#shein us

[cozylittleartblog]

worst way to start my new year, thanks. i have a lot of things to say about these companies but i'm tired and just keeping it focused to the pin side of things for this one. do not ever buy pins from these companies, literally ALL of them are stolen from small artists like me. if you want to buy enamel pins, check out etsy, and artist's personal websites and shops! (though even Etsy has some bootleg pins that ship straight from china, so tread carefully…)

Every pin I've designed is, thus far, EXCLUSIVE to my etsy. if you find it anywhere else, it's been ripped off! and once these stupid bootlegs pop up, it's basically a never ending game of whack-a-mole trying to get them all taken down...

#psa #art theft #pin theft #aliexpress #shein #wish #temu #deltarune #the bootleg pin is just over an inch tall. do you know how BAD this design looks at that size?? i'd know. i tested it. #they didn't even use the black nickel of the pin for the black parts of the design. and the listing says copper for some reason. what. #some people never even get their designs taken down. its really sad #so i might just have to deal with bootleg queens out there forever :( i hope nobody confuses the ripoffs for the real thing.... #my pin is so much nicer! its almost two inches big and it has two posts on the back so it doesn't spin #because spinning pins are the bane of my existence #im out here working my ass off out of my bedroom in my parents place trying to make a living and here come these pricks #i watermarked all my listing photos exactly so they Couldn't steal my fucking pictures so at least there's that #my new years is just full of bad luck so far i hope this isn't a bad omen #if my registration isn't accepted by the aliexpress copyright department I'm SOL and this will just. stay up i guess #i'm sad #bootleggers kys

[elftwink]

to preface this post i am anti-advertising i think we should explode the entire industry but it's sooo funny when you people make posts like "and they don't even work!!" like. sorry to be the bearer of bad news but yes they do. that's why we have to put up with so many despite everyone hating them and thinking its annoying. because they actually work really well and make a shit load of money

#it actually would be way better if they didnt work and made no money bc businesses would abandon them #this isnt like stocks where everythings abstract and is essentially gambling (i dont understand stocks) #like ppl in the ad industry create things. that make a tangible and quantifiable impact on the business #which is then used in further ad planning. it is NOT all smoke and mirrors #like its fake in that the industry is not providing a necessary service the way like. grocery stores are #but its not the level of fake where everything is abstract like theres deliverables #moreover there is an extensive body of academic work specifically on how to make ads more effective #ALSO i think some of u views ads like. as if they have a win condition. which is you buy product #but in current advertising this is pretty rare and comparatively ineffective #which is why you see MANY ads which dont seem to be selling anything in particular. or which have nothing all to do with the product #the 'win' condition for THAT kind of ad is something more like 'viewers remember our name' #like. ex i would say ads for temu have not been effective on me bc i havent bought anything from them #but temu probably thinks they were SUPER effective on me because i talked abt them like 5 different times at work #and i do in fact know exactly what the company does and what they sell #and they were able to capitalize on the reputations of existing companies (wish shein etc) to build their own brand #good idea generator

[itsbansheebitch]

I hate modern shopping

I hate how we are practically forced to buy clothes online now. I want to hold it in my hands. I hate how cheap on low quality clothes are today. I hate that production rates and profit come before people's wellbeing.

I hate Shein for brainwashing us into thinking a shirt should cost less than $5 when it's been clear for a while that their products are usually chock full of lead and new allegations say Shein is using actual slave labor

I hate Temu for bringing expected prices even lower and selling negative ion (which might protect you from 5G but certainly doesn't help on the radioactive front) items. For selling cheap garbage and trying to tell us they're a company.

I hate Shein and Temu for basically forcing underage influencers to take sponsorships so they can get out of bad financial situation.

I hate Amazon, but not their workers

I hate Etsy, but not their shop owners

I hate modern shopping. I'm tired of the labor violations. I'm tired of the bs and the hoops you have to jump through to find a company that doesn't use child labor.

I hate that pay is bad enough that people are forced to work for people like Shein, Temu, Amazon, etc.

I hate that we aren't paid enough to buy even mediocre quality products. I hate that about ~19 people for every 10,000 in America is homeless and 40% of homeless people have jobs. I hate that we are considered entitled when all we want is an apartment and to maybe be treated like human beings at work.

Anyway here's my personal good but expensive recommendation:

Sheep Inc clothing will last decades at least. They have a repair service which you can use for life.

