Time to pick-up the bar
In response to Jasmin Bedir’s op-ed last month, Never Not Creative founder Andy Wright says that its time for men in the industry to pick up the bar, writing that it doesn’t have to be hard or scary.
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A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine penned this piece on Mumbrella – A good bloke? The bar is hanging too f-king low.
Now, I don’t know the complete reaction to the piece, but I do know that it riled a few up, caused a few more to ‘reach out’ and praise and probably many more to confidently move on, with the knowledge that “this isn’t me, I’m not the problem.”
Bravo. Hey we’ve all got a bar to pick up. ‘That’s not me’ my fav line to hear when it comes to any issue. I’m not racist – well generations of abuse and racism didn’t filter to nowhere. Stats say we’re all a bit bloody racist. Misogyny is the same, generations of it and if it’s ‘not you’ then who the hell is it? stats say different. Women and men alike…
Oh yeah you just said all this. Anyway here is to picking up bars for a better future. Nice chat x