Dr. Jada Watson

If you're curious about how whiteness operates unchecked, look no further than Music City, USA. Almost 20 years of data shows how the country music industry excludes and devalues BIPOC artists (a thread) ⬇️

🏆 Congratulations to Professors Jada Watson and Isabelle Bourgeois for receiving the Knowledge Mobilization Excellence Award for their work on the music industry and community services! 🎶👥 🔗 uottawa.ca/research-innov…

🏆 Félicitations aux professeures Jada Watson et Isabelle Bourgeois qui ont remporté le Prix d'excellence en mobilisation des connaissances pour leurs travaux sur l'industrie de la musique et les services communautaires! 🎶👥 🔗 uottawa.ca/recherche-inno…

With a pathway toward Grammy consideration in either direction, the Recording Academy has created more opportunity in country music — including for Black artists. "And that’s what we’ve been fighting for all along.” @AndreaWillWrite tennessean.com/story/opinion/… via @tennessean

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"With his raised eyebrows and slight chuckle, Shaboozey didn’t just cast doubt on country music’s century-old fiction. He also acknowledged the Black creatives who will never stand at the front of a stage or sing into a mic—but who are important, and influential, all the same."

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@Philstoecker Thank you, Phil!

I don’t know anyone I would be more proud to share a birthday week with than @data_jada. She inspires me everyday and honored to call her a friend. Happy birthday, Jada!

Congratulations @forked_queer! Cannot wait to read this!

Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

@nikostratis and it was really hard to squeeze these kinds of comments into what was otherwise, a celebration of the boost for local economy. There’s so much more to the picture.

@nikostratis That part ⬆️ It gets overlooked. When she first announced the Toronto residency, these were the issues that were top of mind for me. I remember having to do a couple of interviews on the impact on local artists and smaller venues…

lots of talk about how the Taylor Swift tour stop in Toronto boosts local economy, which is true, but would be curious to see a look into what an extended/expensive tour stop from her, plus Springsteen x 2, etc does to make it harder for local cultural events to compete

@nikostratis Preordered! Cannot wait to read it!

the Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, a trans book by trans writer Niko Stratis, available May 2025

@iamHBY @DallasFoodBlog @Slangdini Songs by women peaked at 33% of the charts in 1999. Never occupied more of the charts than that year.

@data_jada @DallasFoodBlog @Slangdini In a modern context, it’s odd considering how many notable women in country there were in the ‘90s, and even the ‘00s to a certain extent.

Anything not pop adjacent is being defunded . When last time you seen a new rock band with label support ? A singer songwriter with a an acoustic ? It’s not just rap

Honored to be part of Louder: The Soundtrack of Change, a documentary produced by @selenagomez & @staceyabrams, celebrating fearless women in music. Premieres Oct 17 on @StreamOnMax #LouderTheSoundtrackOfChange #MaxOriginal