Culture

The Real Reason Companies Are Going Woke (It Isn't Because They Actually Care About LGBTQ+ Organizations)

Kind of sucks that you need a squeaky clean credit score to get a mortgage for a home, no? Turns out, this exact same framework is being leveraged by uber-progressive lobbying organizations like the Human Rights Campaign to whip brands into allyship and become fully compliant with ideological demands.

By Andrea Mew7 min read
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Have you grown exhausted by the latest marketing campaign or social media post made by a company you once thought was ideologically neutral? Honestly, I didn’t know that a KitchenAid stand mixer could even come with a politically-charged purpose, but it’s becoming harder and harder to find any brand that doesn’t place progressive activism or ideological agendas ahead of their customers.