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Bring back live music but don’t bring back sexual harassment at gigs

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic incidents of sexual harassment and violence at live music events were regularly flagged up by music fans…

22 min readApr 2, 2021

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Bring back live music but don’t bring back sexual harassment at gigs

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Cazz Blase

A love letter to BBC Radio 4Extra

The BBC launched its digital radio station BBC7, later 4Extra, in 2002. Now it plans to close it

6 min readJul 18, 2022

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A love letter to BBC Radio 4Extra

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Cazz Blase

Save Our Ladies

A long awaited adaptation of Alan Warner’s much loved novel, director Michael Caton-Jones’ Our Ladies, has fallen off the UK film release…

6 min readJan 31, 2021

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Save Our Ladies

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Cazz Blase

Florence + The Punk Women

I never thought that my two musical worlds would collide but, in summer 2019, they did

20 min readJan 1, 2020

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Florence + The Punk Women

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Cazz Blase

You do have the power

US musician and activist Shawna Potter is on a mission to make spaces safer and empower the general public to challenge street harassment

5 min readDec 20, 2019

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You do have the power

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Cazz Blase

Why achieving gender equality at music festivals means looking beyond the main stage

Debate about the lack of female headliners at music festivals is becoming an annual event. To see real progress the music industry and…

10 min readSep 4, 2019

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Why achieving gender equality at music festivals means looking beyond the main stage

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Cazz Blase

Cinema’s women and music problem

Cinema has a dubious reputation when it comes to sympathetic portrayals of women in music

8 min readJul 12, 2019

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Cinema’s women and music problem

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Cazz Blase

How I unwittingly made an analogue podcast in 1996

Podcasting might seem like a firmly 21st Century phenomenon, but it’s origins lie much further back than that

5 min readMar 27, 2019

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How I unwittingly made an analogue podcast in 1996

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Cazz Blase

My rent costs less than a train ticket to London

At the time of writing, the cost of an Anytime Open Return train ticket from Stockport to London Euston is £338*. It is due to rise…

6 min readJan 1, 2019

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Cazz Blase

A lyrical history of Girl Power

The Spice Girls may have disowned the phrase Girl Power in 2018, but they have never been it’s sole custodians. The lyrical origins of the…

7 min readDec 28, 2018

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A lyrical history of Girl Power

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Cazz Blase

Cazz Blase

Cazz Blase is a freelance journalist, writer and blogger based in the UK. Her specialisms are public transport and women and music.

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