Given the embracement of the Net by geekgirls, cybergrrls, and nerdgrrls , Plant's opus fits in nicely with the times.
Plant likens the early history of women and weaving to an intimate comfort with computers.
Given the changing transformation of work and social life because of information technology and the trend towards a 'knowledge based economy', women, Plant contends, are at an advantage. The power of information technology for women is that it lends itself to multiple, independent, and autonomous lifestyles. The Net, as Plant observes, is not a brave new frontier. Other Reading Sadie Plant. The Difference Engine.