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The sexualization and desexualization of M&M ladies were both very successful marketing schemes. How often do you get prime time Fox News Bros yelling about M&Ms, left leaning news outlets and famous and non famous folks on every social media platform making fun of the Fox News Bros who are so upset about the less sexy M&M ladies? So much free marketing, just by putting them in more comfortable shoes.
Might be a free win for the company, which of course only cares about profit, but I think it's still somewhat important development of discourse as it is the dismounting of sexism
Well, sure. And I'm all about comfy shoes, but I feel the need to point out that one can be a feminist while wearing white knee high block heel boots or stiletto pumps!
Of course you can. The female m&m was not depicted as a feminist though, was it?
Let the Green M&M Be a Nasty Little Slut