This is truly disgusting. The parents will be, at best, baffled, and at worst, furious. This is the marketing of a controversial medical intervention to children, targeting them. I had heard that Lush was already captured but this takes it up several notches.
This, like everything that is controversial is a minefield of fact checking & is exhausting! It seems Lush are admitting the booklet info was kind of a one off & mistake by a staff member & they never meant to target children. More specifically they are pretty silent about the window displays,QR links & binder distribution. That was for sure much more far reaching. I don’t think this will ever be over. I am so depressed to hear this active campaign ran just last month. 2025.
I sent off emails of complaints - absolutely disgusting. I so appreciate your work Stella. I have learned so much - corporate activism! I can hold a coherent conversation about this now. Thank you ❤️
Shame on Lush and all of them. This is a great line: "Let’s make sure our kids’ birthday parties are full of sparkles, not slogans." Will sparkles and rainbows ever be innocent again?
Being on the other side of the pond, you may not have heard about the debacle in the US where the Bud Light beer company decided to profile transwoman Dylan Mulvaney on their beer cans -- did not end well for them. From the Google/AI summary:
Google: "In April 2023, Bud Light faced significant backlash and a boycott following a partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who posted a video on Instagram showcasing a personalized Bud Light can with her face on it, celebrating her first year of transitioning. The post, meant to promote a March Madness contest and a line of Pride-themed cans, sparked outrage among conservative consumers, leading to a decline in Bud Light sales."
Though not impressed that Google is using "her" to describe Mulvaney -- a guy in drag if he still has his nuts attached, and a sexless eunuch if he doesn't.
"fume", indeed. That Kamala Harris was gushing over Mulvaney "living authentically as a woman" -- and for a whole 365 days!! 🙄 -- was apparently a major contributing factor in it being Trump in the Whitehouse and not Harris:
This is truly disgusting. The parents will be, at best, baffled, and at worst, furious. This is the marketing of a controversial medical intervention to children, targeting them. I had heard that Lush was already captured but this takes it up several notches.
This, like everything that is controversial is a minefield of fact checking & is exhausting! It seems Lush are admitting the booklet info was kind of a one off & mistake by a staff member & they never meant to target children. More specifically they are pretty silent about the window displays,QR links & binder distribution. That was for sure much more far reaching. I don’t think this will ever be over. I am so depressed to hear this active campaign ran just last month. 2025.
I sent off emails of complaints - absolutely disgusting. I so appreciate your work Stella. I have learned so much - corporate activism! I can hold a coherent conversation about this now. Thank you ❤️
Shame on Lush and all of them. This is a great line: "Let’s make sure our kids’ birthday parties are full of sparkles, not slogans." Will sparkles and rainbows ever be innocent again?
Being on the other side of the pond, you may not have heard about the debacle in the US where the Bud Light beer company decided to profile transwoman Dylan Mulvaney on their beer cans -- did not end well for them. From the Google/AI summary:
Google: "In April 2023, Bud Light faced significant backlash and a boycott following a partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who posted a video on Instagram showcasing a personalized Bud Light can with her face on it, celebrating her first year of transitioning. The post, meant to promote a March Madness contest and a line of Pride-themed cans, sparked outrage among conservative consumers, leading to a decline in Bud Light sales."
Though not impressed that Google is using "her" to describe Mulvaney -- a guy in drag if he still has his nuts attached, and a sexless eunuch if he doesn't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Light_boycott
Oh yes we did hear about it
Budweiser tanked he still seems ti be around playing the fool being worshipped
Makes me fume!
"fume", indeed. That Kamala Harris was gushing over Mulvaney "living authentically as a woman" -- and for a whole 365 days!! 🙄 -- was apparently a major contributing factor in it being Trump in the Whitehouse and not Harris:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Mulvaney