OK folks, hold onto your hats - here we go, with my annual live-tweeting of my reading of @condenast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue. What do we think we'll find this year? I'm guessing, what we find every year: #carefullycalibrateddiversity, lack of age/body diversity, appalling waste of celebrities, every ad looking pretty much the same as every other ad. Let's see, shall we? 🙂 Let's start with the cover. Obviously, when @condenast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue decided on @blakelively as the cover, they had no idea she would be as much a part of The Discourse as she currently is. Separate to that, I continue to want to see cover women who aren't models or actresses, but powerful real world personalities

Starting my annual live-tweeting of my reading of @condenast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue. Predictions: even MORE #CarefullyCalibratedDiversity; ageist fetishization of youth; huge amount of adspend wasted looking like everyone else; nothing's changing in fashion's old world We LOVE @serenawilliams on the cover of @condenast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue with @OlympiaOhanian. We don't love that the photographer wasn't a Black woman. Anna Wintour is the queen-maker - uplift a Black female photographer to be the next @annieleibovitz & pay her the $$$

'I immediately checked out the site and I literally got goosebumps. @makelovenotporn seemed totally aligned with my ideals and beliefs around adult content in our society: that it should reflect consensual, mutually-enjoyable experiences' @tntannie_russ makelovenotporn.medium.com/coming-to-mlnp… 'I was digging the energy and supportive nature of the @makelovenotporn community. The comments below our video were encouraging and supportive. Every email I sent to staff was responded to in a respectful, loving way.' @tntannie_russ makelovenotporn.medium.com/coming-to-mlnp… #sextech #socialsex

Starting my annual ritual of live-tweeting my reading of the @CondeNast @voguemagazine #SeptemberIssue Predictions: even MORE Carefully Calibrated Diversity; ageist fetishization of youth; huge amount of adspend wasted looking like everyone else; the theme #newbeginnings won't be Separate to the fact the cover is extraordinarily visually non-compelling, why models YET AGAIN, @condenast @voguemagazine? I want to see real world women on your cover, with real world bodies, real world age, real world achievements. Especially Black women #SeptemberIssue

1. EVERY MAN IN THE AD INDUSTRY MUST READ THIS, stop this and stop other men doing this. 2. Nothing changes until MEDIA NAMES NAMES (I've been trying to make this happen for years) @zoescaman zoescaman.substack.com/p/mad-men-furi… @Campaignmag @adage @adweek @thedrum @digiday @businessinsider Together with reading @zoescaman's post zoescaman.substack.com/p/mad-men-furi… watch the first 15 minutes of my 2017 @3PercentConf keynote, to understand why everything Zoe cites is the single biggest business issue facing the ad industry (and every other industry) today

Ladies, re-upping this @RachelKrantz @bustle interview with me because you may find it useful. Also, remember that in addition to business and #diversityandinclusion consulting and speaking, I also do personal coaching 🙂 cindy@ifwerantheworld.com bustle.com/articles/12937… 'Consider that when you ask for a raise, you're not just helping yourself — you are also acting on behalf of other women by helping to close the pay gap'..."As women, we don’t get taken seriously until we get taken seriously financially." I talk to @bustle bustle.com/articles/12937…

Women = primary ad target. I've urged ad women for years to start #adtech biz through the female lens and make an absolute goddamn fucking shit-ton of money. Scroll founder pics in @BusinessInsider to see why, create your own better pitch. Investors abound businessinsider.com/pitch-decks-th…

https://twitter.com/cindygallop/status/1270806731493388291

#adtech #brandtech #martech

'Cindy Gallop, founder of “social sex” site @makelovenotporn and a founding member of @womenofsextech, a network of women working in the #sextech space, adds female founders have a much tougher time raising capital than men.' @timmpsmith @mparts_ @Siftedeu sifted.eu/articles/rise-… “@Roman in 4 years has raised $897m and is valued at $5bn. The enormous irony is that has enabled Roman to expand into women’s health with @hellorory and to build out an overarching healthcare platform called @ro,” Gallop says.' @Siftedeu sifted.eu/articles/rise-… #sextech

'A bio for Donna Strickland, the physicist who invented a technology used by all the high-powered lasers in the world, was created on Wikipedia. In less than 6 mins it was flagged for a “speedy deletion” & shortly thereafter erased from the site' @ftripodi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… 'This is part of the reason Dr. Strickland didn't have an active Wikipedia page when she was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics 4 years later. Despite clear evidence, some didn't feel her contributions were notable enough to warrant a Wikipedia bio' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

'@makelovenotporn is a rare sexy oasis in a virtual desert of shame, guilt and judgement. It is unequivocally the best kept secret on the internet.' @YesGoddessErica makelovenotporn.medium.com/how-the-social…
❤️❤️❤️ #sextech #realworldsex #socialsex #socialsexrevolution #MakeGoddessEricaLoveNotPorn 'When you become a member of @makelovenotporn, you are joining a growing community of adults passionate about watching (and sharing!) ethical, inclusive, female-pleasure prioritized sex - REAL people sharing glimpses into their real lives' @YesGoddessErica makelovenotporn.medium.com/how-the-social…

