Editing Disc jockey (section)

== Women DJs ==
[[File:Jill Wernström 1971.jpg|thumb|Sweden's first female disc jockey was Jill Wernström (1971)]]
In Western [[popular music]], even though there are relatively few women DJs and turntablists, [[Women in music|women musicians]] have achieved great success in singing and songwriting roles, however, they are given much less representation than men DJs. Part of this may stem from a generally low percentage of women in audio technology-related jobs. A 2013 ''[[Sound on Sound]]'' article by Rosina Ncube stated that there are "... few women in [[Music producer|record production]] and [[sound engineering]]."<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite journal |last=Ncube |first=Rosina |title=Sounding Off: Why So Few Women In Audio? |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep13/articles/sounding-off-0913.htm |journal=Sound on Sound |date=September 2013}}</ref> Ncube states that "[n]inety-five percent of music producers are male, and although there are women producers achieving great things in music, they are less well-known than their counterparts."<ref name="ReferenceB"/> The vast majority of students in music technology programs are male. In [[hip hop music]], the low percentage of women DJs and turntablists may stem from the overall men's domination of the entire hip hop music industry. Most of the top rappers, MCs, DJs, record producers and music executives are men. There are a small number of high-profile women, but they are rare.

In 2007, Mark Katz's article "Men, Women, and Turntables: Gender and the DJ Battle", stated that "very few women [do turntablism] battle[s]; the matter has been a topic of conversation among hip-hop DJs for years."<ref name="gender">{{Cite journal|last=Katz|first=Mark|date=12 December 2007|title=Men, Women, and Turntables: Gender and the DJ Battle|journal=The Musical Quarterly|volume=89|issue=4|pages=580–599|doi=10.1093/musqtl/gdm007|issn = 0027-4631}}</ref> In 2010, Rebekah Farrugia said "the male-centricity of [[electronic dance music]] (EDM) culture" contributes to "a marginalisation of women in these [EDM] spaces."<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Beyond the Dance Floor: Women DJs, Technology and Electronic Dance Music Culture|last=Farrugia|first=Rebekah|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2013|isbn=978-1841505664}}</ref> While turntablism and broader DJ practices should not be conflated, Katz suggests use or lack of use of the turntable broadly by women across genres and disciplines is impacted upon by what he defines as "male [[technophilia]]".<ref name="gender" /> Historian [[Ruth Oldenziel]] concurs in her writing on engineering with this idea of socialization as a central factor in the lack of engagement with technology. She says:{{blockquote|an exclusive focus on women's supposed failure to enter the field – is insufficient for understanding how our stereotypical notions have come into being; it tends to put the burden of proof entirely on women and to [unreasonably] blame them for their supposedly inadequate socialization, their lack of aspiration, and their want of masculine values. An equally challenging question is why and how boys have come to love things technical, how boys have historically been socialized as technophiles.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Oldenziel|first=Ruth A.|author-link=Ruth Oldenziel|date=1997|title=Boys and Their Toys: The Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild, 1930–1968, and the Making of a Male Technical Domain|url=https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/boys-and-their-toys--the-fisher-body-craftsmans-guild-19301968-and-the-making-of-a-male-technical-domain(2200e441-1a9d-4813-b544-fbe86c0ad1a3).html|journal=Technology and Culture|volume=38|issue=1|pages=60–96|doi=10.2307/3106784|jstor=3106784|s2cid=108698842}}</ref>}}

