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The final mini-project was a button. We had two sessions in the maker commons at Penn State where students learnt how to 1) format an infographic, and 2) make a button. Buttons are small items, so students were asked to think carefully about what they want to communicate and how best they could use the medium to do so. At that point of the semester, students had a general sense of the overall direction their feminist toolkit was taking, and they had to think about how the button worked in alignment with it. Along with it, students submitted a 200-250 write up with their rationale for the information on the button, how they saw it working in alignment with their overall feminist toolkit and the specific themes it relates to, and their process for making the button (possible aspects could include – what intrigued you, what challenges you faced, and your reflections on what buttons can do). Students designed the button using Adobe Express on a custom size 2.75” x 2.75” canvas. All the buttons are viewable here: https://bit.ly/Buttons2024