.@merleeshay @BuzzFeed set out to overcome her hatred of porn, reached out to talk & decided to share her own #realworldsex on @makelovenotporn. Her searingly honest 20-minute video exploration is a MUST-WATCH (so, obviously, is her MLNP video 😍) #sextech "I was contributing my body, and my sexual experience, to the larger conversation for people to see." @merleeshay @BuzzFeed became a MakeLoveNotPornstar and shared her #realworldsex on @makelovenotporn. Here's how the #socialsexrevolution changed her:

You're idiots, white Hollywood. '@McKinsey's study concluded that America’s film industry is the country’s least diverse business sector and that its systemic anti-Black biases cost it at least $10 billion in annual revenue.' @franklinleonard @nytopinion nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi… 'Black content is undervalued, underdistributed and underfunded, @mckinsey's analysis found. It also found that Black talent has been systematically shut out of creator, producer, director and writer positions.' @franklinleonard @nytopinion nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi… #Racism

'When the team asked John Hegarty, who judged last year’s competition, he recommended me. I was thrilled because I am a total print junkie.' I talk to @monmckenzie26 @StopPressNZ about why I'm judging @NZStuff #PaperPlanes stoppress.co.nz/features/cindy… 'My background in advertising is account management, and I'm not one of those account people that ever thought I could do the creative’s job – because I couldn’t. I am blown away by the brilliant creative minds in our industry who take that creative leap' stoppress.co.nz/features/cindy…

I strongly recommend, @TheEconomist @EconEvents #EconInnov, that your 'Early confirmed speakers' for an event called 'Encouraging Inclusive Collaboration And Culture At Work' does NOT look like this. Also - you can't make this shit up. cc @GenderAvenger @ManelWatchUS And before you try this shit, let me pre-emptively post the @ameliashowalter Cycle Of Tech Conference Planning #EconInnov

Women, how many of you recognize everything in @taiyoholic's post? Whether you work in the ad industry, in any creative industry, or in any industry, period? I'm disgusted by you, @scholzfriends.
taiyoholic.medium.com/advertising-se… 'This other creative had not been involved in the pitch at all. “Oh I wanted to get fresh eyes on it”, he said. This wasn’t the last time he would bring in someone random for their opinion on my work, incl (male) art directors below my level.' @taiyoholic taiyoholic.medium.com/advertising-se…

Brands, marketers, agencies: it's 6 weeks to #Pride and Rana Reeves of RanaVerse has some MUST-READ advice: 'Consumers who identify as LGBTQ+ expect brands to see and hear them every day of the year—not just during June.' @adage adage.com/article/opinio…
#DiversityAndInclusion 'Brands flock to New York and L.A. to tap into the biggest Pride events and queer markets. But #Pride is celebrated nationwide, and there are currently 27 states that lack LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination laws, including Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina' @adage adage.com/article/opinio…

'@makelovenotporn ends rape culture by showing you how wonderful great consensual, communicative sex is in the real world. We role model good sexual values and behaviour, and we make THAT aspirational.”
@StephNuzzo @lifehacker @lifehackerau lifehacker.com.au/2021/04/we-nee…
#sextech 'In Gallop’s estimation, every issue surrounding intimacy, consent and respect comes down to the fact that we as a society struggle to talk about sex.' @stephnuzzo @lifehacker @LifehackerAU lifehacker.com.au/2021/04/we-nee…
#makeAussielovenotporn #sextech #socialsex #socialsexrevolution

Nothing makes the case more powerfully for @makelovenotporn's 'education through real world demonstration', than this @peggyorenstein @inaparkmd @nytimes article: 'Once the masks come off, 21st century youth...will double down on party and hookup culture' nytimes.com/2021/04/17/opi… 'Most-cited “helpful source of info about how to have sex” was online porn. That came out ahead of actually talking to your partner, esp among young men.' @peggyorenstein @InaParkMD nytimes.com/2021/04/17/opi… @makelovenotporn makes it easier to talk about sex, through demonstration

Today's @makelovenotporn email from a man:
'Like many males, I used to visit typical porn sites, but it didn’t take long for me to tire of them, to the point that I stopped visiting such sites for years. And then I came across your site via @followcrave. I couldn't believe... '..my luck – @makelovenotporn was exactly what I had been hoping to find for so long. Your site is brilliant – it’s real, and I am utterly grateful for it! I am positive MLNP can only grow and continue to get better and better. Frankly, I like to pay for what I get from MLNP...

'Men are three times more emotional than women at work.' Any woman could have told you that. Also in politics, government, in fact everywhere. @JessRapana @StylistMagazine stylist.co.uk/life/emotion-w… 'According to the findings, men are twice as likely to get emotional when their “ideas weren’t heard” or because they “were criticised”.' @JessRapana @StylistMagazine stylist.co.uk/life/emotion-w… #GenderEquality #DiversityAndInclusion #ChangeTheRatio

Re @BurgerKing: years ago I was hired by A Very Big Company to review some advertising they were planning to run targeting women as part of their #DiversityAndInclusion program. I was clear upfront that I was not going to 'rubber stamp' their advertising, and that I would only... take the job if they agreed to act on whatever I recommended - which they committed to. They showed me the ad. I said to them, I want to see the list of the creatives and crew behind the ad, but even without having seen it, I know this ad was written by white men. (It was.) ...