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beb's avatar

I don't known anything about make-up but I'll give this article a thumbs-up.

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Mike Buchanan's avatar

Hi Robyn. Appointing more women to boards will make them more profitable? One of many long-debunked feminist myths. Correlation does not imply causation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation.

A more likely explanation for the observed correlation between gender diversity on boards and enhanced financial performance is that more profitable companies are more likely to invest in social engineering initiatives such as "more women in the boardroom".

In 2012 I presented to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries the already substantial evidence of a causal link between increasing gender diversity on corporate boards and financial DECLINE. The evidence is here:

https://c4mb.uk/improving-gender-diversity-on-boards-leads-to-a-decline-in-corporate-performance-the-evidence/

In recent times Professor Alex Edmans (an economist and professor of finance at London Business School) has been very clear that there is no causal link with enhanced financial performance. A blog post with plenty of hyperlinks to his work:

https://j4mb.org.uk/2024/11/24/professor-alex-edmans-no-boardroom-diversity-does-not-mean-higher-profits/

Have a nice day.

Mike Buchanan

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Robyn. I've never tried e.l.f. products, but I just checked their website. Their cosmetics are all vegan, not tested on animals, and their ingredients are quite clean. Next time I need makeup, I'll give them a try.

Way way back when, Avon didn't hire my father as a color chemist because he was Jewish. Thus, none of us ever bought Avon products, even when a relative became an Avon Lady, Only a couple of decades later, they began catering to women of color in a big way, both as their sales force and their customers. They learned their lesson, apparently.

All these bigots can fuck right off.

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tegrat's avatar

just bought some stock...

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Birb-General of the US's avatar

Maybe "A bias toward action" is not as important as "an action away from bias."

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NH is for 🦡🍄🐍's avatar

Wait, I thought Tim Apple was a member of the on-stage broligarchy patrol? Why hasn’t his company fully embraced the suck?

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Aunty Maude's avatar

Msg. from Tabitha Brown re: black-owned businesses who have products on Target's shelves. Blanket boycotts of stores can have unintended consequences. Here's the YouTube link.

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Tappin Lisa's avatar

haha...I don't usually wear makeup, but now I want to buy some e.l.f. product. Maybe the lip balm...

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DAVID S SCHWARTZMAN's avatar

MAGAts can use lead white makeup. That way they can poison themselves.

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carovee's avatar

Kohl's has not scrubbed their DEI website so I guess I'm gonna shop there from now on instead of target.

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(((What Fresh Hell Is This)))'s avatar

I need to get a light weight foundation with sunscreen, and new lip color. Who knew going gray would change how your skin tone looks!

I think I'll check out e.l.f.

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OneYieldRegular's avatar

I'm guessing I. G. Farben went the route of rejecting DEI.

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Alternative Dog's avatar

As an old white man with zero experience in cosmetics, I'll have to trust Robyn's knowledge of skin care and beauty products. I saw her several times on YouTube with SER and in that photo with Shawn Fain so it's clear to me that she's an expert.

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe162c4c1-aff9-4764-a625-52bcb8c3e950_4096x3091.jpeg

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Dee Whitman's avatar

Also, cos. that cave in to MAGA are incredibly stupid and short-sighted, bc MAGAts account for a far smaller % of the population that do moderates + lefties combined.

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Dee Whitman's avatar

As a Poor who has depended on Target for nonperishables, sundries, and OTC stuff -- and as someone who has noticed the diversity of the models on Target's homepage -- I'm angry that Target has jumped on this bandwagon, tho its bullshttt with Pride month makes this not surprising.

I wonder whether lots of phone calls noting disgust with them, and a resolve not to shop there, would help -- ?

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carovee's avatar

Back in the day Target's CEO contributed to the anti-gay marriage effort as Target corporation, not as an individual. It did not go over well, and I doubt this will go any better.

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gene108's avatar

I’m glad not everyone is caving to Trump’s attempt to make racism great again.

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carovee's avatar

Way too many are. My god the rush to scrub anything and everything off the web by public and private entities is depressing.

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