The Body Shop has fallen

L'Oreal have yesterday just grovellingly rehired Munroe Bergdorf too. All is forgiven apparently.

I’m with JK Rowling myself. Not a big Body Shopper either but I will give them a formal boycott now.

Is there a list of all the woman hating companies somewhere so I can boycott them too? New to this but increasingly annoyed...

Last time I looked at Body Shop they were massively greenwashing - pretending their products are all natural and that kind of bollocks. Claiming that this & that has carrier oils in it (but ignoring the fact that carrier oils need to be stored in cool dark places not on warm shelves, and they also need to be cold pressed and unrefined). This is especially so with Vitamin C products that can be bad for your skin if it degrades. Lush is the same - great perfumes but overpriced soaps that will still strip your skin despite being 'natural'.

@slipperywhensparticus I absolutely can. Try a company called Ziaja. They make Ziaja Med Vitamin C Firming day cream. I looked about 2 years younger or more aftre trying it the first time so clearly my skin benefitted. That's a bit tricky to get at the moment but goat's milk day cream is good too for general moisturiser. I know someone who likes their Saffron line. The Marine line was too harsh on my skin though but you might be ok with it. Just stick to my suggestions for the time being.

You can buy directly from their website or their official account on Ebay. Every one of my female family members have bought from them after trying (and they usually gives you loads of little samples too).

Your sex doesn't define your identity. That's what feminists have been arguing forever. But it does define your sex.

Gabs, buy her other books too - her Robert Galbraith books are great.

God I despise Emma Watson.

Emma. You did such good work with HeforShe.
Now it’s just HeforHeidenifyingasaSheanddisregardthehardwinrightsofthebiologicalShes

Senior managers in consumer product businesses like this are literally focused entirely on cost of production, sales volume and profit margin, which are the measures in their share and bonus plans. They are not interested in anything that does not impact their pay.

They won't have a clue what's going on on social media, and the fact that they are invoking some gruesome American male professor to rebuke a UK legend and one of the few female self made billionaires ever here will pass them by completely unless we tell them. Otherwise the patronising mansplaining will carry on.

Maybe they will be so desperate for a return on their investment in the US MLM exploitation business that they won't give a toss about their repulsive insult to a woman here.

Well they are getting a few tweets - I suppose the one who was in charge of the twitter account is scratching their head and googling ‘Gerald Ratner’.

Body shop work with Bloody Good Periods who fall over themselves not to say the words woman or girl.

ive commented on their twitter alot of people have

i dont even like harry potter but i'll buy them now

I’m actually really shocked that after JKR published that personal and thoughtful essay talking about being a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault The Body Shop posted that snarky, misogynistic tweet. I think the tone of it combined with the timing is just awful. Wow.

We need to move the pretzels

Icantreachthepretzels
Excellent rant!

Icantreachthepretzels Brilliant.

Seasidetrains - if you think you're a feminist, then have a read of pretzel's post then.

The word feminist has been much abused recently - especially by men with bushy beards telling JK Rowling to suck their cocks, whilst calling themselves feminists. Inconceivable huh? A man, calls himself a "feminist", using the very abusive term "suck my dick" to a woman. Who would ever think that would happen.

Feminism fights for the equality of females in a male dominated world. It's very simple.

if my feminism is different to yours, that doesn't make it less.

Lots of feminists have lots of different beliefs about women's rights, but it's very difficult to understand what your feminism is if you can't explain what a woman is.

What absolute snivelling fools. Do they seriously think the Twitter woke folk are their core customers?

I’ve emailed them. Absolutely disgusted- will be boycotting.

You need to tighten up your thinking 😂😂

That is so true.

Mic drop @icantreach

'To scoff at feminism here'.....

nope, not scoffing, trying to have a dialogue. i'll say it again: i am a feminist. if my feminism is different to yours, that doesn't make it less.

". i don't think that. i was using a stereotype to make a point."

Do try and explain gender identity without a stereotype to make a point. We will wait.

We have been waiting for a very long time.

Emma Watson has tweeted in support of trans rights.

Wow great post pretzels and so many others on here

It’s sometimes like trading in sticky treacle whilst wearing heavy boots in here

💪💪 to them who retain their ability to engage with the circular non arguments