As someone aspiring to be a music writer in the early 70s, I care deeply that Jann Wenner set the standards for whose commentary on music could be taken seriously. I still remember paging through an issue of Rolling Stone, a publication I dreamed of writing for, around 1972 or 1973, and seeing not a single woman's byline and no woman on the masthead above the level of secretary except Annie Leibowitz, whom I was distressed to learn later actually DID sleep her way into assignments (she was still wildly talented, though.)
Message: I Care (Or Maybe I Don't)
As someone aspiring to be a music writer in the early 70s, I care deeply that Jann Wenner set the standards for whose commentary on music could be taken seriously. I still remember paging through an issue of Rolling Stone, a publication I dreamed of writing for, around 1972 or 1973, and seeing not a single woman's byline and no woman on the masthead above the level of secretary except Annie Leibowitz, whom I was distressed to learn later actually DID sleep her way into assignments (she was still wildly talented, though.)