{"id":560,"date":"2008-04-09T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog2\/2008\/04\/a-tail-of-two-tails\/"},"modified":"2008-04-09T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T15:49:00","slug":"a-tail-of-two-tails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/a-tail-of-two-tails\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tail of Two Tails"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a bit off-topic, even for me, especially given my previous (Un)Explained post. But I need to talk about Starbucks’ new logo<\/a>. First of all, I never even realized to begin with that the original logo was a mermaid. I guess I thought it was just some kind of sun goddess being, because the hair is all zig-zaggy, like energy lines. The image definitely is not like the mermaids I know and love, Peter Pan’s hussies <\/a>are a good example, (the ones who gang up on poor Wendy, who may have deserved it because she is just so proper! But really, they almost drowned her! But actually, you’d expect a little salt from a gal who has to spend her days swimming deep underwater.) Another great example of the beautiful, strong-willed mermaid is Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid<\/span> that I talked about here a while ago<\/a>. I don’t really like Ariel in Disney’s version; she is too much like Barbie: good to look at but doesn’t offer much otherwise. Besides, who would give up their voice for a man?? Or for legs?<\/p>\n

Anyway, I was having coffee with Emily, and having a great time catching up on our book projects, when she turned her cup towards me and showed me the new Starbucks logo: the splayed-tail mermaid. She laughed about how a mom in her PTO would not let them use the cups at a fundraiser because of this! Plus, her breasts are almost visible under her hair.<\/p>\n

Wow, I nearly horked my grande decaf breve misto. I totally love<\/span> the new logo! She is based, apparently, on a 15th century mermaid drawing. She is fantastically not<\/span> modern; she has a belly and a heavy tail section. She is definitely as real as the Dove women. Good for her! A little dash of reality for all of America’s coffee drinkers who are probably entirely too used to the nipped and tucked females shown everywhere in the media, but practically nowhere in real life.<\/p>\n

Still, I wondered what was with the splayed tail? It turns out that she is a siren, not a mermaid: and sirens have two tails! I wonder what the story is behind that… I’ve heard of being two-faced, but two-tailed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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