Me: Gah, I hate it when brands jump on the back of Pride just so they can can score some brand marketing points 
Also me: Ooh, yes. My cat *will* try the LOVE & Pride cat food 
I wonder what's a bigger market share these days: the 'go woke, go broke' brigade or the people who will fall for a bit of pink-washing. 
“OpenSecrets has found that even corporations that publicly condemn anti-LGBTQ legislation regularly steer tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions to legislators who advanced those bills.“ #LGBTQ+ #RainbowWashing
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/07/corporate-sponsors-of-pride-events-also-contribute-to-politicians-with-anti-lgbtq-leanings/
Seen articles or tourist ads about Israel being really gay-friendly? There's a dark reality.
It's a political campaign to change Israel's image, like Saudi Arabia with international sports and tourism. **But it's more than that**
There are 3 main problems.
As always, our sources are in the bio
Original post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctq6pW-Nwpy/
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!["[The Middle East is] a region where women are stoned, gays are hanged, Christians are persecuted. Israel stands out. It's different."
Israeli PM Netanyahu in a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress
Israel uses this orientalist narrative to dehumanize Arabs as dangerous, and justify violence mainly against Palestinians, but also Lebanese & Syrians.
Depicting Palestinians as "savage" also gives Israel an excuse to maintain control. Like history's colonial powers, Israel asks why it should give control to the natives, when they would allegedly use it to create 'savage' societies.](https://arabigay.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/111/268/950/260/702/311/original/82bec0cbde1cc509.jpg "\"[The Middle East is] a region where women are stoned, gays are hanged, Christians are persecuted. Israel stands out. It's different.\"
Israeli PM Netanyahu in a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress
Israel uses this orientalist narrative to dehumanize Arabs as dangerous, and justify violence mainly against Palestinians, but also Lebanese & Syrians.
Depicting Palestinians as \"savage\" also gives Israel an excuse to maintain control. Like history's colonial powers, Israel asks why it should give control to the natives, when they would allegedly use it to create 'savage' societies.")
New Skin for an Old Ceremony: The Gay Revolution and the Formation of Israeli #Heteroactivism
Rothschild, L. (2023). ACME. https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/2201
"The oppositions ... reveal how Israeli heteroactivist discourses invoke familism, pro-natalism, religious sentiments, Zionist narratives, and collective trauma, in their attempts to recentralise the heteronormative Jewish family."
Instrumentally Inclusive: The Political Psychology of Homonationalism
Turnbull-Dugarte and Ortega, 2023
in American Political Science Review
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055423000849
"We provide causal evidence that citizens strategically liberalize their levels of support for LGBT+ rights when opponents of these measures are from the ethnic out-group."
Der #PrideMonth ist offiziell vorbei. Viele Unternehmen wechseln nun wieder zurück zum „normalen“ Profilbild / Logo, dies nennt sich #RainbowWashing. Wir von tyrol.social haben uns daher entschlossen, unser #RegenbogenLogo bis auf unbestimmte Zeit als #ServerBanner weiterhin zu benutzen. 
#LGBTQIA+ #noRainbowWashing #GemeinsamStark #GegenDiskriminierung
#Willhaben schön beim #PrideMonth dabei, aber geben tut es nur "Käufer" und "Verkäufer" #RainbowWashing
Cracker Barrel made a hollow, vague Pride gesture and its southern Christian fan base flipped out, but at least it was entertaining. The phrase "Cracker Barrel has fallen" might be one of the most unintentionally funny things ever posted on social media.
Es ist Pride Month! Im Internet, in Schaufenstern oder auf Werbeflächen sieht man deswegen gerade große Regenbogenflaggen oder die Worte „Happy Pride Month“. Schaut man genauer hin, handelt es sich dabei oft um Werbung. Kritiker und Kritikerinnen werfen vielen Unternehmen deshalb vor, dass sie Rainbow Washing betreiben.
#LGBTQIA+ #PinkWashing #PrideMonth #RainbowWashing #ZurückZumThema
Rainbows everywhere in Sydney and my favourite Mardi Gras event on today - Fair Day. Should I care about all these corporations competing for the pink dollar by rainbow-washing their logos? I can see the need for financial sustainability of Mardi Gras and World Pride but honestly believe smaller grassroots events would be better anyway.
Hab was vergessen... #Pissnelken! Warum? Weil ihr #rainbowwashing betreibt... #untersteSchublade
This week I met two friends of mine who both happen to be gay and I was curious about how they felt about #pridemonth
Both told me that they were a little annoyed by how many companies act like they care about #lgbtiq people, when they are not giving a shit about representation the rest of the year
#rainbowwashing
They also said that they are still glad that showing support in June is gaining traction in #Austria in general and there are more pride flags on display than ever before
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![Mi spiace dirlo ma va detto: ci sono cose al pride che i bambini proprio non dovrebbero vedere.
Con tutte quelle corporations che sfilano in veste arcobaleno, potrebbero farsi la malsana idea che la liberazione queer sia possibile sotto il capitalismo.
[liberamente tratto da @AJhasawebbrand]](https://mastodon.cisti.org/system/media_attachments/files/110/456/369/749/835/818/original/a74a5c22786a09b0.png "Mi spiace dirlo ma va detto: ci sono cose al pride che i bambini proprio non dovrebbero vedere.
Con tutte quelle corporations che sfilano in veste arcobaleno, potrebbero farsi la malsana idea che la liberazione queer sia possibile sotto il capitalismo.
[liberamente tratto da @AJhasawebbrand]")
