A book with the very provocative title of, Under My Thumb: The Songs that Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them, came across our desk here at the Women’s Podcast recently. It is a study of misogyny in music through the eyes of women and it is full of insightful and thought-provoking essays by female writers and music fans, speaking about the musicians or songs that they have loved, despite the problematic messaging in their lyrics. Our co-producer Jennifer Ryan spoke to the editors of the book, Eli Davies and Rhian E. Jones, about why, even though some of their favourite songs appear to hate women, they can keep on dancing anyway...but on their own terms.

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