Target: Is It Time We Made Up?
June 20, 2012
I try to ignore Target, because otherwise I’ll remember how much I used to love them, then get mad at how largely they screwed the gay community over by donating to anti-gay-civil-rights politicians. But maybe I should have been listening this month, because Target decided to do something…cool? Maybe? Or maybe it was just a [...]
Target Creates It Gets Better Video, IGB Says: No Thanks
June 27, 2011
Remember Target’s donations to anti-gay politicians, their promises to change their donation practices (which turned out to be lies) and my request that you boycott Target until they changed their ways? Well, Target is trying to get your business back…again. And they’re doing it without changing their donation practices…again. From Slog, The Stranger’s Blog: (Click [...]
Awakened Aesthetic’s Top Posts of 2010
December 30, 2010
It’s time: to turn over the mattress, to throw away that paper calendar you never looked at anyway, to take stock and be too hard on yourself about what you got done this year, or how much you weigh, or how you don’t get to kiss someone (or have to kiss someone you don’t want [...]
The Perfect Gift: Boycott Target
November 29, 2010
This article is a follow-up on two others, which expose Target’s choice to fund anti-gay-civil rights legislature. All emphasis within quotations is mine. You can read the first article, An Open Letter to Target, here, and the second here. — Guess what I found? A Message From Gregg Steinhafel, Chairman, President and CEO – 8/5/2010 [...]
The Corporate Connundrum: Who’s Next?
November 16, 2010
Here at Awakened Aesthetic, we love independent designers, Etsy, ethical body wash, and all natural makeup. We love social change and corporate responsibility, and the companies that come forward, every day, to create positive solutions to ecological, social and economical issues we face every day. What we love most, though, is exposing the companies that [...]
Target is Unwavering…on Supporting Profits, Not Gays
August 18, 2010
Remember my open letter to Target about its support of anti-gay legislation? Well, it appears that the CEO has apologized to Target employees, and a number of pro-equality media outlets have given consumers their blessing to shop at Target once more. I say “appears” because I haven’t actually seen this apology. I’ve read a few [...]
Leavin’ in a Prius, Don’t Know When I’ll…
August 11, 2010
I can never sleep before a trip. This morning, I’m off to visit the TJ Maxx flagship store in Boston, Massachusetts. Though I’m wasting tons of energy by flying from Seattle, I’m – at the very least – taking a “greener” cab to and from the airport. I’m being sent to Boston as a representative [...]
An Open Letter to Target
July 25, 2010
Editor’s Note: Since this letter, Target hasn’t made a single change to its funding policies, even though it explicitly promised to do so. Read the update here. — To: Matt Zabel, Vice President of Government Affairs, Senior Public Affairs Officer; Timothy R. Baer, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; Gregg W. Steinhafel, Chairman, President and [...]
method: Clean & Green, or Greenwashing?
February 22, 2010
Now that greenwashing is all the rage, more and more companies are trying to capitalize on the trend, not by adopting more eco-friendly practices, but by flat-out lying to you. Plastics are “partially recyclable” (which usually means they’re not) and paper towels are suddenly a green choice, because “they’re made from trees – a natural resource!” (Yes, that’s [...]
Sustainable Sales: Cyber Monday
November 29, 2009
Here we go again! I promise: after today, I’ll lay off the sales for a while. (It’s kind of killing me.) Tobi Take 25% off any and all regularly-priced items in Tobi’s online store. Use code CHEERFUL25, and make sure you check out their “Eco-Tobi” section – click the link in the upper left-hand corner. [...]
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