There aren't a lot of female electronic music producers but ...
Some of the best DJ's are ladies:

Miss Kittin (also a producer)
Magda
Chloe

And Kelis is a badass....
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:11, 2 replies)

I'm a DJ : )
Pretty much every time I do a gig, open up for a band... even at my regular weekly night, I get people come up to me and say, "I don't ever see female DJS!" They ask me how I got into it, admire my equipment (ey up, you) and so on. Thing is - I'm not a great DJ by any means. I just stand out coz I'm a girl.

Kelis is awesome. I really like 'Trick Me'.
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:15, closed)

And another thing
If I'm in a club I would rather gurn in the general direction of Miss Kittin in a black catsuit than Meat Katie.

Maybe that's my sexist view....
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:24, closed)

*googles*
Me too :D

(I got vaguely offended then, as my name is Katie, but then realised you wouldn't have known that)
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:27, closed)

I should have just said Mark Pember.... He's like the Phil Mitchell of Breakbeat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wl_uQOABxg
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:29, closed)

Saw this cool post...
www.erolalkan.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=309944

BTW, as a female DJ do you often get a patronising educational demonstration of the decks and mixer from any male DJ who happens to be around when you arrive with your tunes?
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 23:12, closed)

Nope.
I don't think anyone would - not for the sort of stuff I do, anyway. If I'm using someone else's kit, they will normally give me a quick demo, but not in a patronising way. A few times I have 'interned' with some really talented guys, and I've just sat back in awe as they do their thing. They could be a bit moody if I got in the way, but I think that's more to do with the distraction rather than me being a girl.

Even my boss doesn't know how to set up my kit 100% right. And he owns some of it!

People have tried asking if I need help - the only thing I get them to do is to carry the heavy stuff & get things off hight shelves (I'm 5ft nothing) :D
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Mon 28 Dec 2009, 0:25, closed)

Hmmm
that's probably part of the problem. Successful men often aren't easy on the eye. Successful women usually are.
( Fitznicely into a thimble, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:36, closed)

pfft
Susan Boyle
Dawn French
Kathy Burke
Whoopi Goldberg
Tamsin Greig

Oh yeh, they're all so fit.
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Sun 27 Dec 2009, 22:23, closed)

Tamsin Greig is fit!
Susan Boyle is famous BECAUSE she's ugly, making her a total anomaly.
And the others are all character actors.
( Fitznicely into a thimble, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:39, closed)

I wouldn't say Tamsin Greig is classically pretty
I think she's handsome. I know that's a weird word to describe a woman, but mehhh
( d3gu thinks you should buy a Dinohoodie., Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:43, closed)

some of my fav djs are female
Sarah C. and Metz from Leeds, Jen Mas, Ellen Allien, and DJ WoNK are all great DJs, but most female DJs are kind of crap and get gigs due to their looks
(seshmarls, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 1:12, closed)