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Mermaids ‘stories’ - disturbing

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tabbycatstripy · 23/04/2022 14:41

If you copy this link and you go on the Mermaids website, and look down at the story of an 11 year old child (“Jenny”), you will see it.

mermaidsuk.org.uk
/news/mermaids-tales/

What is going on there?

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EmpressaurusWitchDoesntBurn · 23/04/2022 15:14

And yet Nancy Kelley is furious at the idea any grooming might be going on.

Incidentally, Mermaids might notice that people are clicking through from this thread so we might even get them coming on to give their side of the story.

Kendodd · 23/04/2022 15:13

I wouldn't even let my 11 year old have the coffee! Too young to drink coffee nevermind think they can change sex.

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tabbycatstripy · 23/04/2022 15:11

‘If I saw this photo of an 11 year old child on my FB feed of a friend or acquaintance I would consider reporting it as a safeguarding concern.’

Same.

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tabbycatstripy · 23/04/2022 15:10

And the books seem to be about cats, so there might be a furry thing going on as well.

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WhereTheBodiesAre · 23/04/2022 15:09

And why is this a picture Jennie would choose to publish?

At 11 years of age there is absolutely no way that Jennie could understand the implications, symbolism, and risks of having such a photo taken and then posted on the internet.

If I saw this photo of an 11 year old child on my FB feed of a friend or acquaintance I would consider reporting it as a safeguarding concern.

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tabbycatstripy · 23/04/2022 15:09

Yes, I thought it was lingerie as well.

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nepeta · 23/04/2022 15:06

The pink bedroom picture is very odd. Jennie has drag queen makeup on, the book is full of pink teddy bears, there is a feather boa?? or something like that hanging from the coat rack and a piece which looks like pink lingerie or the baby doll kind? What are the wigs about? What is the context?

And why is this a picture Jennie would choose to publish?
I have no idea what is going on here.

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tabbycatstripy · 23/04/2022 15:02

I have no idea. But to me that’s a child at risk. And Mermaids think it makes a very touching story.

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 23/04/2022 15:00

Bloody hell! That's horrific. What are that child's parents thinking of?

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tabbycatstripy · 23/04/2022 14:59

I don’t get what’s going on there or why Mermaids thinks that’s the sort of picture that’s going to make people think ‘Okay, they seem reasonable and child-centred.’

It makes them look exactly like what they keep saying they’re not.

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Cuck00soup · 23/04/2022 14:56

I'd boycott Starbucks except that I already do.

I am baffled that a huge corporation thinks this is a good look, but I suppose if [looking like] you have liberal values is what matters, you can ignore child safeguarding.

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tabbycatstripy · 23/04/2022 14:52

Imagine looking at that picture and thinking you were helping that child.

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Rowlingfan · 23/04/2022 14:51

Read through thinking how much Starbucks is being used as a testing ground 🧐 and then saw that photo. Vile.

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tabbycatstripy · 23/04/2022 14:48

It’s so blatantly a red flag in a high wind and that child is 11! What’s wrong with them? It’s not the child’s room either (look at the books on the shelves).

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WhereTheBodiesAre · 23/04/2022 14:46

A male dressed as a young girl with another male dressed as a young girl. Hyper-sexualised expressions and poses.

It is all so scary.