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Please Let Me Use My Weird Brain
My brain is neurodivergent. And the advertising industry, for all its talk about loving diverse thinking, doesn't quite know what to do with me when I'm not being useful. By Feryx Lim.
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Gerety Awards Announces 2026 Executive Jury & Opens for Early Bird Entries
Mavens' all-time favourite creative awards body, The Gerety Awards, is proud to unveil the international cities that will host its 2026 Executive Jury sessions, alongside the powerful Jury Presidents leading them. The announcement marks the official opening of entries for the 2026 edition. Executive judging sessions will take place in London, Auckland, Toronto, New York, Paris, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Dubai, Madrid, Milano, Mexico City, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Berlin and São Pa
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The Power in Your Perspective with Anastasia Simone
Interview by Leah Morris. Senior Art Director Anastasia Simone has come up against the ‘spiky walls’ that many opinionated women face in creative communications. Now, with plenty of career wins under her belt, she champions the value of her perspective – this article is an invitation for you to do the same. The art-based creative believes we need less thought leaders who can’t do, and more doers who make time to think (let that sink in). In her words: “No one is better posit
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Big Tech is Running The Manosphere & We All Seem Fine With It
The manosphere isn't a single, dark corner of the internet like it may once have been. It’s an entire toxic ecosystem. An umbrella term for the sprawling, spidery network of online communities that connect angry and vulnerable men over a shared hatred of women. From the bizarrely ridiculous yet threatening ‘involuntary celibates’ (incels) and the paranoid ‘Men Going Their Own Way’ (MGTOW) to the wealth-obsessed ‘red pill’ influencers and Pick-Up Artists (PUAs) who objectify
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‘Fairness in the Feed’ launches to demand LinkedIn algorithm action
Refusing to be silenced by algorithmic bias, business leaders Cindy Gallop, Samantha Katz and Jane Evans have this week launched an international petition demanding action from the tech giant. ‘Fairness In The Feed’ is demanding transparency, fairness and equal opportunity on LinkedIn. Cindy Gallop, who is the Founder & CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn, has been using LinkedIn for twenty years and used to recommend it to everyone as ‘the platform that makes your professional goals hap
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The Creative Alchemy of Stephanie Gwee
Interview by Leah Morris. Stephanie Gwee has spent her career turning chaos into campaigns that land strong. From journalism to Asia’s...
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