* genderstars * female / male / diverse
gender is a very common topic in many countries. in writing, gender is made clear by different special characters. in german, we use the * gender asterisk, the underscore or the colon to include every gender. the asterisk is placed before the feminine form of the word : *innen *in (example: schüler*in schüler*innen (student singular student plural) many people are very strict about the topic, sometimes it’s exaggerated ;) and in some federal states in germany it is forbidden to use the gender star in schools and in public authorities. the gender star (asterisk) has different numbers of rays in different typographic fonts * by playing, discarding, flipping or bending the rays, i created different variations of the stars, wearable as an earring or pin. as the main material i chose galalith in different colors to express diversity. *