Riot Grrrl in the Tech Wrrrld
summary
Applies the Riot Grrrl manifesto to tech, arguing specific parallels: festival lineups show only 13 of 46 bands include a woman and top tech companies range 10–30% women, the same brutal odds. Cites concrete flips of sexism — scanned feminist Hacker Barbie on Heroku, apps like HollaBack and Purple Pocketbook, and FlyRights for TSA complaints — and urges building zines/blogs and tools that work, showing community projects that actually get used and expose industry bias.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:36What is Riot Grrrl
- 1:21Women in music vs tech
- 3:18Riot Grrrl Manifesto lessons
- 4:44Challenging sexism in tech
- 5:25Anger into action
- 6:49Feminist responses to stereotypes
- 7:55Intersectional feminism
- 8:59Feminist tech and music
- 10:29Building feminist tech communities
- 11:15Claiming space in tech
- 12:01Closing remarks
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