their experiences of gender-based violence in their music, lyrics, and music videos; how they narrate and des...