MEETUP- AGEISM IS ALIVE AND WELL PPL

PICTURE OF 57 YEAR OLD WOMAN LOOKING AT AN APP

Ok , so like my title says Age-ism is alive and well ppl. Yep indeed. I attended a monthly meet-up for Techies such as myself with 3 presentations:
I'm sure not one of the 5000+ members is blogging about this, but picture Candice from Portlandia with her mouth wide open:
So it went down like this:& yes I took notes like any good journalist would do:
Presentation #1: mind you that these are all Start ups looking for VC (Venture Capital) $$$$$
ok back to Presentation 1------> Quriquant is for Traders as in Stock/bonds/smart guy very on point/ new his craft
Presentation 2------> INJII----> I loved this guy . He was soooo nervous, but I actually understood his concept . Bravo.
Presentation 3------->> LABRADOR CONNECT: guy walk up to stand grabs mic, starts walking around the stage like the salesperson that he is. Ok, ok lets see what hes got, I'm thinking.The man started out with this
a picture of (and I kid you not) a and I quote "a 57 year old woman squinting at a screen" All of a sudden, I looked to my left then to my right and everyone was chuckling. This is the part where I should have stood up and said " this is the Sexist and most ageist presentation ever" what if this started with "imagine a Millennial squinting at the screen" It really is NOT about being a senior citizen or a millennial. Its about you starting a presentation w/ a picture of a woman with her Ipad on a couch squinting
Yes women and men all loling at the picture of the 57 year old woman looking at her Ipad screen. I was so pissed off that I should have got up and walked out right there and then. But writing a blog is a way to bring awareness of the epidemic that is Ageism and Sexism
So FYI , I will ck out this guys direct competitor BOOMTOWN!
So check it out Brian, after you started your presentation chuckling at the expense of the 57 year old woman staring at her I-pad, I completely forgot what you were presenting
I suggest that you watch the video below , I am Candace. And if you don't know who Candace is... then you need to start watching Portlandia and watching ALL WOMEN FOR THAT MATTER.
WE ARE ALL THE 57 YEAR OLD WOMAN
Brian  (not the Air Conditioner Man) WATCH THIS
Click on the Brian tab to understand what I'm talking about
xo @latinabug_nj

PODCASTS PART 2 !!! LISTEN & LEARN....

Thats right, just like my header says, Listen and Learn PPL.
Just added Fabulous Podcasts to my already long list!!
First of all I'm sure on my last blog I mentioned +LENNY this is in newsletter format it comes into your email inbox: just subscribe lenny@lennyletter.com, Speaking of Lenny please subscribe (if you have an Iphone-Itunes account) to : Women of the Hour with Lena Dunham -OMG just listened to Episode 2: Body- Woah
Also: on my to listen list:

• Happier with Gretchen Rubin
• The Del and Emerson Show
• StartUp Podcast
• The Reboot Podcast
• Re/Code Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher
• The Bitch Bible
• Hidden Brain by NPR
• Savage Lovecast
• Hispano Entrepreneur
• This Week in Barron's
• The Love & Sex Report with @pattistanger

• and of course Straight Talk w /Ross Mathews
• Mattieologie

SO MUCH FUN!!! It never ends because on my phone the I currently have 14 unplayed episodes, so many podcasts so little time, this is really getting worse than +Netflix

ahhhhh, exhausting but in a good way :) kinda like sex
This in no way shape or form assures you to get your "mojo" back , but at least you will be certainly entertained in the meantime
xo +latinabug nj 

CAUSE FEMINISM RULES???!!

EXCELLENT READ! BUT HMMMMMMM

 

 

 

 

BOOK TITLE: FEMINISIM: The Essential Historical Writings
PUBLISHER: RANDOM HOUSE,Inc. -New York
FIRST EDITION: YR 1972

So I picked up the above book at my local library for a whopping ONE dollar, took it home, got comfy and opened the first page , I purposely read the following from beginning to end, what I usually do is read who wrote it first , then the year. But this time I said no I will read this quote from beginning to end and not see who wrote it and what year. Here it is:

"We who like the children of Israel have been wandering in the wilderness of prejudice and ridicule for forty years feel a peculiar tenderness for the young women on whose shoulders we are about to leave our burdens...The younger women are starting with great advantages over us. They have the results of our experience; they have superior opportunities for education; they will find a  more enlightened public sentiment for discussion; they will have more courage to take the rights which belong to them... Thus far women have been the more echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of social life are all masculine origin.
The true woman is as yet a dream of the future.

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
at the age of 72 , speaking to the International
Council of Women, yr. 1888 

I highlighted and wrote this last sentence in BOLD. Why? Because of the date. When I got to the bottom of this I was appalled that Ms.Stanton had said this in the 19th Century. I really, really thought this was going to say something along the decades of the 1950's or 60's related to the Mad-Men era. But WTF, we have not made progress! Case in point: myself. How demeaning and alive chauvanism is. 
Example:
"Well they sold you a Lemon because they see you are a woman" - Insert surprised emoji look here to mechanic.
"Excuse me are you a sales-rep for Bayer, cause I see you are at this conference"
"Are you a lawyer, ? I'm asking because you are dressed in a pant-suit"
"Are you a nurse?" Because you seem to know and speak the medical lingo

This happens to me everyday, and so with more frequency than the average lady, because I am a woman and a Minority in business. And I am proud of this. 
I am glad that other women like myself are writing newsletters , airing podcasts galore!!!
Example: LENNY NEWSLETTER
Brought to you by @lenadunham (from @girlshbo fame) +Jeni Konner
everyone should subscribe: lenny@lennyletter.com
or on Twitter : +LENNY 
Please we need the 21st century to start TODAY!!!
LADIES UNITE
xo +latinabug nj