Dear Lush (cc Chelmsford City Council), As a woman who had half a breast removed last year due to cancer, I am writing to raise my concerns about your “Proud of My Stripes” window display. I am also, on behalf of other women who have experienced breast cancer, respectfully requesting its removal. Because mastectomies are not a fashion statement, an identity marker or something to be celebrated. They are something women undergo because they are ill, because they are frightened, because they are trying to stay alive. Around 59,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK every year. Many will undergo surgery - a mastectomy, lumpectomy or other procedure. Others choose preventive mastectomies because they carry a high-risk BRCA gene mutation. If a woman chooses to have her breasts removed to affirm a gender identity, that is her personal choice. I honestly don’t know the number of women who have elective mastectomies for this reason. What I do know is that it is a tiny number compared with those for whom breast surgery is medically necessary and not something to be celebrated. I think I speak for many women who have experienced breast cancer - and for their families - when I say this: Breast removal surgery is not something I regard as cute, playful or empowering. Nor is it something I believe retailers should be celebrating. For that reason, I am requesting that the display be removed and that @ChelmsCouncil apologise for promoting it on social media. Yours sincerely, Janet Murray

STUDY: Households headed by non-citizens use means-tested welfare programs at substantially higher rates than households headed by U.S.-born Americans in nearly every state.

Shane Dawson has a history of pedophilic behavior. Yet, he and his partner were allowed to buy children via IVF and surrogacy. In 2014, Shane referred to a 6-year-old girl as “sexy.” In 2018, Shane admitted to searching for child pornography. In 2020, a clip of Shane resurfaced showing him pretending to masturbate to a poster of 11-year-old Willow Smith. Video footage shows Shane coercing a 12-year-old girl into doing a lap dance on someone else while playing a sexually explicit song in the background and telling her to eat a “cocktail weenie” because he has “a lot of child molesters watching.” In another video, Shane placed a pair of large fake breasts on a 12-year-old girl and made inappropriate requests and comments, including: telling a dog to lick the fake breasts, asking the girl inappropriate questions about her genitals, forcing her to dance on top of a table, and more… Despite all these facts (caught on video), Shane and his partner, Ryland Adams, were able to use IVF and surrogacy to obtain children. In February 2023, Shane and Ryland announced they had purchased a woman’s eggs and hired a surrogate to create 12 children, 6 girls & 6 boys. On December 7th, 2023, they announced the birth of twin boys, Jet & Max. These twin boys are precious. Their existence is good. But they (and their 10 other siblings) are victims of a grave human rights abuse. Children are not commodities to be recklessly created, intentionally deprived of their mother, and purchased by anyone who has the money to do so—especially someone who has exhibited pedophilic behavior. We must protect children. We must ban IVF and surrogacy.

Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine. In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted. odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/…

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