Now Transphobes Are Crazy About Dylan Mulvaney’s Nike Partnership

In addition to the hateful comments under Mulvaney’s post, bigots are taking to Instagram to demand that people boycott Nike over their decision to advertise to the influencer’s audience of 1.7 million via her publications.

Former Olympian swimmer Sharron Davies called the partnership a “kick in the teeth” and suggested people stop spending money on Nike products to get them to “listen”.

“Dylan advertises sports bras when there’s nothing to put in a sports bra – when in fact it’s really important that women have support adequate when playing sports,” she said. “It just doesn’t make sense.”

Acting like flat-chested women modeling bras is something new in society with Dylan’s post being downright hilarious, as is the idea that one person wearing a piece of clothing should represent the fit for all people likely to wear it. And there are plenty of people who might have a crisis similar to Mulvaney’s buying sports bras — to suggest otherwise is bizarre.

Davies’ other complaint is that there isn’t a lot of money for similar sponsorships for professional female athletes, and while there’s probably some truth to that, the monetary difference between a brand of sport teaming up with a professional athlete and paying an influencer for an Instagram post is probably very different. And anyway, it has nothing to do with Mulvaney being trans – partnerships like this with influencers remain commonplace for brands like Nike, and you haven’t seen anyone fussing about it. for “in defense” of professional athletes before now.

But Nike offered its support for Mulvaney unequivocally, commenting on Instagram that “hate speech, bullying or other behavior that is not in the spirit of a diverse and inclusive community will be removed.”