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 (DIR) Post #9xsm2VySJcRWNV6I9g by Rad@spinster.xyz
       2020-08-06T07:50:00Z
       
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       Is there a master boycott list of anti-women companies?
       
 (DIR) Post #9xsm2WvImpVxK0dHsW by rose@spinster.xyz
       2020-08-06T12:31:18Z
       
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       @Rad Some ideas here:https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3935090-Up-to-date-boycott-list
       
 (DIR) Post #9xsm2Xuz5Ur2PJUY1Q by Gelatinousrube@spinster.xyz
       2020-08-06T12:46:08Z
       
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       @rose @Rad I wanted to be glib and say "most of them" but some are worse than others I know
       
 (DIR) Post #9xsm2YbAYebAW9EEm8 by rose@spinster.xyz
       2020-08-06T12:49:17Z
       
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       @Gelatinousrube @Rad Yes, some are far worse, like Lush.
       
 (DIR) Post #9xsm2ZUTF2pnHf6OyO by Gelatinousrube@spinster.xyz
       2020-08-06T12:53:35Z
       
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       @rose @Rad don't I know it!! I worked for those assholes 10 years ago
       
 (DIR) Post #9xsm2aCQbbzpTzfVUO by rose@spinster.xyz
       2020-08-07T10:14:58Z
       
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       I hope they didn't coerce you into doing anything you didn't want to do. The very idea of a shop asking its female staff to strip naked to push a product enrages me. @Gelatinousrube @Rad
       
 (DIR) Post #9xsm2b51KdfIDJD6a8 by Gelatinousrube@spinster.xyz
       2020-08-07T11:22:08Z
       
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       @rose @Rad thank you for saying that. I came on shortly after the nudity campaign and would have said NO! I was older than average staff and a mother by then, so I was already radicalized by life :)
       
 (DIR) Post #9xsm2bqsShwibjbKAy by rose@spinster.xyz
       2020-08-07T11:24:07Z
       
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       @Gelatinousrube @Rad I bet lots of the young women who did it only did it because they were afraid to say no. They should never have been asked.
       
 (DIR) Post #9xsm2coQtHaJaRSt0K by Gelatinousrube@spinster.xyz
       2020-08-07T12:32:37Z
       
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       @rose @Rad the midaughts were a terrible time for feminism in a lot of ways. I think I was there about 1.5 years after the nudity campaign but men would come in and ask me about the next time we were going to take our clothes off. I don't think anyone saw nude clerks and took away "wow it's so great lush is eliminating unnecessary packaging."One thing I wasn't aware of until I started was how often employees are "sitting ducks." In addition to the "cheeky" nature of the product names, which makes some male customers assume we're a couple of degrees away from being bikini baristas or something, employees are also expected to be mouthpieces for lush's policies and campaigns. They were running an anti-whaling campaign when I was there so it wasn't too controversial, but there's been others that have been hard on the clerks since then (not my writing): https://mitheringsfrommorningside.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/the-smell-of-bullshit-part-77-another-lush-campaign-upsets-people/It's really a very problematic company on so many levels. It's very libfem--using women to push an agenda and making it look like a bunch of sexy fun put on by cool chicks, man!My rebellion was to never ever spout the line that the skincare products were going to have anti-aging effects or prevent wrinkles like the training wants you to say (I'm sure this is true of all cosmetics companies). Women would ask me and I would say, the only way to slow wrinkles is to not move your face and stay out of the sun! I said the creams smell good and will make their skin feel nice. Anyway, that's a lot about lush, whew.