Female PC Builders

[WkdPaul]

22 minutes ago, sub68 said:

I found this person after watching a ton of hak5. (pls I am just trying to figure out bypasses to make life interesting)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNofX8wmSJh7NTklvMqueOA

That was one of my suggestions

 

 

 

[sub68]

Just now, wkdpaul said:

That was one of my suggestions

I just skimmed the thread but ok (going to dark counnor of shame)

 

[Sarra]

On 11/6/2020 at 9:17 AM, Mateyyy said:

Came across her channel (well, it's not just her channel but she's the host in most of their videos) recently while I was looking up reviews of the NR200:

https://www.youtube.com/c/TechTesters

Seems to be mostly centered around PC hardware, though I also haven't looked into their channel a whole lot.

 

I've also watched Erica Griffin's videos from time to time for several years know. She tends to focus more on mobile stuff though, primarily smartphones:

https://www.youtube.com/c/EricaGriffin

 

These two just happened to come to mind now, but there's definitely many more out there.

I've been subbed to techTesters for a bit now, I enjoy her content. She's less of a builder, and more of a hardware reviewer, but I think it fits with this just fine.

[WereCatf]

3 minutes ago, Caroline said:

Thankfully I'm ugly.

Eeeyyy, welcome to the club!

5 minutes ago, Caroline said:

But I can punch any moron that bothers me.

I can't throw a punch worth shit, so you got the upper hand over me, there. Oh well, in addition to ugly, I'm also fat; I can just ram people and then sit on them, if they get unruly!

[Yummychickenblue]

  

A lack of women in the technology community probably also has something to do there being a lack of diversity in STEM fields as a whole. There's been work done on this, with things like STEM scholarships catered to women & girls, and initiatives meant to expose girls to technical subjects traditionally considered the domain of boys in school. Whether it's helped or not I couldn't say. I took computer science for two years in highschool, and it wasn't a sausage fest, but it was a perfect 50/50 split either, women were certainly the minority.

 

It all flows downwards. Men work in technical fields and so they have technical hobbies. Those hobbies are perceived as masculine and so women are discouraged from participating. This manifests itself in marketing as boys play video games and shoot nerf guns while girls play with Barbie and My Little Ponies. The marketing (and other socialisation factors) means that when there are girls enthusiastic about technology or video games they're seen as strange, invasive, or your favorite word for "other". The boys grow up and depending on how they get socialised as adolescents they may Respect Women™ or become the Gamers™ that we all know and love. Gamers™ are the ones who do the harassing because Women in technology oppresses them by violating the sacred gender roles they've constructed.

 

Edit: It goes without saying that there's infinitely more factors at play. There mountains upon mountains of text from academics who've spent their lives studying gender and its social consequenes and a forum thread, let alone a single post, won't be enough to cover them all.

 

 

Gamers™ Rise Up


 

 

Edited November 15, 2020 by Yummychickenblue
I need to limit my argument so I don't get flamed for claiming to be the ultimate authority on gender diversity in stem

[Darth Wilhelm]

On 11/6/2020 at 11:41 AM, Lunavore said:

Hey everyone!

 

I've been an avid watcher of build videos and various other channels like Linus' for ages now, but I've never come across any females that make similar content.

 

Does anyone know of any female-oriented channels that are active and genuinely passionate about PCs and tech?

 

Any suggestions are welcomed, of course! 

 

Thank you ^-^

There is always Techtesters

https://www.youtube.com/user/Foritain