Legendary Cindy Gallop at #futurefest

Everyonce in a while you meet someone who makes you take stock. That person is Cindy Gallop who I had the joy of meeting and hearing live at Futurefest 2016.

If you don’t know Cindy Gallop you might want to check out her TED talk, make love not porn and I’m surprised I didn’t mention her talk in no fap. I reconised her in the speakers lounge but wasn’t sure where from. Then after the first talk, I knew where from.

Almost everything she said had me nodding my head and thinking she is ever so right. From the panel discussion about shifting identites to women will rule.

She was so open and honest about everything. Some of the best parts include her thoughts on the crisis of people not talking about sex and other related things. This came up in Sex and the office: the future of love and work. She made the great point of the increase in sexual ignorance. Pretty sure she made the point about China’s increase in sexual diseases too.

@makelovenotporn absolutely cindy!! i totally agree with you, we need to talk more openly and explicity about sex and porn!! not silence!!

— emetaron tata abuah (@TataAbuah) September 20, 2016

Her thoughts on equality, diversity and inclusion was simply breathtaking.

It's not enough to 'lean in' you have to challenge the business structure and invent your own future – @cindygallop pic.twitter.com/SHfbgkuMCN

— Kat Murray-Clark (@kmurrayclark) September 18, 2016

I imagine many people will not be happy with this but frankly Cindy tells it as it is… blowing shit up, changing things as she goes.

"Get hired because you are a woman or person of color and then do a bloody brilliant job in that role."@cindygallop https://t.co/sW2J1QZIyH

— Mélody (@melody___t) September 20, 2016

#GeekGirlMeets @CindyGallop in our latest #podcast from #FutureFest16 in London – lots of inspiration in this one: https://t.co/wpJFtzz6M4 pic.twitter.com/324cz3GVJ8

— GeekGirl Meetup UK (@ggmUK) September 20, 2016

Expect a full blog post about Futurefest soon…