More on The Body Shop sale. This article gives Anita more of a chance to speak for herself and, considering her comments last year about giving away her fortune to various charitable causes before she dies, it is no surprise to me what she says:
Under the deal with L'Oréal, Dame Anita will stay on as a consultant to advise on community trade and will advise The Body Shop, which will be run as a separate entity.Well said. It doesn't mean you're "selling out," as some organizations are suggesting. If the only way to make progress is to tear down major corporations and institutions, animal activists will be on the outside forever. But if we are able to go in and alter these organizations, to make our values mainstream values, then that is so much more subversive and, ultimately more effective.
"The assumption that I am sitting next to the enemy is wrong," she said. "There is something wonderful when your battlefield enemies become bedfellows."
Categories: The Body Shop | L'Oreal | animal cruelty | animal testing
