About this episode
Brittany Geneva discusses the implications of boycotts and the willingness to embrace inconvenience for social change.
Is the Target boycott over or nah? Did it "work"? What did we get in return? Where did we spend our money instead, and was that company any better? In this episode, I'm unpacking what it would mean to move from symbolic boycotts to strategic ones… the kind that don't just send a message, but force change. Creating that kind of pressure might require a level of inconvenience most of us, myself included, haven't fully embraced. So the question is… how far are we actually willing to go to make change? Time to say the quiet parts out loud! Let's get into it.
People in this episode
Host: Brittany Geneva
Topics covered
- boycotts
- consumer behavior
- social change
- strategic activism
- inconvenience
Keywords
- Target boycott
- symbolic boycotts
- strategic boycotts
- consumer spending
- social pressure
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Target
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