It's been a few months since I posted a "Random Appropriation of the Day"--things that use Native imagery/names/references that are just totally random and don't necessarily necessitate (necessarily necessitate? ha. I'm leaving it.) an entire wordy post. These "Random Appropriations" are simply to point out how ubiquitous the use of Native imagery is in our everyday lives, and to question products that we might not even pause and think about. So, a weird one for today:
Product description:Then, according to tipster Megan:
Pow Wow Lip Scrub – 3474 – Vegan – 20g - £4.75
Popping candy to polish your pout this Christmas!
Helen's been trying to figure out a way to use popping candy in more of our inventions - and why not, it's such good fun! So here it is: a delicious, bright green popping candy lip scrub. Scrub and buff your lips this winter with our exfoliating spinach powder, goji berry and caffeine powder lip buffer. It's sure to make you as strong as Popeye and look as beautiful as Olive Oil!
"There is also a video that briefly explains the reasoning behind the name which has since been made private, but as far as my memory serves me the gist is "pow wow is the Native American word for a gathering, and we do that a lot at Christmas'. Quite where the lip scrub comes into it I have no idea. I am at a loss at what any of this has to do with a non-existent, monolithic, Native American culture."It appears that the product has been taken down completely--several websites display a "product not found." So perhaps they wised up and decided they should call it something that actually, oh, describes the product? Like "Popeye Power Lip Scrub"? (I should go work for Lush...)
Anyway, random, right?
(Thanks Megan!)