Jewel recalls sexist ‘small penis’ DJ, being belittled by MTV’s Kurt Loder

Singer Jewel is speaking up on the sexism she faced early in her career, including a moment when a DJ inappropriately introduced her on-air by referencing her breast size. “I remember South Carolina, live on-air, ‘Hey, you may have heard me describe my next guest as a large-breasted woman from Alaska. Jewel, how are you?’” the songwriter recalled in a new interview with Stereogum. “I said, ‘You must be the small-penis man I’ve heard so much about from South Carolina.’ Escorted out of the radio station. Like, that was just life. That’s what life was like.” The “You Were meant… Read Full Article