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   Dan S. MacAbre to burfordTjustice   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_KitchenAid_Under_Fire_for_   
   22 Mar 17 09:40:17   
   
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   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: no@way.com   
      
   burfordTjustice wrote:   
   > KitchenAid Under Fire for ‘Sexist’ New Line of Sparkly Pink Products   
   >   
   > Small electrics manufacturer KitchenAid was just trying to do a nice thing:   
   introduce a line of products to support women stricken with breast cancer. A   
   percentage of the sale of each sparkly magenta mixer and toaster would go to   
   the UK charity Breast    
   Cancer Haven.   
   >   
   > Sadly, KitchenAid did not realize that it now has the Internet to contend   
   with and its ad, with the tagline “KitchenAid for Women” over a display of   
   decidedly feminine kitchen products, was immediately decried as    
   #EverydaySexism.”   
   > https://heatst.com/culture-wars/kitchenaid-under-fire-for-sexi   
   t-new-line-of-sparkly-pink-products/   
   >   
      
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   trigger-happy nutters, and to ignore it completely.  It had to happen.   
      
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