Laura McLaren is a Ph.D. student in musicology at the University of Toronto. Her research interests are in popular music, feminist theory, music video, and digital media. She completed her Master of Arts with Specialization in Women’s Studies at the University of Ottawa. She has contributed to The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Video Analysis and the forthcoming Bloomsbury Handbook of Music Production and has also presented her research at IASPM-CAN.