oh lana, i SO see where she's coming from in SOOOOOOOOO many ways, and i felt she was holding her tongue so much in that conversation.
then again, you've heard me speak the truth, not on camera of course and for some sort of interview.
being a female, and a young female especially, in the jewelry or fashion industry, is the toughest thing in the world, especially if you're very good at it. you are not taken seriously in any way. the "advantage" of being young and being female that she didn't mention, though you could tell she was about to and realized she would give up her secret, was that it's an immediate underestimation people have of her, and therefore she can then bowl them over in the end, like i have done so many times.
but yes, she was definitely right, and i agreed with her most especially on the part when she implied that you have to let your product speak for itself in order to gain any respect.
I'm very much with Donna, the academic lady. She didn't sugar coat it as Karen, the advertising/marketing lady did (...not sure if that's just the way spun it, or is actually that optimistic about life in GENERAL - she is quite convincing). Bonus points for Donna being the devil's advocate.
I agree - when in a public position, women are evaluated differently, just look at politics. You have to represent things completely differently, than the male counterpart, including yourself.
You will always be seen as too rough/cold/pragmatic OR too easy-going/ditzy/unprofessional compared to the male counterpart, who is seen as a risk-taker/initiator/go-getter or the friendly/diplomatic/amicable guy.
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then again, you've heard me speak the truth, not on camera of course and for some sort of interview.
being a female, and a young female especially, in the jewelry or fashion industry, is the toughest thing in the world, especially if you're very good at it. you are not taken seriously in any way. the "advantage" of being young and being female that she didn't mention, though you could tell she was about to and realized she would give up her secret, was that it's an immediate underestimation people have of her, and therefore she can then bowl them over in the end, like i have done so many times.
but yes, she was definitely right, and i agreed with her most especially on the part when she implied that you have to let your product speak for itself in order to gain any respect.
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She didn't sugar coat it as Karen, the advertising/marketing lady did (...not sure if that's just the way spun it, or is actually that optimistic about life in GENERAL - she is quite convincing).
Bonus points for Donna being the devil's advocate.
I agree - when in a public position,
women are evaluated differently, just look at politics.
You have to represent things completely differently, than the male counterpart, including yourself.
You will always be seen as too rough/cold/pragmatic OR too easy-going/ditzy/unprofessional compared to the male counterpart, who is seen as a risk-taker/initiator/go-getter or the friendly/diplomatic/amicable guy.
I definitely saw a lot of you in Lana
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