Fierce Promotes Belle Butler

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Belle Butler is a singer-songwriter from the Blue Mountains NSW Australia Her indie-folk-pop songs are raw and real Belle spent much of the twenty-teens playing Sydney gigs and writing songs but ultimately intimidated by big egos in a male-dominated music industry she took a step back Her new single I Am She marks a personal shift and reflects a nation-wide cultural shift – the refusal of women to continue to stay silent I Am She is Belle s response to her own and witnessed experiences of misogyny and gender-based discrimination violence and abuse I Am She which was produced and mixed by Anna Laverty is equally devastating and empowering and echoes the frustration anger sadness and strength of women currently demanding respect and change The song is one part of a larger project – Project I Am She – a photo-narrative containing portraits of women and their personal stories of misogyny and gender-based abuse The project aims to highlight the everyday every-women nature of the problem and to give women a platform to speak up about their experiences You can visit the project at Belle s website www bellebutler com au Click here to visit this podcast episode