#boycotts #Target

"Boycott over Target's diversity pullback ends, activists say

Leaders of a high-profile boycott against Target announced Wednesday they are ending the yearlong protest sparked by the retailer's decision to scale back some diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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Why it matters: Leaders highlighting the boycott's success pointed to Target's pledge to fulfill its 2021 commitment to invest $2 billion in Black-owned businesses, more than doubling the number of Black-owned brands on its shelves.

• Target said no policies were reversed or reinstated as a result of conversations with its leadership and described the $2 billion pledge as the completion of an existing commitment.

• The moment gives Target an opening to frame the episode as a reputational reset under new CEO Michael Fiddelke, who met with boycott leaders in recent months.

The intrigue: The protest 'has been unhelpful to Target' and likely had some impact but wasn't the retailer's core problem, Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData, told Axios."

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/11/target-boycott-ends-dei

Nevada Current: Incarcerated individuals boycott digital devices to protest high costs. “People incarcerated in Nevada’s prisons plan to boycott the use of handheld digital tablets in an effort to rein in high costs associated with using those devices.”

“We must #protest. #Interrupt. #Disrupt. #Strike.
And above all — prepare for massive #boycotts.
Not temporary boycotts. Not symbolic ones.
Permanent #divestment from the #monopolies that bankroll #authoritarianism and manufacture #oligarchs.”

https://www.survivorsguidetoearth.com/

Melissa Barrera Appears To React To ‘Scream 7’ Premiere Protest: “I See You”
#News #Boycotts #IsraelHamas #MelissaBarrera #Palestine #Protests #Scream #Scream7

https://deadline.com/2026/02/melissa-barrera-react-scream-7-premiere-protest-1236737007/

Kevin Williamson On “Free Palestine” Protest Amid ‘Scream 7’ Premiere: “They Have The Right To Be Heard”
#News #RedCarpetPremieres #Boycotts #IsraelHamas #KevinWilliamson #MelissaBarrera #NeveCampbell #Palestine #Scream #Scream7

https://deadline.com/2026/02/kevin-williamson-scream-7-comment-protest-1236736066/

MADEIN -- Nagomi

After a good deal of internal debate, I decided not to post MADEIN -- Super Obvious.

Although the song interests me for various reasons, I was mindful of the boycott a group of fans have announced following former member Gaeun telling of her being sexually assaulted by a senior executive at the agency.

The boycott seems to have been largely ineffectual, as the group seems to be getting decent figures on Spotify and YouTube. I don't know about their album sales, but I do know that they have a sizeable Japanese following who seem either unaware or just heedless of the calls for boycott.

I did think about posting a music show stage which maybe half a dozen people would watch and balanced the pleasure that post might provide me and one or two people here against the surely negligible benefit the post would provide for the bad actor at the agency.

But then I interrupted these utilitarian calculations by imagining what it would be like if Gaeun were sitting here with me. Wouldn't she feel hurt and betrayed if I pressed the post button?

So eventually I have decided not to post the video, but still feel frustrated all the same.

In addition, another part of me is thinking that my spending time and energy agonizing over a Kpop post on Mastodon is remiss in itself when I have all sorts of other and surely more important obligations to meet.

On the other hand....

The pictured member Nagomi was born in London. She left the city when she was three, but I think might still have family connections there. She admires Eunha, so that's a thumbs up from me, and she deserves another for looking so pretty here with her blonde bob.

#Kpop #MADEIN #KpopPix #Nagomi #JKpop #KJpop #Boycotts #MoralDilemma