Mermaids sponsored by Starbucks.

What the hell is going on in that picture?!

This is City Of The Woke Seattle Starbucks we are talking about.

Send them the Times article on trans kids. Let them see who they are supporting.

The photo (the second one) on this "Mermaids Tales" story. The more you look at it, the worse it gets:

mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/mermaids-tales

Wonder if Starbucks will end up regretting this?

Another digression... my uncle in law (from a Mediterranean country) says mermaids are a mythological version of an ancient pirate/scavenger phenomenon whereby naked women on shore would try to entice passing boats to land and then hidden menfolk would ambush the sailors, kill them and take the spoils of the ship.

Sounds realistic to me.

I am frequently amazed at the lack of thinking by people who companies who would normally use their brains and look at the activities and press relating to a charity. There is enough out there - quite a lot is published by the charity itself. And yet everyone seems too scared to stand up to the schoolyard bully. For now anyway.

Remember when Kids Company was untouchable? You can’t find anyone now who says ‘I supported them’.

Didn't realise until today that Mermaids are being sponsored/promoted by Starbucks, when I visited for a treat coffee.

This is sooooo not like me, but I said/whispered to the barrista that as much as I support Trans people to live the life they want, the Mermaids org is a very suspect charity - just saying. My heart was in my mouth as I hate making any sort of scene.

He just shrugged his shoulders said it wasn't up to him which charity Starbucks chooses. Which is true and I know this. But hopefully he might mention to his manager and if enough people quietly say how disturbing this "charity" is then maybe someone might take notice.

Realistically I'm sure he thought I was stark raving mad for even bringing up my concern.

Also the lack of info on what Mermaids do was very sparse in their promotion. On the surface it looked like a charity supporting love and kindness to all children.

If you want a giggle look on twitter for an ‘cookie ad’ created by Tatsuya Ishida - and the howls of ‘what sick mind would do this to a charity for children - FOR CHILDREN??!!!’

I won’t post it here because it’s probably ban-worthy. I’d look fast through because twitter isn’t exactly neutral in the debate is it?

We live in a society where lingerie shops sell ‘sexy schoolgirl’ gear. If they made money from selling ‘sexy dog poo’ gear they would. That’s what they do - in it for the £££ (and the occasional ‘please don’t hurt me, I’ll be good and say what you want me to’)

What these multinationals are doing is to do very loud ostentatious appeals to show they are onboard with the zeitgeist

You can really hear the anger in Douglas Murray's voice, as another poster has said. He is an eloquent, analytical speaker.

What’s next, “Trans Mermaids Are Mermaids”? 🥴

Just another reason not to go to Starbucks

everybody who orders a cookie while being an adult should be taken aside and then taken away

At a time when the mainstream media thinks discussion is a three minute ding dong between two illiterate people both of whom are being misrepresented and are misrepresenting each other

That podcast is great. Douglas Murray is always interesting to listen to, he is a champion of freedom of speech

That Daily Mail article is very good. It's definitely written by someone gender critical!

I'd prefer it if Starbucks paid its taxes before it pretended it was socially progressive in any way.

I'm being trolled by Facebook as it keeps putting the advert in my news feed.

Yes, good to see mermaids called controversial

oh, helooooo

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8008871/Starbucks-rapped-100-000-controversial-transgender-charity.html

Wotcha your friend has very unusual views. Most people wouldn’t want a campaign to castrate children cookie if it was accurately described.

She was keen to tell me you had to buy a specific biscuit to donate money to Mermaids, and just buying say a coffee wouldn't result in an unintentional donation

See, what she said there makes sense if you think about it - it's the biscuits that money donate a percentage too.
She's not wrong, just ordering a coffee or whatever won't, your money will go nowhere near if you don't agree.
Like shopping in Next with a British Heart Foundation pin badge to buy (completely random I know)
but relevant - I know someone who does not agree AT ALL with charities that the Government should be paying towards, not us, should never be a charity so won't donate whether it cancer or heart foundation etc)
Fine, don't support the shop, don't put in the charity box. Up to you. Not putting in the charity box the same as not buying a biscuit.

When I attended university in the town I now live, there used to be a specialist Feminist bookstore. Admittedly it closed down and became something else for a while, but now - ironically - it's been transformed into a Starbucks

And in other corporate nonsense... the store that proudly crows ‘rare books by women’ on its sign outside. (Yes they mean that too... so they are showing their bias). In Soho.

Bookshop makes donation to trans charity every time it sells JK Rowling book after author accused of 'transphobia'
‘A small amount, but we look forward to more opportunities to contribute to this vital organisation,’ says The Second Shelf bookshop JK Rowling attends the UK Premiere of "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald" (Getty) A bookshop in London has announced it will donate to Mermaids, a charity that supports transgender young people, every time it sells a book by JK Rowling. On 12 February, The Second Shelf tweeted saying: "Making a donation to @Mermaids_Gender every time we sell JK Rowling."

apple.news/AoZgvK0DnSxeK2BpLx4nU-g

Oh I see (page 1). Thank you!