TopShop vs Feminism

stockhausen · 5 Oct 2018 at 21:24

Topshop removed an in-store pop-up in London used to promote feminism with publisher Penguin after just 20 minutes.
They had agreed to host the pop-up with Penguin, in order to help launch the book Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies) with products for sale supporting the UN charity Girl Up. (LINK)
Topshop said its decision was from "a production and creative standpoint" and that their decision in no way reflected their stance on feminism.

TopShop is owned by Arcadia Group of Philip Green and BHS fame.

Dis86 · 5 Oct 2018 at 21:32

Cool story bro. Got an opinion or even a point?

Dyson · 5 Oct 2018 at 21:36

Bit of a non story, surely?

[FnG]magnolia · 5 Oct 2018 at 21:36

WHAT

cheesyboy · 5 Oct 2018 at 21:38

DO I NEED TO BE ANGRY??? :mad:

touch · 5 Oct 2018 at 21:39

stockhausen said:
Topshop removed an in-store pop-up in London used to promote feminism

I thought it was only online stores which had pop-ups.

Tee Hee Johnson · 5 Oct 2018 at 22:21

touch said:
I thought it was only online stores which had pop-ups.

I could pop up over topshop, if desperate.

Malevolence · 5 Oct 2018 at 22:57

stockhausen said:
Topshop removed an in-store pop-up in London used to promote feminism with publisher Penguin after just 20 minutes.
They had agreed to host the pop-up with Penguin, in order to help launch the book Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies) with products for sale supporting the UN charity Girl Up. (LINK)
Topshop said its decision was from "a production and creative standpoint" and that their decision in no way reflected their stance on feminism.

TopShop is owned by Arcadia Group of Philip Green and BHS fame.

Yes, and?

Angilion · 5 Oct 2018 at 23:22

touch said:
I thought it was only online stores which had pop-ups.

I had some pop-up books when I was very young. I wonder if they're still made...yes, they are. I suppose the appeal to little kids is timeless.

Hades · 5 Oct 2018 at 23:52

This is clear evidence of the blatant mysogynoir in our gaming community today! Or something. Oh wait.

VincentHanna · 5 Oct 2018 at 23:54

cheesyboy said:
DO I NEED TO BE ANGRY???

Yes, feminazis taking over the world!!!!!

Or something

Narj · 6 Oct 2018 at 00:10

I thought pink was originally a very masculine colour. Maybe that's why it's been associated with the filthy patriarchy.

Randomface74 · 6 Oct 2018 at 00:17

dowie · 6 Oct 2018 at 00:21

Omg, RSS feed!

G-MAN2004 · 6 Oct 2018 at 01:07

Dis86 said:
Cool story bro. Got an opinion or even a point?

He never has a point.

Malevolence · 6 Oct 2018 at 05:09

Narj said:
I thought pink was originally a very masculine colour. Maybe that's why it's been associated with the filthy patriarchy.

It wasn't ever a very masculine colour, back in the late Victorian and throughout the Edwardian era it was considered a 'toned down' shade of red which was apt for young boys because red was a masculine colour. I believe it was only around the 1950s or 1960s that a push came to make a pink primarily a feminine colour.

Sankari · 6 Oct 2018 at 05:41

stockhausen in banal thread shocker.

stockhausen · 6 Oct 2018 at 08:13

Dyson said:
Bit of a non story, surely?

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

FortuitousFluke · 6 Oct 2018 at 08:28

Need more guidance. Am i supposed to be angry that they supported this in the first place or angry that they stopped it after 20 mins? I'm totally ready to throw my toys out of the pram i just need to know whether i'm screaming "Stupid social justice warriors!" Or "Arcadia is run by Nazis!". Fill me in bro.

Trifid · 6 Oct 2018 at 08:32

stockhausen said:
They had agreed to host the pop-up with Penguin, in order to help launch the book Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies)

I would say they have now done that very successfully!

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