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Flavorwire Profiles Female DJs in Response to DJ Mag’s All-Guy Top 100 List

Video: Ellen Allien, one of the DJs profiled by Flavorwire, plays a DJ-Set at FUSE, Brussels (12/08)

Unicorns, dragons, and lady DJs. Such is the list of things that DJ Magazine would have you believe belong to the same category of mythical creatures, according to its annual reader-voted Top 100 DJ list.

Out of 100 profiled DJs, can you guess how many were women?

If you thought you’d make a conservative estimate of 10%, I’m sorry but that’s not correct.

Lowball it at 5%? ‘Fraid not.

Are you laughing nervously when you eek out a 1% guess? You’ll have to guess again.

The answer, my music-enjoying friends, some of whom are perhaps – gasp – themselves female, is zero.

As in, not any.

The oversight was ...

Video: Ellen Allien, one of the DJs profiled by Flavorwire, plays a DJ-Set at FUSE, Brussels (12/08)

Unicorns, dragons, and lady DJs. Such is the list of things that DJ Magazine would have you believe belong to the ...