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Have we discussed costa yet?

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RockAndRollerskate · 31/07/2023 16:14

It’s not going down well on Twitter

Have we discussed costa yet?
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WhiteFire · 31/07/2023 22:35

canofsoup Flowers

DeadbeatYoda · 31/07/2023 22:33

@VinEtFromage
Oh right, I see now. That's in very poor taste indeed. What on earth do they think they're doing? How incredibly insensitive to women who have had to have their breasts removed for health reasons.

IcakethereforeIam · 31/07/2023 22:29

@canofsoup I'm so sorry.

LuckyCats · 31/07/2023 22:29

canofsoup 🌺

LuckyCats · 31/07/2023 22:26

Gross.
what have tits in any shape or form got to do with selling shite coffee?
even without the mutilation scars how is that selling coffee or saying anything?
Ive never seen a mural depicting a c section scar, I’m not feeling very included.

canofsoup · 31/07/2023 22:26

I had to have both my breasts removed due to two separate breast cancer diagnosis. The image, and the message it sends, has absolutely devastated me this evening. I thought I'd come to terms with my loss, but evidently, from my emotional response to it, I haven't.

TWETMIRF · 31/07/2023 22:23

gingerguineapig · 31/07/2023 21:03

Yes, it is very annoying. You don't eg have much choice at motorway service areas. Maybe Greggs instead - have they done anything to upset people?

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They have annoyed Cornwall by having the cheek to open shops here.

BabyStopCryin · 31/07/2023 22:21

That particular style of illustration is very ‘Pride’.

VinEtFromage · 31/07/2023 22:16

DeadbeatYoda · 31/07/2023 17:05

I can't see what you're all talking about. I'm in a mobile so can possibly only see a clip of the picture.

@DeadbeatYoda look closely at the chest.

im not hugely observant and my eyesight is definitely getting worse. I see naked torso & what initially looked like shirts, just assumed it was a bloke surfing. Only scrutinised it because if the comments.

fucking ridiculous, but I think I blissfully miss half of the shit!

WhiteFire · 31/07/2023 22:15

'We want everyone that interacts with us to experience the inclusive environment that we create, to encourage people to feel welcomed, free and unashamedly proud to be themselves. The mural, in its entirety, showcases and celebrates inclusivity.' (from the Mail article)

So why pick that one single image then?

BabyStopCryin · 31/07/2023 22:13

Wonder if that’s puffer-fish lip-plumper a too?

WhiteFire · 31/07/2023 22:10

@EmpressaurusOfCats Thank you for the link - I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, that pays me for the moment of #BeKind

WhiteFire · 31/07/2023 22:03

It will be interesting to see if this is actually Costa endorsed. Costa Express tends to be their machines in shops etc so it may be a beach cafe (it looks beachy and a surf board) that sells Costa drinks rather than being an actual Costa outlet.

If it is this Costa will be in an uncomfortable position as to how they respond.

OriginalArtemis · 31/07/2023 21:44

WomenShouldStillWinWomensSports · 31/07/2023 16:28

It's still fundamentally exploitative of women, as well. There's still a double standard that it's fine to show natal women (trans men) with very few clothes on and show intimate parts of them that the world doesn't need to see, and natal men (trans women) aren't subjected to the same exploitation to signify their "gender" or sex.

The childish obsession of men with women's breasts doesn't end if you transition.

That message needs to reach young girls who think they can opt out of being a woman, because this shows you never can.

Well observed. The double standard is still going strong. One rule for men, another for women. The obsession continues even without breasts. Especially without them. What a messed up world.

LoobiJee · 31/07/2023 21:31

gingerguineapig · 31/07/2023 21:03

Yes, it is very annoying. You don't eg have much choice at motorway service areas. Maybe Greggs instead - have they done anything to upset people?

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I hope they haven’t.

Greggs is affordable and their sandwiches/ baguettes are very acceptable. I wouldn’t touch their pizza slices again though. Once bitten.

Disappointed about Costa as we do go there occasionally, albeit not our first choice, but they are expensive and not always that clean, so this has provided the motivation to avoid them.

everywhichwaybutthetruth · 31/07/2023 21:20

I was at Brighton Pride last year and Coca Cola and Costa Coffee both had big stands where they were giving away free drinks, they were in fact the only drinks places giving away endless free samples so that figures what pp said about coca cola buying costa.

I'm going to Brighton Pride again this weekend, will report back.

IcakethereforeIam · 31/07/2023 21:17

@INeedAnotherName Aaargh! My subconscious 🫢

BernardBlacksMolluscs · 31/07/2023 21:09

Floisme · 31/07/2023 17:07

Sadly I already boycott them as their coffee is shit.

yes, it's not a boycott so much as a 'I'm not putting that stuff in my mouth'.

heavens to murgatroyd, companies just do what they think is trendy and look fucking clueless don't they? like David Brent dancing away to the themselves with their lower lip clamped under their teeth

gingerguineapig · 31/07/2023 21:06

gogomoto · 31/07/2023 19:01

It could be connect to breast cancer? Trying to be generous

If it was it would have the pink ribbon or something. I'd like to be generous too.

But I fear it has nothing at all to do with that.

gingerguineapig · 31/07/2023 21:03

inverness123 · 31/07/2023 16:35

FFS. I usually go to costa so I can avoid Starbucks.

Yes, it is very annoying. You don't eg have much choice at motorway service areas. Maybe Greggs instead - have they done anything to upset people?

EdgeOfACoin · 31/07/2023 21:01

If anyone wants to leave Costa some feedback, here's a link:

https://contactus.costa.co.uk/home/

Contact Us  - Costa Coffee

https://contactus.costa.co.uk/home

INeedAnotherName · 31/07/2023 20:53

IcakethereforeIam · 31/07/2023 17:27

*tale - my fault this time!

There was a very recent thread about a bizarre, inappropriate mural with very, very similar artwork. Rubbish (imo) NB artist whose fairy tail characters looked just like this (and the DocM thread) right down to the Egyptian poses and closed eyes.

Either you or your autocorrect were thinking of furries at the time of typing, weren't you. Admit it 😂

IcakethereforeIam · 31/07/2023 20:45

Yes, Ashton Attz, the same one note artist as before. They is talked about on a Hebden Bridge thread regarding they's fugly artwork.

Mayhem3 · 31/07/2023 20:45

bellac11 · 31/07/2023 20:41

Properly shocked at this. I had to look a few times because I didnt get the issue, then zoomed in and saw the scars, horrific. Making self harm aspirational and desirable.

That’s exactly it.

Its literally celebrating and trying to influence breast scars.
Of course people shouldn’t be ashamed of them but they absolutely should not be celebrated In such an influential way.

I wonder if I go into Costa topless with my double Ds out how they’d feel.

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