 The more bullbod bitches in the room, the more power we all have. Hey, it's Desi Mother Dog here for Up Rocks. And we're at the third annual Girls' School Festival. We're about to bring gender equality to center stage. Girls' School is a music and ideas festival that is about celebrating, connecting and lifting women identified artists like you, leaders and voices. I guess that's why I got involved, because I feel very strongly that we need women more involved with music. I don't know if you know this, but you're one of a very low percentage of women involved in music. You know, yourself. Yes. We have to change that. And I believe so strongly in it. It makes me crazy. What struggles do you have as a female musician, even after making a big name for yourself? I still encounter sexism in my work almost every day. If I complain about the sound of a hi-hat, somebody will say, can you even hear the hi-hat? To our lawyers not taking my directive without running it past the three male members of my band. I didn't see people like me up on stage, so I didn't think for so long that I was worse than. Look at all these badass women. Like, you belong up there. Like, let's make it happen. I think it's really exciting to think about what would music sound like if it were written by more women, produced by more women. What would a popular song sound like if someone gave women budgets to make that happen? I cannot tell you how many times I've stepped on stage for soundcheck, and the sound guy will say, where's your boyfriend? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Because I can't possibly be the band. Then they have to lecture me to tell me how to use my gear, gear that I've been using for over a decade. It's just so disrespectful. And what if I told you you took out the pimping in me? Another thing I've experienced is, oh, like, you're a good rapper for a girl. Right. And that phrase is like, for a girl. If this is what doing it like a girl is, I'm gonna be proud to do it like a girl. Yeah, absolutely. And we can encourage the younger generations that you're not at a disadvantage to be in this industry as a woman. We have to start with young girls, giving them resources, showing them that they're valued and that they should be up on stage. They belong up on stage. They belong behind a computer. They belong behind a sound board. And I think if men just encourage their partners, their girlfriends, their wives, their mothers, their aunties, their cousins to stand up for themselves and speak up. I would just tell young girls to have an idea. If you have an idea, just go for it. Just do it. And with confidence. With confidence.