In 2013, Grimes wrote about the systematic sexism in the music industry, from being described as a "waif" to men undermining her abilities. I then made the decision to be careful about the language I use when describing music made by women and the musicians themselves.

This treatment of women in music, this othering, this belittling, is still rampant today. I saw glimpses of it when people were discussing the new album from Phoebe Bridgers last week and I don't think people realise how they let gender effect their critical thinking.

Women in music have to work harder to be seen in the same light as men. Sometimes women don't get to excel within their own genre because they're just tagged as "female" on playlists. Women have their abilities questioned at every turn when men get to coast on very little.

Before you get in there with NOT ALL MEN, obviously I do not mean every single man in music but it's the little things - as well as the big things - that take their toll as a woman working in music.

The music industry is rife with misogyny. I see it in reviews because that's the world I live in but it appears in many forms; women not getting credit for songs they've written/produced, women being dismissed as groupies when they're the main act, women not getting radio play.

It's easy to paint the bad guys as the big corporate men in suits who don't know a thing about music but sometimes it's the good guys and the language they use. Change at the top is sorely needed but the way you view, review and enjoy music by women needs to change too.