World seems intent on assigning gender and sexuality to Starbucks holiday cup
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In 2015, the “oh, noes, there’s a War on Christmas” crowd was upset with Starbucks for having a plain red holiday cup. Because apparently this is a thing that adults care about. In 2017, the issue is whether Starbucks’ very holiday-themed cup has lesbWorld seems intent on assigning gender and sexuality to Starbucks holiday cup
In 2015, the “oh, noes, there’s a War on Christmas” crowd was upset with Starbucks for having a plain red holiday cup. Because apparently this is a thing that adults care about. In 2017, the issue is whether Starbucks’ very holiday-themed cup has lesbian hands on it. The hands are a frickin’ line drawing, yet somehow people have decided the line drawing requires gender and sexuality, and while the Fox News headline currently says “Starbucks holiday cup causes social media buzz over mystery hands,” the URL says “Starbucks holiday cups accused pushing gay agenda.” Starbucks did announce the cups with a video that included, among others, a lesbian couple, but they are not wearing the same clothes that the hands on the cups are wearing. And while: "I can attest to the lesbianism of The Hands," my gay BuzzFeed colleague said upon careful inspection. At least one lesbian disagrees, proclaiming “those are clearly man hands,” although “gay, no matter what.” The good news is, while at least one person on Twitter is quoting Bible verses about “shameful lust,” even Fox News seems to have found more tweets celebrating the cup than bemoaning it. But here in 2017, can’t we let androgynous line drawing hands keep their preferred pronouns to themselves? Read more