After reflecting this week on what I wanted to work on for my project, I thought about that topic that really ignites a small fire in my belly and gets me going: gender issues, sexism, injustice.

But why?

Because I’ve been a victim of it since I’ve got memory: living under a sexist society. And it truly makes me so mad. I hate it so much, I hate how violence is normalized, how every aspect of our life is interfered with by it.

I still don’t know specifically which aspect of this massive problem I want to embrace, but I feel confident that there’s a lot I can work with.

This is a part of my reading list for the weekend:

• Feminist Designer – Alison Place argues for feminist perspectives in design, showing how designers can use personal experiences to address social injustices through inclusive design practices.
• Invisible Women – Caroline Criado Perez exposes how gender data gaps create a world designed around male needs, advocating for gender-inclusive data to improve women’s lives.
• Designing Gender – Sarah Elsie Baker provide a toolkit for applying feminist approaches in design to challenge traditional gender norms and support equality.
• Fix the System, Not the Women – Laura Bates calls for systemic change to tackle sexism, emphasizing that societal structures—not women—need fixing to achieve equality.