, the "Femme It Forward Presents: Surviving, Thriving and Flipping the Script in a Male Dominated Industry" panel tackled whether or not attitudes towards women have changed in the music industry over the years.. "There are certain reckonings that are happening right now, but as far as a change in the actual music industry, hell no. I have not seen a change.”
Commenting on the panel of women, Madeira added: “This is what I needed when I was younger. To see strong women supporting women to mentor and to know that that was possible, because we didn’t have a script. We just did it.”Ebonie Ward“We are the new generation. One thing we could do better at is real mentorship,” said Ward. “Right now is the year of the woman. With the #MeToo movement, everyone wants a woman in the room, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they want everyone to speak.
“I see both men and women have come from an ecosystem that is abusive and then they put that into practice when it's their time to ascend to power in both film and TV and in the music business,” said Quesada. “For men, it manifests in anger and it manifests in frustration. The ability to have a conversation with your team when appropriate and then internally examine why these are symptoms that you’re still expressing and exuding I think is part of it.