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 🏅

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