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1./ #Transwashing.
Why did Hershey feel the need to use a transwoman to promote its "chocolate" for #InternationalWomensDay2023? Could it be that they failed to act on a 2001 commitment to guarantee they'd eradicated child labour from their supply chain?
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2./ In 2021 they were named in a class action by 8 former child slaves from Mali. The case was dismissed because the plaintiffs couldn't provide documentary proof of every stage of the supply chain (something Hershey had committed to doing but hasn't). confectionerynews.com/Article/2022/0…
3./ Or perhaps Hershey's wokery is supposed to distract attention from being sued for having illegal levels of cadmium and lead in some of its products? If so it's proof of a growing trend: huge unaccountable firms love transwashing their troubled brands.
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The #GenderIndustry wants to transwash all of history. 1/ washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022…
"According to Gill-Peterson, who has tracked the history of transgender children from the early 1900s, trans children were likely to be misdiagnosed, arrested, institutionalized or kicked out of their homes 50 to 70 years ago." No. 2/
What he tracked was the history of gay and non-conforming minors. 3/
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