I hope this campaign helps give more young women and girls role models and possibility models. 'We still have a long way to go in the fight to end misogyny, patriarchy and gender-based violence. I hope this campaign shows trans girls they can dream big and change the world too.' She wrote: 'Many young trans folks haven't met a trans adult. On her Twitter page, Johnstone sent out multiple messages in support of the campaign, lamenting the fact that she did not have many transgender role models growing up. In addition to the presence of Johnstone, at least one TikTok user was upset that Hershey's highlighted the 'she' in the company's name in the bars rather than the 'her.'Ī commenter said: 'For those not understanding it could have read 'celebrate her!' Now it reads 'celebrate she' it’s grammatically awkward.' This is misogyny at its finest! A real slap in the face to actual women!' While Oli London, who announced his plans to de-transition in 2022, tweeted: 'A biological MAN fronts the new Hershey's campaign celebrating women for International Women's Day. The other women featured in the ad are Kelicia Massala, the founder of Girl Up Quebec, Naila Moloo, a climate technology scientist, Rita Audi, a gender and education equality activist and an Indigenous rights activist Autumn Peltier We have long memories,' tweeted Abigail Shrier, the author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. Here's the thing about real women, Hershey's. 'You get the feeling that these companies always despised women - they were just waiting for the right moment to stick it to us. 'Why does Hershey's hate women?' pondered one conservative Twitter account on Thursday. By Thursday, Boycott Hershey's was one of the top trending topics on Twitter in United States and Canada. While Johnstone, the executive director of consulting business Wisdom2Action, tweeted on Wednesday that the was 'honored' to be in the campaign. Its 2022 campaign was fronted by woke actress and comedian Mindy Kaling. This is the third year that Hershey's has marketed a product to celebrate International Women's Day. 'Spurring an international campaign to boycott a chocolate company definitely wasn’t on my list of predictions for 2023,' Johnstone wrote on Twitter. Hours after the launch, social media activists began calling for a boycott of the iconic chocolate maker. In 2019, she won the LGBT Youth Line Trans Activism award. She has also worked for the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health’s Strategic Advisory Council. Johnstone has spent many years fighting for LGBT+ rights in Ottawa, Canada, having previously worked on the board of LGBT Youth Line and the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. The other women featured in the ad are Kelicia Massala, the founder of Girl Up Quebec, Naila Moloo, a climate technology scientist, Rita Audi, a gender and education equality activist and an Indigenous rights activist Autumn Peltier.
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