Why the Pineapple Is the Feminist Symbol We've All Been Waiting For
The tropical fruit takes on the post-Trump era.
By Laia Garcia
June 14, 2017
Let me explain. You have bananas, but other than their short-lived success thanks to Gwen Stefani's spelling lessons in 2004, they've never quite taken off as a print. Also because they are shorthand for penis. Then we have cherries, but they have a sort of "bad reputation" for a fruit, a classic flash-tattoo design favored by those with retro sensibilities. Also because they have become a stand-in for cooters, even though they don't actually resemble them at all. Meanwhile, their bright-red relative the strawberry has cornered the little-girl market thanks to Strawberry Shortcake (which also means there's a Lolita factor in there, but let's not get into that, OK?).
So that leaves us with the pineapple.
The pineapple is the feminist fruit of our times. Stay with me here. Yes, you can playfully joke that a pineapple is a vag, but it isn't a friendly vag! There are spikes to get around, cutting into them takes a bit of practice, and if you don't know how to eat them right, the rind will fuck up the corner of your mouth (sorry, was that too much?).
The pineapple, which started out as a status symbol for colonizers, became a stand-in for comfort and hospitality. And then, after a young female designer turned it into the "I am woman, hear me roar" statement of her still-budding career, it's now the primary motif of, dare I say it … the post-Trump era.
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