SISTER is a place for female DJs to get gigs without bias, providing a supportive, friendly platform for any female DJ, MC or live performer to enjoy their music where gender is not an issue... a place where women are neither fighting to be heard nor imported merely to fulfill a gimmick quotient. We're not raging feminists - we just think it's better to be viewed as a DJ first, and then as a woman, when you're behind the decks.

SISTER is not anti-male at all, it is simply pro-female.

Our MO: every month we throw a party at a club or warehouse and feature a style of music (such as techno, drum and bass or trance) in each room. Every now and again we throw a benefit party for various women's causes such as Breast Cancer Action, RAINN or the San Francisco Late Night Coalition.

We have eight residents; seven DJs (Polywog, XJS, Forest Green, Queen Agnes B, Amber, Melyss, Samira and Seraphim) and a resident MC - Audio Angel. We also have a large number of local guests in the rotation, plus out of town guests - we even have male guests appear for charity events, whose main task is to dress in drag and show the spirit of SISTER. Our web site contains the biographies and contact information for hundreds of female DJs, guests, residents and others worldwide, and we hope it provides a useful resource not only to the artists, but to promoters and others interested in booking those DJs.

The criteria by which we select members into the collective are as follows: They should be talented DJs (or MCs), who represent a wide range of electronic music genres, and behave professionally both inside and outside the Sister collective.

While performing under the Sister crew affiliation, no resident artist is to appear at an event where she is promoted using gender specific terms (such as "Lady" or "Diva"), where women are described in derogatory terms, or where obscene, violent, or degrading depictions of women are used.

And finally, crew members should be devoted to the idea of working to support female DJs everywhere.