Be aware, friends!

[sightof-thesun]

Okay, I’m sure a lot of you have seen this post being passed around:

That sounds awesome, I know! But…I checked out the site, and it really rubbed me the wrong way. Lemme show you why:

I recognized some of the photos, so I decided to do a reverse image search on a few. I started with this one; as you can see, it is listed on their site for $20.99.

Here are the results of the reverse search:

Now, AliExpress and DHgate are sites where you can get really lovely-looking clothes/whatever for pretty dang cheap. Personally, I don’t use them, because I worry about why  things are so cheap! Where are they coming from? What are the working conditions like, ya know? And they’ve had their fair share of selling fake or defective items. Anywho, I clicked on an AliExpress link…

Look, I know that tons of people order things for cheap, and then sell them for nearly double the price, but when your marketing sounds like this: 

“provides trendy clothing for affordable prices.” …How is almost-doubling the cost “affordable”???? 
“We have manufacturers and warehouses in multiple contries which allow us to provide low priced products…” *You* don’t have anything, though. Those manufacturers and warehouses aren’t making these things specifically for your shop.

Here is another example:

AND THE BINDERS THAT THEY SELL ARE NOT SAFE. 

(But you can find even cheaper ones…)

Binders like this, and their others, are just as damaging as ace bandages!!!!! They have 32K instagram followers; 21K facebook followers. Young kids are buying these harmful binders! 

Idk, y’all. Maybe I’m making something out of nothing, but it sure feels like the trans//gender non-comforming community is being targeted and ripped off. 

Be safe!

Love &light! 

[sightof-thesun]

@drowsypuppy informed me that the site may have seen this post, so they took down the binder I used as an example. However, know that their other binders are just as unsafe!! Here is a post explaining why: http://trans-matters.tumblr.com/post/162208687030/rant-do-not-buy-discriminate-inc-binders !