A black, transgender, lesbian, plus-sized activist and the newest face for Calvin Klein

DL Meltdown mode in 10... 9... 8...

The question is: Will she sell well for Calvin?

Because that's what matter, you can try to be as inclusive as you want but if the ads don't make people buy your products the'll be back to white skinny females in a couple of years

From xer twitter page:

“We are the embodiment of a new history— a history renewed by reclamation and documentation. We are history. By being, we manifest the impossible.”

What a bunch of self-indulgent meaningless drivel.

There's a bunch of complaining in Twitter threads about how none of the stores have plus size merchandise, you can only buy it online. So they want the street cred but they don't want fat people in their stores.

They'll put this photo in textbooks.

A student in an AP History course in 2040 will look at this and scoff: How did American civilization not realize it was in irreversible decline when this was their idealized standard of beauty? They became so decadent and weak. It was so obvious. No wonder they capitulated so quickly. Luckily West China is thriving today and this garbage no longer flies!

R3 Nothing about "living your truth" in that?! Gasp!

R5 I believe west China is mostly flying garbage, currently.

This is the fucking Holy Grail of SJW Wokeness.

[quote] see one in the wild

how racist!

R9 Big, huge, massive, eye roll.

It was partly sarcastic, R10.

This is why they hate us.

R8 He/she is not disabled though, or is it?

What? The pansexual South Asian genderqueer performance artist with a speech impediment didn't get the nod?

So this is actually a straight, chubby black man in drag claiming to be a lesbian? Lol Kind of surprising since most of them have been straight, white middle-aged men or twenty-something year old incels.

R11 You really can't blame anyone for not being able to discern illusion from reality. Not in these times.

That's not yummers! This is yummers!

R12 This is not "us."

I am their target market and I know that the first people I look to as fashion inspiration is fat, straight, black men.

Has Lens Dunham put in her 2 cents yet?

R17 racist, homophobic, Southie trash

Another man taking a womans job...

Seeing as underwear is generally tailored to take into account the presence of a penis and testicles or a vagina, are Calvin Klein going to rebrand their underwear from mens and womens to penis/vagina?

It's kind of transphobic to advertise penis supporting underwear as MEN'S when lots of transwomen have a penis.

[quote]Anything is possible in CK ACTIVE MESH; breathable micro mesh combined with seamless stitching creates a sleek and supportive solution for men on the move.

The ad is actually pretty cool-looking.

But yeah, this isn’t about selling underwear.

The Emperor isn’t wearing any clothes.

BUT....

...is she is SEX WORKER?

Cancel this cunt. Xir is ABLEIST!

This ain't gonna sell no panties.

'they' fits in this case cuz they're big enough for two

R18 - “This is not "us."

Yes, R18 I realize that, but “THEY” (ignorant, straight, homophobic, bigots), see “THIS” ( fat, black, trans, lez), and make universal generalizations about all gay people.

Is she handicapped though? If not, she might want to check her ableist privilege.

Congrats to Lizzo.

R31 maybe her brain is handicapped?

Why hasn't Roxane Gay been given a contract yet?

Its certainly an... Interesting marketing campaign.

R25 interesting as in.....pandering?

Does Calvin own the company anymore, or he sold out? For some reason, I'm not opposed to this. Most people are not built like Kendall Jenner or Maluma.

In other news, Mattel has introduced a line of plus-sized Barbie dolls! For every little girl that's a blossoming Mama June!

boring............

r36 I meant more that the basic concept of using attractive models or famous people to show off our product is that it psychologically tricks buyers into thinking if they buy it they too can be hot and successful. With the best will in the world to this woman. I'd pay good money to avoid looking like this.

r38 If you cut the hair on that doll just right I'm pretty sure you'd end up with a Trump doll.

How can a man be a lesbian?

Just leaving this here. Yeah, I know it's the Post.

R2, have you been on social media lately? Skinny women are a minority, so that’s exactly why Calvin Klein’s marketing department presented data to back that up, and why the CEO went zoftig.

This isn’t a mistake. It’s completely intentional.

The trans stuff? Obviously, intentional as well.

R2 how would they track that one specific ad? I know little about advertising, but it seems unlikely they could say that specific ad did or did not drive new revenue?

R45, I guess by tracking how well the particular line this person is advertising sells.

R44, all the girls I see on Instagram are gorgeous, svelte and model-like, apparently.

I'm close to being fat bitch. I wouldn't be caught dead advertising underwear. If you're selling a dream, it needs to be aspirational.

Good for her for taking their money though. She doesn't have an aesthetic appeal to my taste.

So mom jeans are back?

I'm fat, old, and gay. Doesn't anyone care about ME?????

I want someone to apologize.

R15 No, his "wife" is another trans, albeit white and thin. So basically two gay boys playing dress up.

She’s just not pretty though.

R50 CK Caftan line, coming soon to a store near you!

Please, boycott!

Why do these people always have to look so defiant and snotty?

This one is ugly, too.

She's stunningly beautiful.

R56 Virtue signaling is ugly. Next!

Whatever happened to a comely smile?

