This week on Womanufacturing, we're joined by the brilliant and fearless Lola Vars — mechanical engineer, materials scientist, ceramist, and all-around multi-hyphenate badass. We dive deep into the emotional cost of working in male-dominated spaces, the internal contortions women make just to be heard, and how it feels to finally stop filtering ourselves.

Alicia opens up about how she’s been fired three times since deciding to speak up more confidently — and how Lola’s refusal to soften her truth is both inspiring and (let’s be honest) a little uncomfortable in all the right ways.

We also unpack Lola’s powerful lens:
The Zero Principle — Are we even solving the right problem?

This one’s raw, real, and full of truth bombs.