Despite being the very public face of the Australian music industry’s MeToo movement, singer Jaguar Jonze still feels gagged by the country’s onerous defamation laws | nathanaelcooper
to speak about her experience and the toxic culture in Australian music. Earlier this year, she won a Women In Music changemaker award for her advocacy for making the industry safer to work in. However, on the latest episode of, Jonze, whose real name is Deena Lynch, said she still feels she hasn’t been able to fully tell her story.
“The defamation laws in this country really let me share my story,” she said. “No one’s been identified, and no details are out there. I’m still gagged, and no one knows who I’m talking about or which perpetrators really hurt me and gave themselves access to my body when I said no.” Despite feeling unable to publicly detail her sexual assault, the Brisbane-based singer has not shied away from speaking about the toxic culture in the Australian music scene and the revolution taking place that has seen a number of senior executives leave their roles, including Sony Music boss Denis Handlin, who was fired in June last year.
“I have to keep trying to fight for my place in Australia, and to be appreciated, not just for the advocacy value that I bring for others, but the cultural value that I bring, and how hard I have to work to get the same opportunity as someone else next to me,” she said. “It’s exhausting and I’m definitely feeling the glass ceiling, being a woman and the bamboo ceiling for being a person of colour.
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