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Usually it’s just being lambasted by coffee aficionados, local business supporters, pop culture critics, American culture critics, or people who question their “Fair Trade” policies with coffee growers. Add to the list certain religious zealots. It seems that the temporary revival<\/a> of the “classic” Starbucks logo<\/a> has their knickers in a twist because it features … wait for it … boobies<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The Resistance says the new image “has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute,” Mark Dice, founder of the group, said in a news release<\/a>. “Need I say more? It’s extremely poor taste, and the company might as well call themselves Slutbucks.”<\/p>\n

The group, which claims more than 3,000 members nationwide and has found a place on the fringe advancing various conspiracy theories, is calling for a national boycott of the coffee-selling giant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The revived image of a siren (or melusine<\/a>) is actually less risqu\u00e9 than the original<\/a> it was modeled from, in which the hair didn’t cover the nipplage (and there was a navel, too) — let alone the 15th Century Norse woodcut it was based on.<\/p>\n

The more I read the article, and the underlying news release, though, the less sanguine I am that this is much more than an attempt to get fifteen minute of fundie fame. Still, I’m sure that some, somewhere out there, dislikes the whole female torso Starbucks thang, considering it lewd, lascivious, and sinful (because I am sure that there are teenage boys out there doing unspeakable acts as they gaze longingly at the logo on their Starbucks cup).<\/p>\n

Crazy world. Though, for what it’s worth, I’m not a big fan of the retro look, and am glad it’s just temporary. Fact is, I find the original logo (and colors) just unattractive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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