A digital archive that documents cyberfeminist art, writing, and activism from the 1990s to today. It looks at how technology, the internet, and gender intersect, showing how digital spaces can be used for collaboration, critique, and resistance. The project frames the web as both a system and a space for feminist expression and collective knowledge.
https://cyberfeminismindex.com

This essay connects design history to gender, exploring how women’s work has often been undervalued or overlooked. Attfield argues that design rooted in domestic or decorative forms has been marginalized because it’s seen as feminine. The text challenges traditional ideas of what counts as design, making it foundational for feminist design studies.
https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/5484869/Made_in_Patriarchy_II.pdf

Sofia rethinks “containers”, from wombs to hard drives, as active technologies linked to femininity. She shows how containment, care, and storage are not passive traits but key systems of organization. The essay bridges philosophy and design, proposing that even invisible structures of holding and storing carry gendered meaning.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227700296_Container_Technologies

Wajcman introduces technofeminism, a framework that shows how technology is shaped by social and gendered values. She argues that innovation isn’t neutral, it reflects who designs it and for whom. The article encourages awareness of how design and power are always connected.
https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2004/06/21/1134222.htm

This post discusses how animation and visual design assign gender through small details like eyelashes, colour, and movement. It explains how characters become “feminine” or “masculine” through coded design choices rather than biology. The piece highlights how media aesthetics teach viewers to read and perform gender.
https://feministdisney.tumblr.com/post/20832572948/why-did-you-think-bambi-was-a-girl-it-was-a

An interview with artist Dotty Attie, who reworks classical paintings to question how women are portrayed in art. She talks about repetition, framing, and narrative control in her work. Attie’s ideas connect closely to how design and visual culture can subvert traditional gender roles.
https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/dotty-attie

This article looks at how modern hookup culture impacts women’s emotional and social wellbeing. Maloney argues that cultural norms around intimacy can reinforce gender inequality and emotional detachment. It provides context for understanding how performance and expectation shape modern femininity.
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/07/hook-up-culture-damaging-women-anne-maloney.html

A research article exploring how packaging design communicates gender through colour, typography, and form. It explains how gendered traits are performed and reinforced through consumer products. The study shows how design itself acts as a visual language of identity.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17547075.2018.1516437

A feature about how and why women tend to apologize more often than men. It discusses how communication habits reflect deeper patterns of gendered socialization. The article offers everyday examples of how language becomes a performance of politeness and power.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-22/why-women-say-sorry-and-what-to-say-instead/11985026

This article explores how women in media are judged more harshly and scrutinized more closely than men. It connects celebrity coverage to larger systems of control and expectation. The piece highlights how visual culture shapes public ideas of femininity.
https://theboar.org/2021/03/what-are-the-impacts-of-the-medias-treatment-of-female-public-figures

A critique of how gender bias shows up in design, where products for women are often smaller or just recoloured pink. It reveals how these surface-level changes ignore real user needs. The piece calls for a more thoughtful and inclusive design process.
https://www.sir.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/articles/shrink-it-and-pink-it-gender-bias-product-design

This report argues that digital systems, from websites to infrastructure, should be built with feminist principles in mind. It explains how technology reflects the values of those who design it. The article encourages rethinking design as a tool for equity and care online.
https://doi.org/10.37198/APRIA.04.04.a1

An academic discussion of FemTech and how women’s health technologies collect and monetize data. It questions whether these products empower users or reinforce surveillance and control. The piece situates technology within broader debates about gender, capitalism, and care.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366436806_FemTech_A_Feminist_Technoscience_Analysis

A study about how packaging design reflects gendered cultural values. It looks at how shape, texture, and material communicate ideas about masculinity and femininity. The article shows how everyday objects help construct and repeat cultural meanings of gender.
https://www.clausiuspress.com/assets/default/article/2023/07/02/article_1688289066.pdf

A sociological look at how feminist ideas have been turned into marketable products. It examines how empowerment is sold as a form of consumption. The article questions whether economic choice truly represents agency or simply reshapes feminism as a brand.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gwao.12627

A short cultural piece about the meaning behind Hello Kitty’s mouthless design. It discusses how silence and cuteness are linked to ideas of femininity and emotional control. The article connects character design to wider gender expectations in branding.
https://www.hercampus.com/school/uc-riverside/the-truth-behind-why-hello-kitty-doesnt-have-a-mouth

This paper challenges the belief that the golden ratio defines human beauty. Naini explains that mathematical ideals can’t capture the diversity of human appearance. The article calls for a more inclusive and culturally aware understanding of aesthetics.
https://jkamprs.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40902-024-00411-2

A beauty editorial that unpacks how geometry and symmetry are used to measure attractiveness. It critiques social media filters and apps that claim to calculate perfection. The piece highlights how scientific language is used to sell beauty ideals.
https://www.beautycrew.com.au/golden-ratio-beauty

A photographic reinterpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, replacing the male body with a female one. The work challenges traditional ideals of proportion and symmetry. It reimagines the female form as part of the visual systems that define beauty.
https://www.yanghan-photo.com/ART/780.html

An analysis of how brands use feminist ideas to sell products. It shows how empowerment messaging can lose its meaning when turned into marketing. The article invites readers to question how activism and commerce overlap.
https://www.hasta-standrews.com/features/2024/1/4/feminisms-co-option-in-advertising-navigating-its-intersection-with-consumerism-in-contemporary-western-visual-culture

This piece examines how post feminism connects empowerment to consumption and self-branding. It looks at how social media and influencer culture shape young women’s identities. The article highlights how digital spaces blur the line between authenticity and performance.
https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/gs/article/id/5859

A commercial blog post linking lingerie design to the golden ratio and “perfect” proportions. It shows how scientific-sounding logic is used to sell beauty and body ideals. The article reveals how design, marketing, and femininity intersect in everyday consumer culture.
https://bradoria.com/blogs/shape-101/perfect-bodythe-secret-of-golden-ratio

An interview with Lindsay Lohan about her experience with paparazzi and media exposure in the 2000s. It discusses how fame, surveillance, and gender expectations affected her public image. The story reflects on how female visibility is often tied to scrutiny and control.
https://ew.com/lindsay-lohan-has-ptsd-to-extreme-from-2000s-paparazzi-craze-11783837

A sociological look at why women apologize more frequently than men. It links this pattern to early social conditioning and cultural expectations around politeness. The article helps explain how gender roles shape language and confidence.
https://online.utpb.edu/about-us/articles/sociology/why-do-women-apologize-more-unpacking-societal-gender-dynamics

A recent essay about how design thinking can move beyond masculine and feminine divides. Baker discusses how relational and collaborative approaches can create more inclusive design systems. The text encourages imagining feminist futures built on diversity and care.
https://jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-29-no-3-march-2025/a-hesitant-futurists-reflections-on-feminist-design-beyond-binaries