Brenda Laurel {TED Conference, 1998}

Brenda Laurel talked 12 years ago about the games for girls she'd helped produce and the depth of research that sat behind the products. Brenda's comments around validation and feeling visible resonated with me: "I want to make the point that what we're giving girls, I think, through this effort, is a kind of validation, a sense of being seen. And a sense of the choices that are available in their lives. We love them. We see them. We're not trying to tell them who they ought to be. But, we're really, really happy about who they are. It turns out they're really great."

I hadn't heard of her book before 'Utopian Entrepreneur' but it's now on my reading wishlist.