September 26, 2016

Academic Absurdity of the Week, Pumpkin Spice Edition

(Steven Hayward) I am preparing a full-scale, end-of-the-world beat down on the abomination of pumpkin spice for an upcoming Week in Pictures, but I can't help but wonder whether I've been trumped (heh) by this recent "scholarly" article in the journal GeoHumanities: The Perilous Whiteness of Pumpkins Lisa Jordan Powell & Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt Abstract This article examines the symbolic whiteness associated with pumpkins in the contemporary United States. Starbucks' pumpkin spice

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