This isn't a paid ad I just like their business model

Btw, don't even get me started on Nestle

#sheep inc #shein #temu #negative ion #negative ion is bunk #negative ion is radioactive #us politics #politics #clothing #fashion #historic fashion #shopping #online shopping #ebay #etsy #autumn #fall vibes #autumn aesthetic #fall aesthetic #anti capitalist #anti capitalism #capitalism #capitalist hell #capitalist dystopia

[andthebeanstalk]

the average person doesn't expect you to be a perfect ethical consumer, that's not possible for the vast majority of us. but what youre saying is it's better to do nothing at all and choose the worst possible options (sweat shops, overseas shipping waste, idea/product theft, all wrapped up in SHEIN) than to put even the tiniest effort in where you can.

[they are referring to this post]

What I said was "some people are doing literally everything they can to survive and have no extra bandwidth to spend extra time and money on their purchases, and it is cruel and therefore un-punk to gatekeep punkness and add additional shame to these people's lives based on that fact."

I think it's still a good thing to try to ethically consume; I literally never said it wasn't. I had never even heard of SHEIN before. Rather, I am much more concerned about what I saw as arbitrary gatekeeping based on ability and income.

And frankly how dare you claim that I am supporting sweatshops and abuse by saying that this additional work you are demanding (in this case, presumably, vetting every clothing company you buy from) is not always possible for people. It is not a light accusation to accuse me of supporting abuse.

"How dare you say we piss on the poor", Etc. 🙄 this isn't Twitter. You are determined to enforce moral purity, but you are failing to see the nuance.

Because when I say "no extra bandwidth," I mean no extra bandwidth. This is not the "car shows it's on E but actually secretly it has a lot of gas left" situation that abled people constantly assume disabled people mean when they say they are at their limit.

This is "at a certain point, people will hit a wall in terms of money and time and energy, and any energy spent after that comes directly out of their life force."

So the argument "okay but just spend a little more time money and energy actually" is not a valid one.

And the argument "if you are not able to do this specific task, then it means you're not doing anything else to make the world a better place" doesn't exactly impress me either. You said yourself that it is impossible to be a perfectly ethical consumer for most people.

How do you know what else people are doing to resist oppression? How many hours per week until your standards are met?What if someone works 3 jobs? Does that mean it's harder to be a good person if you're poor?? Why do you get to decide what specific avenue of bettering the world is the most morally repugnant or acceptable? What kind of proof of goodness and effort would make you satisfied enough to lay off on the shame?? Who are you helping??

Clothing is a fundamental human need, and some of us have to buy cheap fucking clothes quickly. Billionaires are buying their seventh yacht this month. The people who own fast fashion companies are abusing their workers and putting local affordable clothing stores out of business - and this applies for basically every company with price points that low because governments are failing to regulate corporations to enforce basic human rights.

I have $300 to spend on a new wardrobe as my old clothes have fallen apart or become too small. Do you have a way for me to get a new winter coat, 3 flannels, 10 shirts, 3 dress shirts, new sandals, 10 pairs of pants, 5 bras, 12 pairs of socks, and 10 pairs of underwear within that budget and also definitely 100% ethically sourced, with free returns in case it doesn't fit? Or will I simply have to use the cheap stores?

I have about an hour to spend on this per week. Should I continue to wear small and tattered clothing until I have the time, money, and energy to meet your standards? Did you know there are more empty homes in this country than homeless people? If I decide to splurge on only 100% ethically-produced products, and I can't make rent, and I become homeless, are YOU going to be there for me?? Or are you busy litigating the endless tiny shames of poverty in your own community?

So I ask you again, are you sure this is where you want to direct your punk energy? Because energy and time, as it turns out, are limited resources. And I would never expect you to secretly have more than you claim to have.

#original #punk #hopepunk #cripplepunk #i swear to god #reading comprehension website #how dare you say we piss on the poor #jfc 'what you're saying is we should do nothing' - what I'm saying is YOU are doing nothing by enforcing this boundary #you have to give people more credit than this. i believe you want a better world too. and it would be cool if you used your energy to #instead ask 'how do i fight for the people in my community to be clothed and have the time and income to shop ethically?' #or 'how do i support activism that pushes for regulation that could control these companies?' #monitoring how poor people spend money is a supremely Republican thing to do. as is demanding clear moral purity from every scenario. #you want a better world too. you want to demand your peers do better. - fine. good. #but you need to be asking if you have remembered and included everyone's needs when making statements like this. #capitalism is all for forgetting about poor and disabled people and refusing to believe their limits. #shame is a necessary weapon in fighting greed but it IS a weapon. be so careful where you point that shit. enough shame can kill a person #and a lot of us are already defending from it from all sides. #shaming a person who is already at their limit for not doing more is an act of cruelty. think very carefully about what that means please. #i literally don't even know what SHEIN is lol i just know classism when i see it #but I've had friends whose clothes were visibly falling apart with no income and so much so shame so deep in their hearts they were dying #and if they had seen that post it would have made them even sicker and gotten them no closer to the dignity of being properly clothed #shame is a weapon and /you need to be careful!!!!/

