Lush has fallen

You say "Lush has Fallen" but how is them raising money for trans charities or organisations a threat to women?

The charity in question is Trans Media Watch. The term "media watch" should raise questions in itself. In any case, this is an organisation which is committed to the suppression of debate and the demonization of those who wish to discuss (a) the fact that there is a conflict between the rights of women to single-sex space and facilities and between the desire of other groups to have access to facilities which do not match their sex, (b) the problems that might arise from the medicalisation of children who experience gender dysphoria

As others have said, I think the forcing staff to run around with their arses out in public and similar stunts was enough reason to avoid them.

msmagazine.com/2012/04/27/no-comment-lush-protests-torture-of-animals-with-simulated-torture-of-women/

I like their massage bars because find myself giving/receiving a lot more spontaneous massages when I keep them in the house.

That said, DP isn't super keen on the smell, and Lush shops are indeed awful. Can anyone recommend an alternative source for massage bars?

Relieved I’m not the only one wondered when they weren’t fallen 😂

Mockers hopefully that was paid models rather than just asking staff....which would be illegal....hopefully? I don’t actually know.

Sorry, but I'm a bit lost as to what the issue is here?
You say "Lush has Fallen" but how is them raising money for trans charities or organisations a threat to women?
Are people even against the idea of there being trans help at all?
Otherwise if not, what's the problem?

No, I did not imagine it:

US Lush have done woke things before (remember a really patronising trans education campaign). I think this is a first for the UK side.

I stopped buying from them a while ago. TBH it's no loss - their stuff is overpriced, their stores are a sensory assault not just from the smells, and they have a poor reputation for staff welfare.

As for Twinings, I think they are all owned by big companies now - Teapigs sold out to Tetley, Pukka Teas did the same with Unilever.

Getting a bit nervous about Twinings, now. I think I prefer blissful ignorance.

I wouldn't shop at Lush if they paid me, not since the stench from their stores became unbearable, not since they showed they were prepared to exploit their staff, not since they get the staff to be so pushy and not since their anti-police stance.

Fallen?

I wasn't aware they ever got up.

Do they still require their staff to do the annual bare-arsed thing in nothing but aprons?

They lost me with their anti-police bollocks. Can't say I ever shopped there as it stank as badly as a skunk letting one off in a perfume factory. They are not woke to me, but rather batshit with their need for attention dressed as advertising.

I thought they had gone bust. Shame they haven't. Sorry for workers losing their jobs though.

They lost me on the anti police thing too. I was wavering and then they did some fundraising for Mermaids I think. V easy to boycott the products - someone on MN recommended Soaposh, which is lovely. Harder to avoid the smell of course.

@ScrimshawTheSecond, Twinings is owned by Associated British Food. You'd think a food company would be OK, but of course we've seen stuff from Upfield (Flora) and P&G (Always, but also Gillette, Fairy, Pringles etc.). I don't know much, but P&G at least doesn't produce exclusively food.

They’ve always been batshit

If you buy according to views, you’d have ditched them years ago.

To fall, you must first rise. Lush never have. Still, not fussed as I've never liked them. Didn't know about that kiss the staff member thing though, why the hell did anyone think that was a good idea?

They lost me with their anti police campaign

FFS. Yes as pp have pointed out, Lush are reliably awful.

I wouldn't agree, obviously, but I could sort of understand if they did a campaign for Mermaids. But Belcher and Trans Media Watch? Yes, let's make sickly perfumed bath bombs to facilitate the complete destruction of women's rights with no one being able to raise an objection. Top inclusión.

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Thank you @2BthatUnnoticed I can’t believe I’m so out of touch!

I can’t remember it’s name, but there is a blog detailing Lush’s exploitative working practices. Put me right off of them. They would step over their own granny for a quick buck.
Also, essential oils are bad for your skin. A dermatology nurse once told me never to shop there.

They didn't think of moving him to a male prison?

I've always had to cross the road to avoid lush (quite literally - the pong brings on an asthma attack) but have been thoroughly disgusted with them since the kiss a member of staff incident mentioned upthread.

They let the trans impregnator OUT and kept the pregnant woman in?

I mean, fair enough if she’s a murderer but most women end up in prison for stuff like receiving stolen goods and non payment of fines, so...

Off to learn more about it!