Pumpkin spice hate season is coming again, so here's a reminder from a historical perspective:
What we call "pumpkin spice" is just the classic English and Anglo-American "sweet" spice mix: cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, and mace. It's been used in traditional desserts, from apple pie to plum pudding, for centuries. When did people start having a problem with it? Not when women were in the kitchen putting it in their pies. But rather when women decided we liked it in the coffee we grab on our way to school or work. So when you see men making jokes about the pumpkin spice products this fall, remember what they're mocking: women choosing something for our own pleasure rather than devoting ourselves to pleasing others.
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