OUGD505 - Product Range Distribution: Presenting Research

Possible issues - ongoing issues in society as it is a massive thing and constantly spoken about/in the news

• LGBT (social and political) - Hate crime, violence, verbal abuse, neglect, segregated, employment discrimination, poverty, homelessness, lack of healthcare, marriage equality. Gay men cannot donate blood - break stigma
• Gender equality/Womens march (social and political) - Abortion, women's rights, harassment 
• Mental illness - Mental illness should be treated as a physical illness, discrimination and stigma 
• Racism - Black Lives Matter, how people use racism to sell - Beyonce

After talking to a fellow student, all these problems are just as important as each other and should be addressed. The one I personally feel affected by and that affects me is mental health wellbeing. Last year for the 'Speaking from experience' brief, I had created a mini booklet for how to deal with anxiety. In the Responsive module, I chose the Papyrus brief which is to create a design for their colouring book to help the prevention of suicide in young people cause my mental health problems. Mental health wellbeing is something I feel strongly about and I would like to produce something for it to educate people about how real the issue is.