Wacom supports individual projects while respecting the interests/concerns of team members (employees). A project by Elizabeth Rhodes used this program in part.

Elizabeth is on the UX design team in the U.S. She published a children's book "Feminism is for Boys" for children 0-4 years of age to show gender equality. Her activities made us aware of new possibilities for Lifelong Ink. Here is an interview with her about her project, which drew on her experience as an UX designer at Wacom.

What inspired you to publish the children's book "Feminism is for Boys"?

I got my first inspiration when I met my partner. He was the first in our family to call himself a feminist. When I first met him, I was still oblivious to the complexity of the ways our society was failing me as a woman. I was still at a place in my life where I thought I needed to change or hide the parts of me that didn’t fit into our culture's expectation of what it means to be a woman. My relationship with him was the first where I felt that I was an equal, where I was met with acceptance, respect, and encouragement of my true self. He became a huge part of my emotional and mental growth. He helped me to have confidence in who I was, and to use that confidence to stand up against unfair treatment.

In 2017, we became parents. We filled our child’s bookshelf with feminist and inclusive books and read them as often as possible. One thing we found is that many parents we knew (even those who identified as feminists) were having a difficult time understanding how to teach Feminism to their boys. Additionally, we found that many men - friends and family - didn’t understand that they too were welcome in feminism. We found this to be a huge problem. You see, if we wanted the world that our child was growing up in to be successful in achieving equality, we knew there had to be a bridge to help people close the gap on their understanding of who feminism was for - which is everyone of course. So we decided to build a piece of that bridge and came up with the concept for the book "Feminism is for Boys."