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Lush Edinburgh say they wouldn't serve anyone in "woman" T-shirt

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Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 03/08/2020 19:55

Apparently some stickers found their way onto the Lush Edinburgh storefront causing horror and consternation on Princes St this morning. They are too awful to be shared, obviously, but clearly they carried some message of hateful bigotry - or biological fact as it used to be known.

Anyway, staff on the thread are letting it be known that anyone wearing a T-shirt carrying the dictionary definition of a woman would not be served - haven't seen a comment on what would happen if it said 'I ❤️ JKR'. Not sure how legal that is.

www.facebook.com/116815671689234/posts/3431297510241017/

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Lordamighty · 04/08/2020 08:17

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Lush Edinburgh say they wouldn't serve anyone in "woman" T-shirt
Lordamighty · 04/08/2020 08:16

Lush UK are getting support on that thread from Richard Id rather be a pervert than a Terf on that thread. That must be heartening for them. Even the Green Party couldn’t tolerate him.

Skyliner001 · 04/08/2020 08:15

Thanks 😊

BaronessWrongCrowd · 04/08/2020 08:10

Hope you can keep them going the Skyliner. Meanwhile the rest of us have found much nicer, less noxious alternatives that are better for our skin Wink

MistressMounthaven · 04/08/2020 08:09

I wonder if I could wear a '60 year old woman' t shirt - would that be ageism?

Skyliner001 · 04/08/2020 08:06

Love Lush stuff 💙❤️💛

hullooni · 04/08/2020 08:03

Oooh I'm in Edinburgh. I wonder if I could dress the kids up in harry potter gear and take them to browse the bath bombs 😂

Also is JKR still living in Edinburgh? Imagine JKR walking into the store wearing an I ❤️ JKR T-shirt? Is it transphobic to love yourself, I wonder?

SophocIestheFox · 04/08/2020 08:03

Coconut oil makes me break out, delerium, never tried almond, though.

Will have a look at sukin.

Bloomburger · 04/08/2020 08:00

Got a bit upset thinking title said Hush then read again and saw it was Lush and thought thank God, hate their smelly shite and it's not the first time they've made appealing decisions with regards to PR and advertising.

HappyPunky · 04/08/2020 07:58

I used to spend loads at lush as I have very sensitive skin.
I've found sukin a good alternative to their facial skin care so I don't need to buy theirs anymore.

nepeta · 04/08/2020 07:56

So does anyone know what the transphobic messages were? Or is it not revealed at al? It should matter if they are truly ghastly hate messages or, say, I love JKR stickers.

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 04/08/2020 07:56

By really I mean twice for a gift and once 15 years ago for me.

Deliriumoftheendless · 04/08/2020 07:55

@SophocIestheFox

Dammit, I don’t have any truck with the thrush bombs side of the business, but ultrabland face wash and skindrink moisturiser are the only things that my sensitive skin will tolerate. Anyone any ideas for alternatives?
Do you have any problems with oils such as coconut or almond? They’re as good as any moisturiser I’ve ever used.
DrinkFeckArseGirls · 04/08/2020 07:52

Just marking my place. Sadly can’t boycott them as I really don’t buy their headache/allergy/eczema inducing shite.

thinkingaboutLangCleg · 04/08/2020 07:48

Lush Edinburgh say they wouldn't serve anyone in "woman" T-shirt

Fine, they’ve just ensured I won’t spend any more money in their shops, given that head office must have approved that message. It was an easy place to buy small presents for relatives who like that kind of thing. But plenty of other shops manage to sell soap and accept women’s human rights.

NonnyMouse1337 · 04/08/2020 07:45

Would they not be breaking the law for refusing to serve someone in an AHF or I love JKR t-shirt? Confused

MrsJamin · 04/08/2020 07:42

I think lush are trying to do (badly) what other brands do with totally other topics. You work out what segment of the market you want, work out what they hate, then by proclaiming you hate that too, you purposefully exclude the people who you want to exclude and engender a more passionate and loyal response about the brand from your desired segment. If you're insipid and don't make anyone identify with your brand, you risk having no customers at all. The trouble is lush have chosen the wrong issue to be against and have misjudged how many other people are against that issue. Its insane against the backdrop of shops closing left right and centre because of a pandemic that they'd risk pissing off their demographic like this. To say the very definition of their customer base, adult human female, is offensive... It's the business version of suicide!

hammie46i · 04/08/2020 07:35

It looks like they also have had days where they ask their staff to work naked apart from an apron to make a point about the environment and plastic packaging. I wonder what the staff feel about this?

BaronessWrongCrowd · 04/08/2020 07:28

We have attracted minorities who have come to us as a refuge from prejudice, bullying or marginalisation. 🤣🤣🤣
There's me thinking thinking people just went in to buy a fecking bath bomb 🤷🏻‍♀️ Safe environment, my arse.

It seems Lush UK have delusions of grandeur or adequacy one of the two or maybe both.

I hope they go under.!

hammie46i · 04/08/2020 06:47

[quote blurpityblurp]They have a history of forcing women female vagina-having staff into sexually abusive work situations.

mitheringsfrommorningside.wordpress.com/tag/lush-cruelty-free-kisses/[/quote]
That's really disgusting.

hammie46i · 04/08/2020 06:42

@JellyfishandShells

How big is the trans market to them anyway ? - there can only be a limited amount of fantasy girly self care bath bomb sessions to cater for. The rest of their market is 10 year old girls, going by the one I passed today and pocket money isn’t limitless.
Interesting...I did a business course recently for a niche industry, and the teacher said, whatever you do, don't brand yourselves to cater to trans/queer identified people, you'll be shooting yourself in the foot because they form such a small segment of the population. She said she knew business owners who had fucked up by branding themselves as catering to trans folk but found the market was too small for them to sustain themselves. I think all the shouty TRAs on Twitter make it seem like it's a big market.
hammie46i · 04/08/2020 06:39

@Thisismytimetoshine

We have attracted minorities who have come to us as a refuge from prejudice, bullying or marginalisation. 🤣🤣🤣 There's me thinking thinking people just went in to buy a fecking bath bomb 🤷🏻‍♀️ Safe environment, my arse.
Lol. I don't see Lush shops as a safe haven for bullied or marginalised people. What are they on about?
hammie46i · 04/08/2020 06:36

@SophocIestheFox

Dammit, I don’t have any truck with the thrush bombs side of the business, but ultrabland face wash and skindrink moisturiser are the only things that my sensitive skin will tolerate. Anyone any ideas for alternatives?
Thrush bombs lol. Was that an intentional typo? :D
hammie46i · 04/08/2020 06:35

What a bunch of virtue signalling twats those lush folk are.

Thankfully I can't bear the smell of their products. They stink out the high street.

SophocIestheFox · 04/08/2020 06:24

Dammit, I don’t have any truck with the thrush bombs side of the business, but ultrabland face wash and skindrink moisturiser are the only things that my sensitive skin will tolerate. Anyone any ideas for alternatives?