The Perilous Whiteness of Pumpkins

[JayJayH 546]

Reading this actual peer reviewed article and wondering where the line between confirmation bias and sheer paranoia is usually drawn.

"This article examines the symbolic whiteness associated with pumpkins in the contemporary United States. Starbucks’ pumpkin spice latte, a widely circulated essay in McSweeney’s on “Decorative Gourd Season,” pumpkins in aspirational lifestyle magazines, and the reality television show Punkin Chunkin provide entry points into whiteness–pumpkin connections. Such analysis illuminates how class, gender, place, and especially race are employed.. blah blah blah"

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2373566X.2015.1099421?scroll=top&needAccess=true&

Liberals, I see Republicans abandoning SS Trump in droves. Is there any reason we can't clean up our own backyards and prevent people from entering SS Trump as well? The only thing I'd like to worry about when having my pumpkin spiced latte is diabetes.

[TBoneTX 45,309]

The garbage that ends up being published often knows no bounds.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

I am a fan of teal pumpkins

[millefleur 5,046]

Pumpkin is extremely popular in Japan, by the way. They also have a pumpkin lattes, pumpkin cakes, pumpkin soups, steamed pumpkin, pumpkin cookies....yes, the gourd originates in N. American, but try telling a Japanese person that their "kabocha" isn't Japanese and that should go over well. Guess the experts who wrote that article overlooked that little factoid.

[GandD 5,966]

I read the beginning of this then I killed myself. RIP G 2016...........