Two and a Mic - The Social Podcast
Jul 20, 2026 · 45 min · 10 segments
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I always find it interesting because in my mind, and this is perhaps because of people like you, the Berlin techno scene is, in my mind, very progressive, very welcoming, very protective of LGBTQ women and understanding of perhaps the need to fight back against the patriarchal system.
And when you say things like it wasn't really so prevalent on the scene, in that particular music scene, that there was a need for this.
Do you think there's still a need for that? And I don't mean that in a sense that, okay, we've done that now, let's move on.
As in, is there, would you say now, a steady representation of that side of society? Or do you think it's never enough?
I would say it's never enough.
As long as you live in a patriarchy system, which we do, it's pretty much, or it's a lot of work to get good representation.
Like if you're a queer person or a flinta person or a minority group, let's say.
So it's an ongoing work.
It needs a lot of energy.
It needs a lot of work and it's never enough.
So you can't, I don't think that we can reach a point where we can say, Now these groups are represented enough, you know, because because of the way that our community, our communities are shaped and the way that we get our education from the communities and the way we grew up as men or as women or as whatever we are, you know.
So, no, I don't think it's getting better.
It was worse.
It's getting better in some points.
But it's still way, way, way far from perfect.
I don't think as long as we live in this kind of system, let's say, it's not going to be perfect.
I always find it interesting because in my mind, and this is perhaps because of people like you, the Berlin techno scene is, in my mind, very progressive, very welcoming, very protective of LGBTQ women and understanding of perhaps the need to fight back against the patriarchal system.
And when you say things like it wasn't really so prevalent on the scene, in that particular music scene, that there was a need for this.
Do you think there's still a need for that? And I don't mean that in a sense that, okay, we've done that now, let's move on.
As in, is there, would you say now, a steady representation of that side of society? Or do you think it's never enough?
I would say it's never enough.
As long as you live in a patriarchy system, which we do, it's pretty much, or it's a lot of work to get good representation.
Like if you're a queer person or a flinta person or a minority group, let's say.
So it's an ongoing work.
It needs a lot of energy.
It needs a lot of work and it's never enough.
So you can't, I don't think that we can reach a point where we can say, Now these groups are represented enough, you know, because because of the way that our community, our communities are shaped and the way that we get our education from the communities and the way we grew up as men or as women or as whatever we are, you know.
So, no, I don't think it's getting better.
It was worse.
It's getting better in some points.
But it's still way, way, way far from perfect.
I don't think as long as we live in this kind of system, let's say, it's not going to be perfect.
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