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I agree. This is exemplified by the author of the original piece that started the media storm, Jeff Bercovici himself, in his sorry excuse of an apologetic arti
by Jun8 8y ago
I agree. This is exemplified by the author of the original piece that started the media storm, Jeff Bercovici himself, in his sorry excuse of an apologetic article after the suicide (https://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/austen-heinz.html https://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/austen-heinz.html):
"I didn't know anything about Austen Heinz when I met him, except that his behavior seemed to confirm certain notions I had about the way young men in the tech industry too often behave. To wit: They're oblivious to the concerns of women, and blind to their own biases; they talk endlessly about changing the world with technology while building frivolous things; they're arrogant and lacking in tact. I had a mental box marked "Silicon Valley tech bro" and his chatter about making women's sex organs more aesthetically pleasing fit neatly into it."
I didn't know anything about about Bercovici until this post on HN but his writing seems to confirm certain notions I have about the way clueless tech media people like him cover "entrepreneurship and innovation" in the Valley (this guy is now SF bureau chef of Inc., BTW) in their trigger-happy, zero-research way. His "breezy article" not only greatly harmed Austen Heinz but also seems to have done so for Audrey Hutchinson, the founder of Sweet Peach, who, after 4 years is now a manager in a NYC art gallery. I hope the clicks Inc. and other media outlets got out of this thread were worth it.
And so the bias wars continue to take their toll.
- trhway 8y ago> Jeff Bercovici himself so this guy and his followers didn't like suggestion of peach odor. Yet i don't see any outrage from him and the likes about "tropical rain" or french vanilla for example: https://vagipal.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=59 https://vagipal.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=59 googling "vaginal deodorant" brings a lot, including various vaginal yogurts/probiotics, aromatized and not, intended to fight the bacteria and yeast infections and the resulting bad odor. So, what was the original noise about beyond the peach odor?
- gldnspud 8y agoIt seems that the Sweet Peach company was doing something that had nothing to do with scents or deodorants, but instead were doing something with microbiome analysis and personalized health products. Then it was misrepresented by investors (to the surprise of Sweet Peach's founder), which was then blindly parroted by Bercovici.