Brands Taking a Stand: The Power of Shared Values in Today’s Marketplace
While working in an ad agency, you consume media a bit differently.
While working in an ad agency, you consume media a bit differently.
In 2013, my life took an unexpected turn when I received a breast cancer diagnosis. This diagnosis shook me to my core, forcing me to confront my mortality and reevaluate the priorities in my life.
Hormones are a wild thing. From puberty to menopause and literally every moment in between, our hormones walk a razor’s edge to stay “balanced.” And I use the term balanced lightly.
I graduated from the high-risk clinic this time, and I could establish care with a regular old OB. I did what all youngest children do: went with the doctor my sister used. I instantly felt safe and well taken care of. I’d already decided that I would not choose to abort a baby with trisomy 21 (a genetic presentation of Down syndrome), and that’s the big discussion I was posed to have at this appointment.
Trigger Warning: infertility, miscarriage, abortion and infant loss
After three years of infertility and two rounds of IUI, I became pregnant. We celebrated immediately! We took our friends out for dinner because we were all so excited. We were cautious and scared, but we’d made it further than I thought we would.
Trigger Warning: infertility, miscarriage, abortion and infant loss
In today’s world, social media has a big impact on us, and I’m always amazed by how powerful it is. Yet, with this power, there’s a hidden trap many of us unknowingly fall into that impacts our perspectives more than we realize: echo chambers – a concept that isn’t new but has been magnified in the digital age.
Love the Barbie movie or hate it, the question is How do we fix it? Not the movie, but the reality of the movie.
Your voice carries more weight than you are willing to believe.
Have you ever found yourself in a heated conversation, utterly flabbergasted by someone else’s stance on an issue? You’re confident they must share your viewpoint – after all, it was on the news, right? Yet, to your surprise, their take is the exact opposite of yours. It’s moments like these that make you wonder: Are we all seeing the same news?
Author’s note: SPOILER ALERTS for anyone who has not seen Barbie. Pause here, go to the first showing available, and come back.
I found comfort in my silence, assuming a role of neutrality and watching from the sidelines. But I’ve come to realize, especially within today’s political landscape, that my silence was more than just neutrality. It was, in essence, a form of complacency.