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[–]Femaleisnthateful 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

What's the backstory on this? Was this person officially solicited by The Body Shop as part of their campaign, or are they just 'welcoming' his contribution? The screenshots don't provide much context.

[–]WildApples 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It is a purposeful collaboration. There is another post further down the store's Instagram timeline highlighting the person as one of their "Leading Lights."

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I saw that post, it doesn't.

https://www.thebodyshop.com/en-au/about-us/activism/self-love/what-is-self-love/a/a00040

The guy's name is "Trinetra Halder".

[–]linda_senora[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I believe TBS approached him.

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Can you post the source please? I couldn't find it on a timeline, his nor BS's timeline. At most it looks like he made a post and is tagging BS and BS decided to respond because they saw he's a "trans doctor" and expressed their appreciation for his post for woke points.

Edit: Wording

[–]linda_senora[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

https://twitter.com/ripx4nutmeg/status/1379703954276241411

I don't know if this is what you are looking for.

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That's not concrete. Something like "I feel honored The Body Shop has chosen me to speak about menstruation" or "We choose this guy to speak about menstruation". He just looks like a guy who posted something tagging The Body Shop. The closest thing to I see evidence is his wording "Allow @thebodyshopindia and me...", but anyone can say social movement crap to advertise charity and tag a business and that business can reply to it the way it wants, so it's not really good evidence. At best, this post looks like a trans saying stupid crap and BS is supporting it (it doesn't show whether it's solicited or not).

[–]WildApples 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, he was already chosen as one of their brand, role models before the period post. He is marketing for them. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLjG3lhBNzL/?igshid=1x3vai72ild66

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

THANK YOU! He didn't appear in the post I saw. I guess they don't list all of their "leading lights" or different continent branches don't use the same people considering this one is The Body Shop, India.

Edit: Wording

[–]linda_senora[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just used the words @ripx4nutmeg used.