Last month we launched our campaign against online apparel company, Teepublic, who is selling harmful and degrading clothing, including onesies for infants, with slogans glorifying violence against women and exploitation of children.
I'm fairly certain there's minimal moderation happening on Aus owned @TeePublic. Slogans encouraging sexual assault of infants? @BraveheartsInc @AusChildhood @Child_Wise @AnneHollonds @mike_salter @TeamCarlyCRF @DanielMorcombe @ActforKids @icmecauofficial @TheCybercop1 @MCG58 pic.twitter.com/ohyTyrRIR5
— Coralie Alison (@CoralieAlison) February 26, 2024
The following day TeePublic responded claiming they had removed the identified items from their platform however we found hundreds more still up. We continued to call them out on social media requesting they do a full investigation and remove all harmful products depicting violence against women and child abuse.
Five days later, I decided to purchase one of the onesies to test whether TeePublic would in fact produce the products and ship it. Well guess what just arrived in the mail.
Why are Teepublic printing and shipping merch that exploits vulnerable children? How is it that at no point during the production and shipping process did an adult stop and say this is not okay?
The onesie actually had a printing error where the slogan was incorrectly printed on the back and not the front. During my back and forth exchange with three staff from TeePublic's customer service department not one raised any concerns over the nature of the harmful slogan on a infant onesie. Instead I was promptly offered a reprint of the product.
That’s not before three separate staff at @TeePublic had helped me with the fault and not one batted an eyelid at the horrific slogan on an infant onesie. It was business as usual and they were more than happy to arrange a replacement product. pic.twitter.com/G5xYfBiCO8
— Coralie Alison (@CoralieAlison) March 14, 2024
Three weeks after our campaign launched designs like this one are still available for sale on the TeePublic website.
TeePublic are owned by Melbourne based Articore. Contact Articore and ask them why they are profiting off products that glorify violence against women and exploitation of children.
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15 porny onesies gone: but 1000s more remain: TeePublic fix it now!
Teepublic flogs child abuse onesies and incites violence against women
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