SoundGirls.org: I, like many of you, hit the “buy” button immediately once Women in Audio by Leslie Gaston-Bird was published. A textbook about us, for us, and most importantly, by us! Reading a textbook has never been this empowering. Well, given my other SoundGirls articles, it is in good company. SoundGirls has an assortment of them in their lending library.
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I had no idea this existed! I wonder if CMU has a copy that I could take a look at sometime! (I looked into getting my own copy, but it's like $50 which shocked me for a second, but then I remembered it's a textbook, duh.) Anyway, I really love the concept of them showcasing inspirational stories from women audio engineers. This book, I think, is really really important because it's made by and for women to learn about what is traditionally a male-dominated industry! This is a really great way to teach young girls about sound through a comforting and familiar format. If I'm being honest, many of the times that I've tried to step up and learn about sound for theatre, I've felt intimidated or even belittled by the men I've had to learn it from. I really feel like this would make me so much more comfortable to learn. I also really liked the mention of the "Fun Facts" and "Not So Fun Facts" sections. This book sounds really informative but in a way that I would be really captivated in reading (when often, informative books are very boring to me).
This is absolutely amazing. Just the other day, I found a letter that was written to me by a seventh-grade girl about two years ago. She had written to me that I inspired her to pursue her love for technical theatre. As a junior in high school, I was surprised but also honored that I could have had that impact on her. I think that it is so incredibly important to show off successful women in primarily male-dominated professions, and it's amazing that the book Women in Audio is being read to young girls such as Ripley. This is the way that we can begin to show young women and girls that no matter how many men are in a certain field, that she can pursue whatever shes' passionate about and do just as good if not a better job than a man who tells her off. I hadn't heard about the book Women in Audio until just now, but I would be very interested in reading it.
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