[robotpussy]

i need alot of these "y2k" ppl to watch this video

#every day i see ppl calling regular 2000s fashion 'y2k' and my eye twitches a little #i cant find my little zenon crazy sexy cool tlc outfits because capitalism is selling 2000s fashion back to ppl with a name that #was already being used and now all i see are.... stupid little shein outfits!!!! #y2k #Youtube #vid

[yardsards]

there's this annoying subsection of Internet Leftist that like, pays lip service to socialism but is also deeply entrenched in capitalist hyper-consumerism. like, you know that socialism isn't just "i can continue my same excessive and unsustainable consumption, but this time for free", right? 

like, of couse bread and roses and whatnot; any decent implementation of socialism shouldn't force everyone to live in bleak minimalist utilitarianism, and everyone deserves a bit of luxury in their lives. but certain levels of over-consumption are inherently unsustainable and inherently cannot exist without someone being exploited. "there is no ethical consumption under capitalism", but some kinds of consumption could not exist under socialism; would you be ready to give those up when the time comes?

#eliot posts #this isn't in regards to any specific person just a trend i noticed that annoys me #i am just bitching here this is not that deep lol #just like. okay yes mickayleighbethany‚ eat the rich‚ but are you willing to give up your $300 shein hauls? #relatedly: the people who hate the rich but deep down don't seem to really think richness should be abolished #they just think that THEY should be the billionaires instead #also ppl who shoplift and pretend it's to stick it to The Corporations but it's clear that that's just an excuse #and the real reason is just ''i wanted some eyeshadow and didn't feel like paying for it'' #and like. overall i don't think these ppl are like Horrible Evil Monsters who are Destroying Leftism #and i think that almost all of us (including me!) have fallen victim to consumerism from time to time #but GOD. these types of people are sooooooo irritating

[sergle]

also also(x2) small businesses, even Big Small Businesses, aren’t buying as many units of a product, so things are just more expensive to stock. you know this if you’ve ordered product for a shop, even something like stickers. Your price per unit is going to be way higher if you’re only buying 100, 200 stickers. But a giant retailer (like shein?) can buy BULK BULK amounts, driving the price per unit down. 

#also shein steals art and doesn't use ethical labor so that has a hand in it too but yk what I mean #you have to be able to afford to buy more in the FIRST place #that's why small businesses are always preordering shit. the money from the preorder actually PAYS for the ability to order the product #in the first place. #sergle.txt

[somecunttookmyurl]

Quick question as I am slowly working my way through the website debating an order lol. In your wearing expertise to Demonia platforms run to size or do you need to order a size below/above your actual size?

you're not going to like my answer to this because in truth i don't have one

see i'm a uk 4.5. most manufacturers do not produce half sizes and this includes demonia. i always order size 4s for platforms (you want them to be a little snug rather than a little loose for stability sake) and 5s for like. running shoes

i couldn't tell you if a demonia 4 is big or small for a 4 because i... am not a 4 myself i just have to buy shoes a half size wrong anyway but all the time

#all i can tell you is a 4 is a GOOD snug fit if you're a 4.5 #(US womens 6 i believe and i am really a 6.5) #shein produce half sizes though which is probably why any shoes i get from them are incredibly comfortable and also hold up WAY longer like #legitimately #sorry to say it but they just do #people make .5 shoe sizes so my options aren't 'wear the wrong size' or 'shein' challenge #for the price of demonia you'd think they could manage more sizes

[thesilverlady]

Do you think Alicent was whitewashed in the show?

oh absolutely. And similiarly to Rhaenyra she gets a completely new personality to the point she's no longer anything like her canon self

book Alicent was an ambitious young woman who had centered herself around the heir of the Iron Throne while taking care of a dying old king. Those are manipulative, calculating moves.

I think Viserys genuinely loved her (more than Aemma in my opinion) and she very much enjoyed the power her and her family would get from this marriage.

Book Alicent is a lot more unsympathetic, but she's strong-willed, intelligent, and is an active participant in the events around her. The people who narrow her down to "evil step mother trope" clearly do not understand grrm's writing. Her actions mimicked Tudors politics and she was a powerful figure in the story despite not being a main character.

Meanwhile, show Alicent is nothing like her book counterpart. The story we got wasn't an "origin" for her background; her age was changed, her personality was changed, her goals were changed, her dynamics with her children/stepdaughter/husband/father were changed.

