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It’s hard enough being an underrepresented group within any field. It’s even harder when your creation of alternative spaces for these groups to come together is questioned, or even trolled. Inside this week’s episode, Isobel shares the overall backlash to the premise of her recent free live, female only, workshop from a small minority of strangers on the internet, and why she even had to ban one of them all together. She also shares why she believes femxle-only spaces are crucial in making music technology more inclusive in the long-term.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
{0:00} Intro & FINAL reminder for Home Recording Academy
{03:53} The premise of my free Live workshop
{04:51} How was the response and experience of participants?
{10:30} The backlash received from random people on the internet
{18:02} Why I banned one person
{24:24} The need for femxle only spaces to make music-technology more inclusive.
{29:50} Why Home Recording Academy is so unique in truly tackling the issue of diversity in music technology
{33:28} Summary & next week’s teaser

Enrolment for Home Recording Academy closes on Friday 12th at midnight GMT. Find out more and grab your spot here >>

REFERENCES
Best of The Hanforth Parish Council Planning & Environment committee >>
Equality and diversity FAQs, Birmingham University >>
Reflections from Professor Liz Dobson of her Huddersfield Go Compose & Yorkshire Sound Women Network summer schools >>
The Second Sound, book Edited by Julia Eckhardt and Leen De Graeve) >>

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