The same could be said of many other women booked this year, in one sense or another. Grace Potter? She's gorgeous, and that's intriguing to dudes. La Catrin -- a perfectly capable artist -- well, let's book her and the burlesque troupe Dem Damn Dames, so there's even more sex appeal on the schedule.

That's unfortunate, because the men weren't held to the same (lack of) standards. They were, for the most part, artists with some real clout.

Before you say I'm grasping at straws, let's look at the realities of the rest of the musicians on that lineup. The guys -- whether they be short, fat, old, bald, or totally goblin-like -- were all booked on their musical validity. They're taken seriously; no one went to watch Baroness simply because they had a tragic accident last year or peered over at Jandek because he's oozing sex appeal. They went to watch because those guys are musical badasses.

Iggy Pop? Legend. Ben Gibbard-fronted Postal Service? Huge fan base and total musical street cred. Even Calvin Harris, whether you like his shit or not, was booked not because he's a sideshow act, but because he is a card-carrying artist. So tell me, how did a female artist -- and I use the term "artist" loosely -- like Kitty Pryde, end up on that same bill as the only chick rapper?

And before there are protests about male musicians outnumbering female musicians in the industry in general, I call bullshit. Plenty of female musicians top both the indie and mainstream charts, and no, they aren't all corporate creations and sexed-up dolls, the Ke$has of the world. Believe it or not, there are lady musicians who happen to do more than just play into boring stereotypes.

No women closed out FPSF this year. None. Those artists -- Calvin Harris, The Postal Service, Bassnectar, and Social Distortion -- were all bros, creating a giant testosterone-fest up in Eleanor Tinsley Park, with not a bit of estrogen to break the monotony.

There were also no female DJs, no all-female rock groups, and no legit female rappers. (see earlier in re Kitty Pryde). Even if you count her, there numbers were way skewed in favor of male hip-hop artists; Saturday alone you had Paul Wall, the Geto Boys, 2 Chainz, and Devin the Dude.

And honestly, it's not about finding a perfect 50/50 ratio. It should be about the musicality of the festival first and foremost. There are plenty of rad female musicians, but the ones who do get booked always seem to take a back seat in these dude-heavy lineups, and to these silly, hardly interesting female flavors of the week. Even if the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bjork aren't your thing, it's important to incorporate some female badasses into the mix.

And then when they are represented, it's often under the guise of some post about the "Hottest women of...". We're still having them top lists about festival fashion rather than musical merit, or sticking them in an early time slot with little promotion a la Mavis Staples. Teh lame.

Look. I'm not sounding some battle cry about feminism and how women should share a full half of the bill, but surely these festivals could find a way to throw in a few lady artists somewhere besides the bottom damn half of the lineup, or perhaps book some women who aren't drug up from the musical dregs. All we're doing by putting jokes like Kitty Pride on the festivals like FSPF is reinforcing the wrong-headed stereotype that women can't play music with the big boys.

So, in my honest (girl) opinion, it would have made complete sense to me to have a true female musician somewhere up there with the big boys. There was no reason -- like, none -- that the Alabama Shakes couldn't have closed out Sunday's show in place of Bassnectar. Calvin Harris had already closed Saturday's show, and Bassnectar's show would have been just as decent during the day; just ask Borgore.

I stood through the Shakes' performance midday Saturday, and it was fucking packed. We were all the way at the top of the hill, under a tree, and damn near IN one of the portapotties. The Shakes have the pull to justify a headlining spot, and they certainly have at least an equal-sized fan base as Bassnectar. So perhaps give 'em -- and their badass front woman Brittany Howard -- a chance to show what they've got.

But don't negate the Kitty Prydes of the world, either. She has her use in pop culture, but don't weigh all female musicians with the same scale just because they're female. If they can hang with the headliners, maybe you should let 'em. They might surprise you.