About

In 2017, during the peak of the Me Too movement, I designed a poster as a way to work through my discomfort as the overwhelming number of stories about harassment broke on the news and social media. Everywhere I turned, it seemed that there were more stories coming to light. As someone who has been a victim of harassment, this time made me reflect upon my experiences as well as think about how many women’s stories go untold. Behind the thin veil of what has been deemed socially acceptable to talk about were hundreds of women who stayed silent. For me, designing that poster was cathartic and helped me to work through some of the discomfort I was going through. It made me consider the many voices who weren’t believed when they told their stories, and the ones too afraid of the consequences to share theirs. What if there was a way to use design to help these voices be heard and believed? Throughout history, poster design has been used by women as a tool to express inequalities and to fight against injustice; it is a way of self expression and reflection. Believe Her is a community of women who share their stories through poster design.