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Lush Binder Collection

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Sexnotgender · 08/11/2021 21:06

Assuming this is a way for predominantly children to circumvent parents and get their hands on a binder.

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MondayYogurt · 09/11/2021 10:37

Plenty of small, local makers of the exact same products available on etsy. You can even support black-owned businesses :)

Ironically, Lush is also being boycotted by TRAs for other marketing decisions they've made (giving stuff to police).

foxgoosefinch · 09/11/2021 10:36

@Itsanewdah

Amazing! as somebody who wears binders, I love this idea. People who want to bind will find a way. A good quality binder (gc2b are really good ones) is the safest way to do it (tape etc are really only for advanced users, not for beginners).
How old are you, @Itsanewdah? And when do you think girls are the appropriate age to wear binders? Should 12, 13, 14 year olds be able to?
Queenoftheashes · 09/11/2021 10:36

Practice not practise sorry

Queenoftheashes · 09/11/2021 10:35

@Itsanewdah I’m sure they will but normalising it isn’t great. It would be better for you to accept your normal human body in the long run but perhaps you aren’t getting the right support from people around you. That doesn’t mean this practise should be encouraged generally.
I have done it by the way. Didn’t work - tits too big. Was a completely unrealistic aspiration and no benefit to me of entertaining it.

OvaHere · 09/11/2021 10:34

This is a shocking thing for a company to involve themselves in. They've completely lost sight of all appropriateness where children are concerned.

It goes to show just how disregarded basic safeguarding has become that they are so confident to do this publicly without any consideration of consequences.

It's promoting self harm to impressionable young girls. Would they hand out laxatives to children with eating disorders who wanted to be thinner and didn't want their parents to know? Of course they wouldn't so why do this?

Queenoftheashes · 09/11/2021 10:33

Well hopefully this is going to bring yet another controversial issue inside this issue into the light

Itsanewdah · 09/11/2021 10:33

Amazing! as somebody who wears binders, I love this idea.
People who want to bind will find a way. A good quality binder (gc2b are really good ones) is the safest way to do it (tape etc are really only for advanced users, not for beginners).

foxgoosefinch · 09/11/2021 10:28

I can't see the instagram comments any more -- did they delete them?

KittenKong · 09/11/2021 10:26

I wonder if his employer (haha, mum) would be impressed.

EishetChayil · 09/11/2021 10:22

There are some nasty little oiks on that Instagram comments section. One prince among men just threatened to doxx me to my employer. I'm self-employed mate, but nice try! Gobshite.

Floisme · 09/11/2021 10:20

What the effing, fucking, fucketing fuck?

Pardon my tone.

ArabellaScott · 09/11/2021 09:59

Hm. Given that so many young people may be looking into the use of binders, it would be good to see the NHS' stance on the use of binders. I could only find reference to post surgical use after mastectomies, etc.

No results for 'binder' on a search of this site, either.

gic.nhs.uk/

Are binders very niche?

ArabellaScott · 09/11/2021 09:54

And no mention of binders here: gids.nhs.uk/puberty-and-physical-intervention

ArabellaScott · 09/11/2021 09:53

No mention of binders here: www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/treatment/

ArabellaScott · 09/11/2021 09:52

@KittenKong

Are these things given out on the NHS
Good question. I can't see any mention of them being given out on the NHS.

www.england.nhs.uk/publication/service-specification-gender-identity-services-for-adults-non-surgical-interventions/

NecessaryScene · 09/11/2021 09:44

Just as a reference point, what's the current rules/practice on things like piercings or tattoos for children without parents' presence/knowledge?

KittenKong · 09/11/2021 09:44

I have always found Lush staff quite immature and ridiculously chirpy. Also very persistent and evangelical.

Whatwouldscullydo · 09/11/2021 09:43

On a side note, can I just voice concern in general over the outsourcing of emotional wellbeing/life style choice decisions/assistance etc onto minimum wage retail staff. If we had the capacity to be councillors, physio therapapists, social workers, marriage guidence counsellors/addiction advisors etc we'd have trained as such and be paid as such.

Not only does this place staff In positions they shouldn't be in with all the liability of it goes wrong, it also absolves all those who should be in charge of it, of any responsibilities.

One place I went to for a bra fit requested my presence as under 14 they wouldn't be alone with the child in the cubicle. Wheres the staff back up fir taking about breasts on a shop floor with children

KittenKong · 09/11/2021 09:42

Are these things given out on the NHS

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Sexnotgender · 09/11/2021 09:41

@Whatwouldscullydo

Store staff aren't eveb dbs checked are they? I mean not working with children or vulnerable adults in a caring or educational capacity it wouldn't be necessary would it?
I really wouldn’t imagine they are!

Where is the safeguarding? It’s absolute madness.

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hellywelly3 · 09/11/2021 09:22

I’m so completely shocked by this. I literally have no words. If people want to take this route they need qualified help and support to make safe choices.

Whatwouldscullydo · 09/11/2021 09:21

Store staff aren't eveb dbs checked are they? I mean not working with children or vulnerable adults in a caring or educational capacity it wouldn't be necessary would it?

Whatwouldscullydo · 09/11/2021 09:16

There is just something quite sinister in trying to create the visual of a young man (the flat chest, narrow waist/hips, fine bone structure). Who wants that?

There's also something incredibly sinister about strangers talking in secret to children about their breasts.

Its incredible what kind of behaviour is excused behind affirmation

KittenKong · 09/11/2021 09:04

I’m w seeing who else is up to this. What else are stores handing over on brown paper bags?

Queenoftheashes · 09/11/2021 09:01

Comments are still there as far as I can see - plenty more than last night too

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