Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Hubby Hubby

Ben and Jerry (coming to Australia in October 2009 according to their website) have renamed their popular flavour "chubby hubby" to "hubby hubby" in recognition of the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Vermont. Vermont is the 1st U.S state to legalise same-sex marriage through legislature as opposed to judicial ruling/case law - go small G government!

Ben and Jerry's renaming flavour choice is perplexing. Why would you rename it to a word that means married man when the whole point of the exercise is to celebrate gender neutrality? The even more curious thing is that they have so many other flavour to choose from - what about:
  • Imagine Whirled Peace to Imagine Queer Peace
  • Everything But The becomes Everything Including The
  • Chocolate Therapy could be Same Sex Therapy
Or have I missed the point?

Posted by Marissa at 4:35 PM
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4 comments:

  1. cosine6:52 PM

    what type of flavour is hubby hubby?

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  2. Gregan2:56 PM

    ^ Good question.

    Another question:
    Is the whole point to celebrate gender neutrality? Hmmm...

    What exactly does that mean anyways?

    MISS UNIVERSE, PLZ HELP ME FOR I AM IGNORANT OF THESE ISSUES. WHAT IS A LOWLY HETROSEXUAL MAN SUPPOSED TO THINK? It used to be so simple... now everything is complicated... from having to navigate 40KM/h school zones when the clock ticks over to 2:30pm, to navigating the sexual minefield that proliferates throughout our modern lives! (that was a bit much huh...)

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  3. Marissa3:31 PM

    So thinking and get stuck into Hubby Hubby: pretzels, peanut butter and fudge in vanilla malt ice cream. Thirsty?

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  4. Anonymous4:30 PM

    I still prefer my Straight-time...I mean Gaytime.
    Dougie

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