Comments on: Thriving in a band of brothers

By: kerry_shea

kerry_shea — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:05:52 +0000

Michelle, sounds like you've already earned some stripes. If you can hang with those guys and survive, you'll do just fine.

By: kerry_shea

kerry_shea — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:04:45 +0000

Hey Sarah. Checked out your blog. Thanks for getting in touch.

By: kerry_shea

kerry_shea — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:55:20 +0000

Thanks Alice. I don't think that's controversial… it's true. At least in my case anyway. Thanks for reading.

By: michelle bujan

michelle bujan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:45:23 +0000

I could not agree more. As an aspiring copywriter, I believe that being able to be 'one of the guys' at 4 a.m. in an art school computer lab, really prepared me for any Sausagefest down the line. Dealing with outrageous commercial ideas involving 'glory holes,' 'belch competitions' and 'cock blocks' – delirious from no Zzzs, a woman has to be able to withstand a certain amount of macho with her late night chocolate pick-me-up, while longing for her beauty sleep. Not to mention that lil' area above the knee, that tickles when pinched- not so ticklish anymore. Bring it on, boys!

By: @sarahmerion

@sarahmerion — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:04:06 +0000

Woman, you are DEAD ON. This was so well written I litterally could not have done it better myself. I've had the same thoughts on this issue (especially the big brother part) and in social media it is definitely a prominent issue. I've always struggled with the fact that I have way more male role models and mentors than I do women mentors, but I think I just found another to add Thanks!!

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:59:52 +0000

Yep. I trained as an engineer (80 boys on our apprenticeship – 4 girls) when I was younger. I totally agree with this post. Can I quite controversially add to the mix that maybe hanging around with lads might also make you wittier (I don't know if you are witty, but it must help with being a copywriter and all)?

By: kerry_shea

kerry_shea — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:45:03 +0000

Loved your post — especially that snazzy headline. Thanks for the link.

By: kerry_shea

kerry_shea — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:43:17 +0000

I don't think anyone disagrees that diversity adds to quality. It makes us all better and smarter to surround ourselves with people with different views.

By: em

em — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:31:15 +0000

Hey, I'm a CW at Ignited in LA. I share your sentiments. This is my blog post about it too.

http://ignitedusa.com/blog/YOWSAHaveYouSeentheB...

By: Mark Trueblood

Mark Trueblood — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:28:32 +0000

I've had the pleasure of working in one creative department that was about 50/50 male and female, and in another creative department that was very culturally diverse.

Both experiences add to the quality of the work, and I feel every creative department should allow themselves the blessings of cultural and gender diversity.