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The exact tone exemplified in a review by Anna Hanks in the Dallas Morning News about the SXSW event in Austin this past weekend titled Why Can't SXSW Get Beyond Bro-Culture:
"Outside of panels about tech industry diversity, the conference appears to be largely white male and committed to a future that looks suspiciously like the show "Mad Men," tethered to the 20th century"
"At a rock show the "sound guys" are often guys, the venue's crew is often male. On the media end of things, the on-air radio DJs are often male, the concert photographers at shows are often male. (One dark blessing: at the music industry nerd shows that I go to, there's rarely a line for the ladies' room.)" Horrors!
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/03/16/sxsw-get-beyond-bro-culture
Anna Hanks is very wrong.
SXSW is extremely intolerant of white men. I know this because I attempted to get sent there by my company to give a tech talk, but could not come up with a satisfactory explanation on the SXSW talk application as to how I brought "diversity" to the event.
So I was passed over, but a Middle Eastern guy from our company with a similar application was accepted. Sure, could have been my proposed talk content, but I don't think so.
"Outside of panels about tech industry diversity, the conference appears to be largely white male and committed to a future that looks suspiciously like the show "Mad Men," tethered to the 20th century"
How come nobody reports that Social Worker Conferences look "like a Girl's Sleepover"?
http://freebeacon.com/columns/freedom-is-eating-steak-well-done-with-ketchup/