The only thing book and show Alicent have in common is the name

#ask reply #anti alicent hightower #canon alicent hightower #and I'll never understand some fans who attempt to mix her book actions and personality with her show version 💀 #I consider show Alicent a shein/fanfic version of Sansa but the way pp always attempt to argue about the show while using f&b will never no #give me a headache. Those two are SO different. #for what's worth. despite not loving Alicent in f&b i miss her so freaking much as a villain. her absence is very visible to the storyline

[emypony]

Edit: forgot that I do most of my talking in tags. Oops!

ANYWAY! AliExpress beloved, I felt like on Christmas morning haha. Combined shipping goes brrr. I've been really into scrapbooking lately and wanted to give it a go myself. Having tons of fun! My favorite part right now is the wax seals, I wonder how creative I can get with it, hehe. Need more colors tho! I have an abundance of pink and not enough of the others xD but I still need to receive some stuff

#journaling #bullet journal #aestethic #i can finally be like the cool girlies and use the vague all encompassing tags lets gooo #jk ily but also IM HAVING SO MUCH FUN #pink #floral #pink aesthetic #scrapbooking #wax seal #wax stamp #i hope to do more of these in the future #this was but a test!!! #AliExpress beloved #thank you for all your sellers and goodies #in this house we hate on shein and temu and wish

[mihai-florescu]

Oh... ok!

#youre wary of aliens taking over the planet but still shop at shein as if aliens could ruin earth any more than us humans do already

[thaliasandy]

My outfit of the day ☺️

Also, my new leather jacket (fake leather aka plastic 😅 of course bc I'm a vegetarian) was delivered today...Not sure if I like it or not...

#selfie #outfit of the day #ootd #plus size #curvy #fatshion #snag tights #shein #i know its bad but I'm fat poor and feom germany #we dont have many plus size stores #also I buy a light for this room it used to be my nephews room until a few weeks ago when he moved out and he took the light with him lol #and that light switch looks gross I need to clean it

[fearsomeandwretched]

I'm literally so tired of private jet discourse like so fucking tired. None of you care about the environment 😭

#fast fashion produces 5x the carbon emissions than private jets do #and yall won't give up fucking SHEIN #which literally uses slave labor

[theoneandonlyailat]

customers: omg you made that dress?????? wow!!!!!! it’s so cute I want one you should start a business omg omg!!!!

also customers: $40 to hem this??????? this is RIDICULOUS that’s WAY too expensive I only spent TWELVE DOLLARS on this dress

#sewing #tailor tales #okay idk whose tag that is but i’m gonna start using it bc it’s cute #hopefully it’s not a fandom #but seriously people who will not shut up about telling me to start a business and then turn around and complain the tailoring is too much #deserve to suffer #’what do you mean it’s gonna be $500 to alter my entire wardrobe??? i got it all from shein for $100 and i’m gonna throw it away tomorrow #die actually

[real-total-drama-takes]

it’s a shame i can’t headcanon the cast doing cringy shit bc idk what gen z kids do these days all i know is that they love over sharing on tiktok, cocomelon, shein, and being bisexual

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#zee loves cocomelon #julia chase and emma use tik tok all the time #everyone else (except zee) has it but those three are the most obsessed #julia uses shein. so does mk. #total drama #total drama 2023 #and of course. being bisexual.

[bunny-xoxo]

I hate how so many shops now on Etsy just take general product images from other stores and use them in their store front so you have to scour the reviews hoping someone’s posted pictures so you can see images of the ACTUAL product.

And you never really know who the original producer/maker of the item is when there’s 5 other products with the SAME EXACT IMAGE all from FIVE DIFFERENT SELLERS

#aAkrklajtlaifBAEKIAIR #ITS SO AKRKKAE #Sometimes it’s easier to tell by the quality of the photo #and then sometimes you get lucky and click on the product and then the other seller related products are clearly like oh okay so this was - #your piece first lol #but other times it’s like a shot in the dark #I see this for jewelry a lot #it wasn’t nearly as bad as it is now like at the beginning of the year #and places like the tiktok shop do not help 😭😭 #LIKE NOT TO BE THAT GUY BUT ‼️ #it just reminds me of older sites like ‘wish’ or even shein :/ #I’m going on Etsy to pick handmade items from small business/individual sellers! #that are unique! #not the same reproduced extremely poor quality sweater made by 4719471 people that all use the same thumbnail! #sorry I hope I don’t sound insane but like 😭😭 #this is my roman empire #that and the negative effects of reselling #especially thrifted finds #I know it’s old news but I could talk about it for HOURS #And the way fatphobia is so ingrained in it #okay I’m done. #elle speaks