{"id":3198,"date":"2006-03-24T17:35:32","date_gmt":"2006-03-24T22:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=3198"},"modified":"2006-03-25T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2006-03-25T19:22:38","slug":"steamed_chocola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/24\/steamed_chocola\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee cant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many times have you seen a desi profile begin with a sexualized coffee metaphor? \n<table style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-top: 10px; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0\">\n<tr style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px\">\n<td style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/03\/19\/magazine\/319boxer.html?ex=1300424400&#038;en=5dc6ffef3424bf2f&#038;ei=5090&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss\"><img class=picture height=261 src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/images\/AmirKhan_new.jpg\" width=300 border=0><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px\">\n<td class=caption style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; width: 300px; padding-top: 0px\">\n<p class=caption-text style=\"font-size: 80%; margin: 3px 5px; line-height: 110%\">Amir Khan, Starbucks menu item<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n\n<blockquote style=\"margin-right: 0px\">\n<p>[Boxer] Amir Khan is a slender 19-year-old with smooth skin the color of caf\u00c3\u00a9 con leche. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/03\/19\/magazine\/319boxer.html?ex=1300424400&#038;en=5dc6ffef3424bf2f&#038;ei=5090&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss\">Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>That particular style was original before Starbucks was big, when light-skinned black girls calling themselves &#8216;Mocha&#8217; showed up on prime time to tease <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Fresh_Prince_of_Bel-Air\">the Fresh Prince of Bel Air<\/a>. Only thing is, everyone now knows that coffee beans are actually harvested by poorly-paid brown people. Awkward.<\/p>\n\n<p>Personally, I say we bring the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zipless_fuck\">brewless fuck<\/a> back in style. It&#8217;s so darn cute, so dang-diggly underused, that the <em>NYT<\/em> should apply it to everyone they profile. And the metaphor should evaluate whether the subject is bangable, through coffeerotica.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oscar_De_La_Hoya\">Oscar de la Hoya<\/a> is a 33-year-old with skin the color of espresso.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehills.co.jp\/rp\/dfw\/EHILLS\/morishop\/ark\/starbucks\/images\/dish_photo.jpg\"><\/a>&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avril_Lavigne\">Avril Lavigne<\/a> is a 21-year-old with skin the color of a double tall, no-whip vanilla latte.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Greenspan\">Alan Greenspan<\/a> is an 80-year-old with skin the color of curdled whipping cream.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n<p>Hey, if you&#8217;re good, kick it up a notch into cocoarotica: milk chocolate, caramel, dark chocolate with almond bits. Make the paper of record sound as subtle as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/s\/salt-n-pepa\/120720.html\">hip-hop lyrics<\/a>. Bam, now we&#8217;re cookin&#8217; with gas.<\/p>\n\n<p><span class=related-posts-heading>Related posts:<\/span> <span class=related-posts><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/003194.html\"><span class=related-posts-title>We&#8217;ve got a live one!<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/003113.html\"><span class=related-posts-title>Sakina&#8217;s Restaurant<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/002888.html\"><span class=related-posts-title>Anatomy of a genre<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/002506.html\"><span class=related-posts-title>M-m-me so hungry<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/002023.html\"><span class=related-posts-title>Buzzword bingo<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times have you seen a desi profile begin with a sexualized coffee metaphor? Amir Khan, Starbucks menu item [Boxer] Amir Khan is a slender 19-year-old with smooth skin the color of caf\u00c3\u00a9 con leche. 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