by Rose Porta, Kira S, and Yutong Zhang When doing social justice work, you are bound to encounter individuals who will criticize you and your work as unimportant, pointless, or even harmful or threatening. You are likely to experience criticism of your work through comments if you post content related… Continue reading
When you make a sigfig, what colour parts do you choose? The Women’s Brick Initiative (WBI) has updated the survey we conducted two years ago. Some people use yellow, some use other skin tones. Some have more than one sigfig in different colours. We published the results of the 2020… Continue reading
Going to Brickworld next month? Join the WBI collaborative build! Inspired by 31122 Fish Tank, we will have the WBI Aquarium! We’re asking members and allies to build fish and other marine life for display. Many thanks to Naomi Takeuchi for these examples. If you’d like to participate, but aren’t… Continue reading
When examining the animals in varying LEGO sets, two different methods were used in comparing animals in sets made predominantly for girls and women and those made for predominantly boys and men. The first method is defining each animal as having “realistic” or “unrealistic” colors, based on the actual colors… Continue reading
Gender bias and discrimination could not be clearer when looking at the LEGO CMFs. Looking at and analyzing CMFs from series 1 through series 20, the representation of girls and women can be seen throughout time. In this article, we will compare and contrast the difference in names of female… Continue reading
We thought last year was a great year for LEGO, but 2021 has been just as outstanding. In what will be an annual tradition, WBI is pleased to share its 2021 Top Ten LEGO list for Equity and Inclusion. We took a look at all of LEGO product offerings for… Continue reading
If you’re new to the LEGO hobby, one of the first things most want to do is create a signature minifigure (sigfig) of themselves. We wondered, how easy is that to do, especially if you’re a woman, or person of colour? To answer, we (or rather, our interns) looked at… Continue reading
WBI Decided to look at sets from the $20 price range to see the similarities and disparities between themes. The sets examined here range from princesses to super heroes The set examined first was a Disney, Frozen II set. The minifigures included in this set are Princess Anna, her snowman… Continue reading
What do you get for $20? We asked one of our interns (and their daughter) to build several 2021 sets and let us know what they thought. 60283 – Holiday Camper Van Easy, took about an hour. Adorable, too, even in its tiresome heteronormativity. For me, even though I also… Continue reading
It’s almost time for BrickCon, and like last year, we’re hosting a collaborative build! Many thanks to WBI members Kat Sipe (@drkatbuilds) and Naomi Takeuchi (@brickanista) for coordinating everything. Interested in participating? Naomi explains how to join below: 1) We’ll be using tan plates for the bottom of the aquarium… Continue reading
