So, Dove soap and Lizzo are endorsing KOSA, in the name of "social media is bad for teens' self-esteem" (even though that's bullshit) and I am mad.
If you don't know, long story short KOSA is a bill that's ostensibly one of those "Protect the Children" bills, but what it's actually going to do is more or less require you to scan your fucking face every time you want to go on a website; or give away similarly privacy-violating information like your drivers' license or credit card info.
Either that or force them to censor anything that could even remotely be considered not "kid friendly." Not to mention fundies are openly saying they're gonna use this to hurt trans kids. Which is, uh, real fucking bad.
Given that in terms of their actual products they don't have a direct stake in it, it might be possible to get Dove to rescind this (can't find contact info for Lizzo sadly), if you want to contact Dove about this, here's their contact page.
And, as per usual, I urge you to contact your congresscritters, especially given that as of now (Thursday, 4/13/2023) they plan to re-introduce the bill this Monday, and we're going to need a flood of people saying this is awful to kill it.
FINALLY A WORTH SUCCESSOR TO PADME AMIDALA’S FASHION GAME
MY QUEEN ISN’T JUST OUT HERE ROCKING THAT AMAZING HEADDRESS AND BEADED SLEEVES AND MILES OF GEORGEOUSLY COLORED FABRIC OF HER SKIRTS
SHE FULL ON FUCKING PROGRAMMED A HOLO DEVICE TO FOLLOW HER AROUND WITH A SPARKLING TRAIN AND STARBURST AT HER BACK
PADME WOULD BE PROUD OF YOU, LIZZO
TRULY YOU ARE THE SUCESSOR SHE DESERVES!!!