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title: 'If you read one post today, start reading this one so that you can actually read the one you should read'
date: '2015-10-13T23:50:18-07:00'
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  - '#featured'
  - Events
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Startups
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  - cloudability
  - 'leah weitz'
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  - Women
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# If you read one post today, start reading this one so that you can actually read the one you should read

I write stuff. A lot. I write a lot of stuff. Constantly. Blog posts. Tweets. Emails. [Slack updates](https://pdx-startups-slack.herokuapp.com/ "Portland Startups Slack"). And while I like to think I do a decent job of highlighting projects, rarely is my writing revelatory. Or brave. So when someone writes something that is difficult and revelatory? I notice.

Like take Leah Weitz, from Portland’s [Cloudability](http://cloudability.com "Cloudability"). Who wrote something this week that needed to be said. [About the all too prevalent bro and frat culture at tech events](http://leahweitz.com/things-men-have-actually-said-to-me-at-tech-events/ "Things men have actually said to me at tech events").

> It sucks.

> ….but it’s not the end of the world. For every bad encounter, there are so many more good ones. And I am so glad for that—in fact, I would love to simply dwell on the fact that the vast majority of the folks that I meet at tech events are lovely. But improving that ratio of good-to-bad depends on recognizing and reacting to the bad.

But not everyone appreciates this kind of honesty.

> Been the recipient of many critical, disparaging & downright cruel comments today—but support has far outweighed the bad. Inspired & happy.
> 
> — Leah Weitz (@Leah\_Weitz) [October 13, 2015](https://twitter.com/Leah_Weitz/status/654071695016198144)

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So if you read one post today—and why for the love of Mike are you still reading my drivel—[please go read Leah’s thoughtful post](http://leahweitz.com/things-men-have-actually-said-to-me-at-tech-events/ "Things men have actually said to me at tech events").