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Music Critic Hopes Conversation Leads To Change
Music critic Jessica Hopper recently started a social media conversation about how women and other marginalized groups have been discouraged in their pursuits in the music industry. Hopper will be in Champaign-Urbana for this weekend's Pygmalion Festival. She spoke with Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline about how that conversation started, and where she hopes it could lead.