Lucy Green has focused on gender in relation to musical performers and creators, and specifically on educational frameworks as they relate to both.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Music, Gender, Education|last=Green|first=Lucy|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2008|isbn=9780521555227}}</ref> She suggests that women's alienation from "areas that have a strong technological tendency such as DJing, sound engineering and producing" are "not necessarily about their dislike of these instruments but relates to the interrupting effect of their dominantly masculine delineations".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.genderandeducation.com/resources/subjects/music/|title=Music – GEA – Gender and Education Association|website=genderandeducation.com|access-date=12 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303093403/http://www.genderandeducation.com/resources/subjects/music/|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> Despite this, women and girls do increasingly engage in turntable and DJ practices, individually<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bpmsupreme.com/female-turntablists-on-the-rise/|title=Female Turntablists on the Rise|website=BPMSUPREME TV|language=en-US|access-date=12 March 2016|archive-date=13 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313063305/http://news.bpmsupreme.com/female-turntablists-on-the-rise/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and collectively,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/02/17/female-dj-crews-discwoman-sister-mahoyo-tgaf|title=9 All-Female DJ Collectives You Need To Know Right Now|website=The FADER|date=7 February 2016 |access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> and "carve out spaces for themselves in EDM and DJ Culture".<ref name=":1" /> A 2015 article cited a number of prominent women DJs: [[Hannah Wants]], [[Ellen Allien]], [[Miss Kittin]], [[Monika Kruse]], [[Nicole Moudaber]], [[B.Traits]], [[Magda (DJ)|Magda]], [[Nina Kraviz]], [[Nervo (DJs)|Nervo]], and [[Annie Mac]].<ref name="Fes">{{cite web|last1=Robertson|first1=Joel|title=TOP 10: Women DJs|url=https://www.festicket.com/de/magazine/discover/top-female-djs/|website=Festicket Magazine|publisher=Festicke Ltd.|access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> Two years later, another article brings out a list with world-famous women DJs including Nastia, tINY, [[Nora En Pure]], Anja Schneider, [[Peggy Gou]], [[Maya Jane Coles]], and [[Eli & Fur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Top 10 Women DJs in the world|url=https://globaldjsguide.com/top-female-djs-in-the-world/|last=globaldjsguide|date=23 April 2017|website=GlobalDJsGuide|language=en-US|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>

American DJ [[The Black Madonna|The Blessed Madonna]] has been called "one of the world's most exciting turntablists".<ref>{{cite web|author=James, Lauren|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=14 March 2018|url=https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2137140/dj-black-madonna-performing-sonar-festivals-and-making-dance-music|title=DJ The Black Madonna on performing at Sónar festivals and making dance music accessible for all}}</ref> Her stage name is a tribute to her mother's favorite Catholic saint, [[Black Madonna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/decibel-fest-dj-black-madonna-and-her-rebel-heart/|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=18 September 2015|author=Romano, Tricia|title=Decibel Fest DJ Black Madonna and her rebel heart}}</ref> In 2018, The Blessed Madonna played herself as an in-residence DJ for the video game ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]'', as part of the ''After Hours'' [[Downloadable content|DLC]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/rockstar-games-gta-online-mode-music-streaming-black-madonna-715665/|date=25 August 2018|title=How 'Grand Theft Auto' Is Changing the Way the World Experiences Music|author=Crecente, Brian}}</ref>

There are various projects dedicated to the promotion and support of these practices such as Female DJs London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://femaledjs.london|title=Enter|website=femaledjs.london|access-date=12 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313045613/http://femaledjs.london/|archive-date=13 March 2016}}</ref> Some artists and collectives go beyond these practices to be more gender inclusive.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXdTmAEACAAJ|last=Rodgers|first=Tara|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2010|isbn=9780822346739}}</ref> For example, [[Discwoman]], a New York-based collective and booking agency, describe themselves as "representing and showcasing cis women, trans women and genderqueer {{sic}} talent."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discwoman.com/about-discwoman/|title=About – Discwoman|website=www.discwoman.com|access-date=12 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419103236/http://www.discwoman.com/about-discwoman/|archive-date=19 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In Japan, [[Bushiroad]] created a franchise focusing on all-women DJ units called ''[[D4DJ]]''.

In recent years, a growing number of female DJs from the Middle East, including Turkish-Iranian artist AIDAZ, have entered the international scene by combining traditional sounds with electronic performance.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}