The Girl and the Phonograph; or the Vamp and the Machine Revisited.

This article discusses the emphasis on female uses of phonographs in the film Little Voice. Focusing on phonograph technology rather than record collecting, Holly Kruse finds that early 20th-century audio technology is initially marketed to women. However, when the gramophone is marketed to women, it is sold primarily as an educational tool for children and as a decorative item for the home.