Once Upon a Watermelon

Just as they do every year, Disney released candy featuring Disney princesses for Valentine's Day. Let's just say, this year's was a tad insensitive - depicting the white Cinderella character on the vanilla side and the black Tiana character decorating the watermelon flavored side. Yup.

Pairing the white girl with vanilla and the black girl with watermelon should have set off an alarm in someone’s mind. How is it that out of all 10 Disney princesses—only one of which is black—they chose Princess Tiana to sell their watermelon flavored candy?



Defenders of slavery used the watermelon as a symbol of simplicity arguing that African Americans were happy as slaves. They didn’t need the complicated responsibilities of freedom; they just needed some shade and a cool, delicious treat.  Perhaps the stereotype linking black people with watermelon is too antiquated and they let this slide? Or maybe the people in charge of marketing for Disney are marketing assholes?

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For My Peeps

I've done my best to avoid the "seasonal" aisle in drug stores - now filled with heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and dancing gorillas that proclaim "I'm Wild for You." But I couldn't seem to walk past these little cuties!

Peeps has released their new flavor just in time for the most loved/hated holiday of the year. These candies combine strawberry-creme flavored marshmallow with chocolate - available in both creamy milk chocolate and rich dark chocolate.

Sweeeeeetttt!

M&M's will introduce a new character in a commercial during Super Bowl XLVI. "Ms. Brown" is the sixth computer-animated mascot for the brand, following walking and talking versions of the red, yellow, blue, green and orange M&M's.

The brand describes Ms. Brown as "an intelligent woman with a sharp wit who finally decided to reveal herself after working for decades behind the scenes as chief chocolate officer."

Pleased to meet you.