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On the ground, there are smaller, but equally powerful movements dedicated to helping women and girls break into the tech scene. One of the individuals spearheading her own project is Audrey Eschright, from Portland, Oregon. Eschright is the founder of The Recompiler, a self-described ‘feminist hacking’ magazine, dedicated to exploring and publishing issues of technology through works written by women. The Recompiler has gained traction as a young but promising magazine that, as New York Magazine says, “arrived just on time.” …

The Recompiler, a new feminist hacker magazine, is the latest project by Portlander Audrey Eschright designed to connect a community and foster learning. …

Given [editor in chief] Audrey’s successful track record, The Recompiler promises bring something wonderful and valuable to the lives of many technically-minded people. …

This is a magazine I’d recommend to folks in the tech industry, no matter how far along their career path. …

So engaging is the voice and content of the magazine that it’s easy to forget how radical a venture this is in design—a technical magazine compiled and written almost entirely by women is essentially unheard of in the maker world. That, in and of itself, makes The Recompiler profound and political in a heavily male-dominated profession. …

This All-Women Tech Zine Arrived Right on Time: The results so far appeal to the technophile and technophobe alike, and they’re just getting started. …