What's really funny is that the Jari Jones on the billboard at OP's post looks nothing like the real-life Jari Jones standing in the street in front of the billboard. They've lightened her skin, got rid of the folds and the dangling bits of flesh, almost covered her hair and made those weird fake breast things she has look almost like real breasts.

Does she have a tooth gap?

This guy "identifies" as a "trans queer lesbian". The video is ridiculous.

Shudder. Who upthread said she was beautiful, again?

R61 Is it even on hormones?

Will this really help CK sales? I mean who the fuck would want to look like that?

R64 It helps with woke points.

"What about me, bitches?"

Even better - this campaign is for Pride only. So, no, CK wouldn't try to sell the normal line with this caricature but they will insist on shoving him down our throats during Pride because they think this joke is what gay people are interested in.

Remarkably, she doesn't have a tooth gap r60, but she looks just like the type who should have one.

I think Calvin Klein should buck the trends by continuing to show thin blonde models and make the rest of the brands vying for woke points look fat and ugly.

R68 she must have had it fixed! She's ashamed of her natural beauty!

If I had won the primaries she would be my VP.

R50 - “ I'm fat, old, and gay. Doesn't anyone care about ME????? I want someone to apologize.”

😂 - We are collectively sorry. There. Feel better now?

Bitch! That should have been me up there on those billboards!

so basically Calvin Klein has chosen a ridiculous str8 guy to target the gay market? is this a joke? an insult?

in the Calvin Klein video he says that he likes women, no same-sex attraction there...

R74, it's a gay guy who can't even say it. He's in a relationship with another male "lesbian". So, this is even worse as a representation of Pride - a gay male couple who are too afraid of their homosexuality, they resort to denigrating lesbians and women by claiming to be "lesbians". This bullshit has nothing to do with the LGB or with real trans people. But, hey, if Jari were simply a gay guy then she wouldn't be on that CK billboard, would she?

R75, I think the "women" Jari likes are other gay men who shit on gays, women and lesbians by "identifying" as lesbians.

This helps them to hate us.

Do they have a fatty model that was born with a vageen?

I remember when radical feminists used to hate billboards of hot ciswomen in underwear. They objectified women, they moaned.

Well, there’s no risk of that happening with this woman.

LOL!

R73 youre joking, but I agree. EJ is a gnc male and I love him for it, and he doesn't take it to the insane level of gender delusion. There are no boy clothes and girl clothes, there are JUST clothes!!!!

Don't support/pander to this insanity.

BOYCOTT CALVIN KLEIN!!

Calvin Klein has had plenty of beautiful black male models. And not light-skinned ones with perfect Greek-god features, either. Men with dark skin who look black. I don’t know why they’re overcompensating.

I guess gay people don’t look any different from anyone else, so they had to go with a visibly different freak for Pride.

Women have always hated that gay men might have a month to themselves.

They’re not trying to insert fatness into Pride.

God, we need mandatory sex selective abortion.

Looks like Calvin will be selling a lot of clothes....lol

So...are we done with “Sex Sells” then?

Hey hey heyyyy—

It’s FAAAAAAAAAT Alberta!

R81 that's total bullshit. Clothes for women are tailored in certain ways to reflect the curves of the female body. Clothes for men are made for male bodies. There are differences. You don't think that EJ Johnson can or would walk into a Lane Bryant and pull any old frock off the wall. He has to have them custom tailored to fit his hog body.

r44, that's a man, not a woman. He is a straight man, not a lesbian. And I can guarantee you, that erasing women from marketing and replacing them with the blackface equivalent will actively discourage women from buying a product, supposedly marketed to them.

A bigger black woman does not wanna look like a big tranny!

If beauty has no objective standard don’t be surprised when womanhood has none either, lesbians.

This is not as sickening as seeing “black trans lives matter signs”. Can you imagine if gay black people tried to make the BLM movement specifically about them? Straight black peoples would hand their asses to them!

Somehow trans people can get away with it.

r92, one of the women who started BLM thinks she's a man.

R92 they totally are! It's not enough to say "black lives matter". They have to specifically say "black trans lives matter".

I see more fundraisers for "black trans safe houses" than I do anything else from those people.

Yep. That’s a femme gay guy. A story as old as the hills.

Why anyone would want to buy underwear because of him I have no clue. Are they Y front or not?

One thing at least you can say about Nasty Pig: at least their models will never be transgender, lesbian, or plus-sized. Unless they change the name of their company to Nasty Sow.

Since the OP's post has been greyed out by the self-appointed censor of all things tranny on DL: here is a link to a story about the new face of Calvin Klein, Jari Jones.

If this post gets greyed out too, just look up her name and "Calvin Klein" on google:

R96, there’s Buck Angel and I think he would be totally on brand for them and not inconsistent with them.

Buck Angel is 58.

r98, Buck Angel is persona non-grata to the trans terrorists for the sin of repeatedly acknowledging that she's a biological woman, that sex doesn't change, that trans is about outward presentation, and that science isn't transphobic. They call her and all reality-based transsexuals 'truscum'.

I thought trans fats were banned in NYC under Bloomberg.