sama Srinivas
MFA Products of design
School of Visual Arts SVA
Specialisms: Design Research / UX Design / Design and Technology
Location: New York, United States
sama Srinivas
First Name: sama
Last Name: Srinivas
Specialisms: Design Research / UX Design / Design and Technology
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My Location: New York, United States
University / College: School of Visual Arts SVA
Course / Program Title: MFA Products of design
About
Pronounced /suh/-/ma/, like ‘summer’.
Sama Srinivas (she/her) is a UX Designer, Writer, and Creative Strategist passionate about driving sociocultural change. Her graduate thesis, ‘Let’s Talk Periods: Practicing Menstrual Confidence Through Conversations,’ reflects her commitment to inclusive design. With a multidisciplinary approach, she excels in visual identity, digital experiences, and strategic communication. Recently graduated from SVA’s MFA Products of Design program, Sama is based in New York and the Bay Area. Beyond design, her side quests include travel photography, hand modeling, and writing on Substack.
Let's Talk Periods: Practicing Menstrual Confidence Through Conversations
Sama Srinivas' thesis, Let's Talk Periods: Practicing Menstrual Confidence Through Conversations, creates various opportunities for menstruators and their communities to practice and build menstrual confidence. “It turns out, confidence builders are needed across the menstrual lifecycle as menstruators are constantly facing new challenges from pre-menses through to post-menopause,” Sama explains. “And conversations can become a great deterrent from forming long-lasting negative associations.” So, how do we practice menstrual confidence through conversations? Sama proposes we can do so through four different typologies: literacy, humor, celebration, and love languages. Sama leaves these proposals with you and asks you to have the conversations and ask the questions you haven’t before. There are people out there in our cities, in our world that will benefit from your curiosity, bringing us one step closer to an inclusively designed society.
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