Roasting Target’s Pride 2024 Collection

Target pride peaked at the " Live Laugh Lesbian" shirt

Listening to this while working my electronics shift at Target. Our store doesn't even have the pride collection this year, not that I ever really felt represented/supported by their selection of candles with random pronouns on them or dog shirts that say "dare to be you" that were immidiately marked to be thrown in the trash once July rolled around.

...my only question is.... How? Target, how did you manage to make a PRIDE COLLECTION homophobic?

14:54 “Toddlers are really just tiny, tiny teenagers. So misunderstood.”

I am so DONE with Target pandering to the right wingers. Last year, I wanted one of the swimsuits that were for transwomen even though I'm cis. I hate how skimpy most swimsuits are and I felt really seen in that I have no desire to show my goods at the pool, but I also don't want to dress like a Duggar. It's depressing, really. But honestly eff the right wing. While they yell for "freedom," all they do is take freedom from others. That's NOT freedom, that's fascism. "Freedom for me but not for thee." That should be their motto.

I'm dyslexic and my son is 8 years old. The other day my mother was here and she heard me reading the story to him at bedtime. When I came out she was in tears she was so proud of me, she said my reading has improved so much. I haven't noticed but it was a great moment

I am, indeed, watching you in bed...with my cat. I'm nearly 70, queer, a mother, grandmother, former teacher, retired environmental (frontline) activist, and a Druid. I love watching your videos, especially the historical ones, and following your beautiful family ...much love to you all.

“Rainbow” items that are just multicolored are almost as huge a pet peeve for me, as when I see items that have all the rainbow colors but purposely put one of them in the wrong order so that it doesn’t look like a rainbow.

I was willing to give Target a pass for reducing store space for Pride merch because I don't want any minimum wage employees getting gunned down by some lunatic, but the online collection was so pathetic they have lost any goodwill or benefit of a doubt I had left for them.

As an orphan, I always got mad that being adopted was seen as this bad thing when I was a kid. And it didn't help that EVERY kid's story about orphans would be like "OH, THEY SECRETLY HAD A FAMILY ALL ALONG AND WERE RICH/FAMOUS" so they weren't orphans at all? Or yeah little sad orphan child! Everyone feel sorry for the orphan kid! Ugh. Glad that books are becoming more diverse.

I would like to point out the fact that the only reason there was controversy and boycotts over Target last Pride Month was because Matt Walsh lied about swimwear for Pre-Op Trans People being in the children's section.

Tip from an American (where things get a bit hotter than England). One of the cheapest and easiest way to keep the heat low inside is to keep the sun off your windows. You can buy external blinds and screens to put over your windows, but honestly even a tarp will work. My parents have a nice looking thing made of bamboo strips that rolls up and down. In the morning, you roll it down to cover the windows so the sun doesn't hit them, and in the evening once the sun is no longer directly on those windows you roll it up so you can get light and any breeze there might be. But you absolutely have to keep the sun off the OUTSIDE of your windows if you want to keep the temperature inside down, particularly if you have large windows.

My local Target bowed to the bigotry and did not have a Pride section this year. Pathetic how companies cower to a shrinking base while ignoring a growing base.

I think that transparent bag is designed to use at big concerts. Many venues are requiring them now, and it's super depressing to think about why. 😢

i used to love the target pride collection, not because i bought anything but because it was nice to walk into a store and see support for my community, however shallow. well, my local target isn't even carrying the pride collection this year- so much for inclusivity 😭

Target was so cowardly this year, thank you for calling them out

So, as an aromantic and asexual person, I feel like I have different relationship with pride merch in general than most, in that I almost never feel represented even when the merch is generally done well (unlike Target's). My aroace experience is that I don't experience attraction or love towards anyone at all. A lot of pride merch (and pride month in general) is about celebrating loving whoever we love or celebrating our gender identities, and a lot of the time, it feels like my segment of the LGBT+ community is left out of the celebration. I feel like the odd one out, like I'm missing the biggest aspects that other LGBT+ people identify with and use to relate to each other. Feeling so isolated from the rest of the LGBT+ community has made me not feel represented by the rainbow flag, which makes me kind of sad as I theoretically AM part of it. I'm happy for everyone who does feels represented by the actually good merch and all of the pride celebrations, and I'm always excited to see rainbow pride decorations around since it's nice to see LGBT+ representation regardless, but I've not yet seen pride merch that I actually feel represented by. I've commented this before, but what I DO feel represented by is Jessica always bringing up aro and ace identities in LGBT+ discussions. While I feel forgotten by many, I don't feel forgotten by her 💜

That sparkling dress is so beautiful! It's like a pool of sky, covered in stars...

Those red spots are Petechiae. Definitely something to mention to your prescribing doctor, especially if this is the first time you had them. They're basically tiny vasculature that have burst; they've been a part of my hEDS+ journey. Hope it at least helps the migraines!

A lot of events in the US have safety policies that require bags to be clear and/or of a certain size... for reasons 👀