A day comes when each girl must come to terms with the facts: A tooth under your pillow just collects lint. The Easter Bunny doesn’t lay eggs. Santa doesn’t do drive-bys. In the early days of the 21st century add to that: Girls don’t sing anymore– at least not the one’s that get lots of radio play.
August 26 2008 | feminist interventions in geek culture and sound & image | No Comments »
“I’m hoping a series of feminist interventions will erupt from shesgeeky like a labia majora in all its glory.”
On a nearly daily basis, I feel the disconnect between the very arbitrary and abstract places that my work takes me and the larger questions that tug at my heart. How in the world is municipal broadband infrastructure remotely related to questions of economic empowerment or social justice - never mind Gender Equity! continue reading »
October 16 2007 | feminist interventions in geek culture and on communication | 1 Comment »
I have to credit my angry teenage daughter for helping me realize that when gender and technology mix, *disempowered* is often interpreted as *disinterested.* She also gets major credit for solving her own problems with a bit of active resistance.
When my daughter Manda was a freshman in high-school she came home excited because her technology class was about to spend several weeks playing with cool programmable robots. But before I explain the ensuing disappointment she suffered, the agony, soul searching and eventual victory– let me take a self-congratulating minute to give myself props for having raised a girl who likes to play with robots. How did I do it? continue reading »
October 14 2007 | feminist interventions in geek culture and on communication | 1 Comment »
I completely love this audio piece for 12 reasons. First, it has the voice of several beloved (by me) audio art and community radio producers from across North America: Frieda Werden, Marc Andre Roy, Glady Brooks and Rita McKeough. Second, it was stitched together from found sound: We were testing different microphones for comparision. All the audio was improvised in the moment. But it has a narrative, in my mind, that hangs together around Rita. Marc added the nice ascending keyboard elements using a toy keyboard. Originally, this piece was put together for a live performance at the 2004 Full Moon Audio Art Camp in New Brunswick. Thus the extreme left-right mix.
Many happy thoughts to all the audio artists out there who like to improvise. Happy thoughts squared to those who like to improvise, play with audio equipment, build weird gadgetry, sing campfire songs, eat 100% local vegetarian and camp by the sea!
September 15 2004 | feminist interventions in geek culture and sound & image and on communication | No Comments »
