Nadia
Campo
Woytuk

Tactful Feminist Sensing

2023 - present

Published in:

•  DIS 2023: “Tactful Feminist Sensing: Designing for Touching Vaginal Fluids”︎︎︎ by Nadia Campo Woytuk, Jooyoung Park, Jan Maslik, Marianela Ciolfi Felice and Madeline Balaam. Best Pictorial Award 🏅
• CHI 2025: “Toward Feminist Ways of Sensing the Menstruating Body”  by Nadia Campo Woytuk, Anupriya Tuli, Jooyoung Park, Laia Turmo Vidal, Deirdre Tobin, Anuradha Reddy, Beatrice Vincenzi, Jan Maslik, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, Madeline Balaam Honorable Mention Award 🏅 Preprint available here ︎︎︎

Observing the texture, color, and conductivity of cervical mucus has the potential to support menstrual cycle and fertility tracking, generating a layer of rich bodily, tactile/haptic knowledge in addition to other collected data, such as cycle length or body temperature. 

The ‘tactful feminist sensor’ is a prototype for measuring the conductivity of cervical mucus in vaginal fluids, which varies across a menstrual cycle.



︎︎︎The DIY version of the sensor is made with conductive thread