Mutual aid: the strategic boycott
Feb. 2nd, 2025 02:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thelaughingmuseI saw this reel last night on IG, and...I like it!
Lots of stores are rolling back their DEI initiatives/caving to 34F's craven bullshit, but not everyone is able to boycott these big stores 100% of the time.
Und zo, a strategic boycott.
During certain months, people will be boycotting Bezos, the Waltons, Le Tarzhay, or a combination. There's a schedule and everything! This makes it easier for people who cannot stop entirely because they don't live within easy distance of other alternatives that are equally inexpensive, but it does put definite pressure on the stores. (I just wish that I knew who the originator was. I'm a bit of an IG-idiot.) Here's the link to the reel, which I saw on Billy Porter's IG feed: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFjgOm8ojAS/
This boycott makes a point of saying that in February, we'll concentrate on buying from minority-owned brands only when shopping from Target. (If we can do this all the time, that would be excellent. For example, concentrate on Black-owned brands in February, Asian-owned and Polynesian-owned brands in May, queer-owned brands in June, et cetera et cetera if you must shop at the boycotted stores.)
The full schedule is:
* February 1-28, 2025: shop minority-owned brands only, specifically Black-owned brands, at Target
* March 1-April 30, 2025: boycott Walmart
* May 1-June 30, 2025: boycott Target
* July 1-August 31, 2025: boycott Amazon
* September 1-30, 2025: boycott Walmart
* October 1-31: boycott Target
* November 1-December 31, 2025: boycott Amazon
Lots of stores are rolling back their DEI initiatives/caving to 34F's craven bullshit, but not everyone is able to boycott these big stores 100% of the time.
Und zo, a strategic boycott.
During certain months, people will be boycotting Bezos, the Waltons, Le Tarzhay, or a combination. There's a schedule and everything! This makes it easier for people who cannot stop entirely because they don't live within easy distance of other alternatives that are equally inexpensive, but it does put definite pressure on the stores. (I just wish that I knew who the originator was. I'm a bit of an IG-idiot.) Here's the link to the reel, which I saw on Billy Porter's IG feed: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFjgOm8ojAS/
This boycott makes a point of saying that in February, we'll concentrate on buying from minority-owned brands only when shopping from Target. (If we can do this all the time, that would be excellent. For example, concentrate on Black-owned brands in February, Asian-owned and Polynesian-owned brands in May, queer-owned brands in June, et cetera et cetera if you must shop at the boycotted stores.)
The full schedule is:
* February 1-28, 2025: shop minority-owned brands only, specifically Black-owned brands, at Target
* March 1-April 30, 2025: boycott Walmart
* May 1-June 30, 2025: boycott Target
* July 1-August 31, 2025: boycott Amazon
* September 1-30, 2025: boycott Walmart
* October 1-31: boycott Target
* November 1-December 31, 2025: boycott Amazon