Random Appropriation of the Day! ("Tiger Lily Teapot")

In fred flare, random appropriation, tiger lily teapot by Adrienne K.7 Comments

Reader Michaela spotted this one while christmas shopping online. Called the “Tiger Lily Teapot”, she sports the awesome stereotypes of braids, a headband, a feather, and “indian” designs and colors. The description (via Fred Flare) reads:

This darling lil’ lady is outfitted with a small interior metal steeper and her head becomes the tea cup when you remove her feathered top! Bold colors and a happy face will brighten your kitchen even on the coldest day.

yeah. you drink out of her head:

I’d call that a bit de-humanizing.

Fred Flare: Tiger Lily Teapot

Earlier:
Random Appropriation of the Day (Totem Cups)

(Thanks Michaela!)

Comments

  1. torgana

    When I drink tea, I prefer to do so without a) decapitating someone b) being a totally obvious racist.

    Good lord.

  2. also-warriors

    It seems like right around the time the designer was sketching the removable scalp, faint memories of history class should have come back to her.

  3. Syera

    Is it dehumanizing when lots of novelty teapots are shaped like people, or is it the fact that many peoples’ only experience with a minority is going to be in the form of a teapot?

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