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| Topshop axes in-store pop-up promotion for Penguin feminist book | |
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| Topshop has apparently cancelled a partnership with the publisher Penguin to promote a collection of feminist writing, with the store dismantling a stall set up at its flagship Oxford Street store in London hours before it was due to open. | Topshop has apparently cancelled a partnership with the publisher Penguin to promote a collection of feminist writing, with the store dismantling a stall set up at its flagship Oxford Street store in London hours before it was due to open. |
| Penguin Books spoke out about what had happened on its Twitter account on Friday morning, revealing that the display had been taken down minutes after being assembled. | Penguin Books spoke out about what had happened on its Twitter account on Friday morning, revealing that the display had been taken down minutes after being assembled. |
| For anyone hoping to visit the pop-up, after a huge amount of work on this ground-breaking partnership we assembled our stand this morning and were raring to go – however, just twenty minutes later it had been dismantled by Topshop. | For anyone hoping to visit the pop-up, after a huge amount of work on this ground-breaking partnership we assembled our stand this morning and were raring to go – however, just twenty minutes later it had been dismantled by Topshop. |
| The pop-up event focused on the book Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and other lies), curated by Scarlett Curtis, which was published in partnership with the UN charity Girl Up. The event was to raise money and awareness for the cause. | The pop-up event focused on the book Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and other lies), curated by Scarlett Curtis, which was published in partnership with the UN charity Girl Up. The event was to raise money and awareness for the cause. |
| Girl Up was founded by the United Nations Foundation in 2010 with the goal of preparing young girls for leadership positions. It provides girls and young women around the world with leadership development training to empower them. | Girl Up was founded by the United Nations Foundation in 2010 with the goal of preparing young girls for leadership positions. It provides girls and young women around the world with leadership development training to empower them. |
| It is not yet clear why the event was cancelled. Curtis said she was heartbroken “and the patriarchy is still alive and kicking #PinkNotGreen”. | It is not yet clear why the event was cancelled. Curtis said she was heartbroken “and the patriarchy is still alive and kicking #PinkNotGreen”. |
| I'm not allowed to say much on this right now but let's just say I am heartbroken and the patriarchy is still alive and kicking... #PinkNotGreen https://t.co/2LuDGO0lZA | I'm not allowed to say much on this right now but let's just say I am heartbroken and the patriarchy is still alive and kicking... #PinkNotGreen https://t.co/2LuDGO0lZA |
| Naomi Colthurst, a commissioning editor at Penguin Random House Children’s, tweeted to say she was upset that the event had been cancelled. “A fairly extraordinary day in the office yesterday when @Topshop decided ‘for some reason’ they didn’t want to host our #FeministsDontWearPink pop-up after all,” she wrote. | Naomi Colthurst, a commissioning editor at Penguin Random House Children’s, tweeted to say she was upset that the event had been cancelled. “A fairly extraordinary day in the office yesterday when @Topshop decided ‘for some reason’ they didn’t want to host our #FeministsDontWearPink pop-up after all,” she wrote. |
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