Amy Lea discusses Mother’s Day cards, the powerful communicative ability of art, and the inspiration behind her three fiery orange designs.
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Amy Lea discusses Mother’s Day cards, the powerful communicative ability of art, and the inspiration behind her three fiery orange designs.
As a society, we’ve never been more aware of gender stereotyping – or wanted to fight it harder. And that battle begins at birth. We dress our children in ‘neutral’ clothes, encourage girls to play with hammers and boys to care for dolls, and teach them that they can be absolutely anything they want to be. But is that enough?
It is easy to justify the need for more inclusion from a political point of view: discrimination is wrong, period. Yet, I have often been asked if I thought that inclusion would actually bring anything positive to the film industry. After all, do we need an nth chick flick or another Dr Dolittle?