to find a "voice" in this heavily competitive industry. Generally, females are (naturally) not built to have an "ego" and "show-off-y" kind of nature, they rely on their inner strength, talent and skills as a woman to survive in this world. Therefore you don't often see us (women) being "loud" on the web world and aggressively promoting ourselves as our male counterparts. This kind of articles is actually another platform for female designers to be known and recognized by this industry. Anyway, if you can see it from this point view you will understand that this kind of article is not promoting sexism or gender-based issues but it is trying to help leverage known and unknown female designers. Trust me, you won't see us (female designers) writing up articles on ourselves, just to stroke our egos, anytime soon... We are just not raised that way (disclaimer: this sentence is background specific). Therefore, this kind of article helps female designers to have a "voice"... So learn about them as you would learn about any designer out there. My two cents. Totally agree with you! I don't understand the reason of making this post controversial. It's just a post about the female web designers out there, a way to give them some recognition and a way to know them. That's all I got to say. Where is the platform for *quiet* male designers? There are males and females out there who are good at promoting themselves. However, it seems to be a