# Aunt Jemima

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Inventing Aunt Jemima (PART 5): Her Name Is Nancy Green

For four episodes we've been building context—the machinery of modern branding, the minstrel stage, the taxonomy of caricature, the fair and its gate. All of it was in service of this. Now we come back to the woman. The part people sort of know is that Nancy Green walked into a casting call in 1893…

Inventing Aunt Jemima (PART 4): The White City

In Part 3 we mapped the architecture—where the controlling images came from, what they were built to do, and where they went when the minstrel stage went dark. This episode goes back to the place where the pancake brand was launched, and to the three people standing in three different positions rel…

What's in a Name - Weekend Recap 09-06-26

As Coleton Furlow pointed out, Democrats: “You can’t just rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. That’s not how reality works!” Also Democrats: “Anyway, this is Jessica. She used to be Steve.”   Canada Geese are now Donald Ducks Ontario is now Dontario. Where will the jibes end?! I think that Trump r…

Bonus: We'll Ray Charles It with Mark Robinson

Ode (@thatsod.e / @thatsod_e) and Mo "Kid" Licorish (@licorishislegit) sit down with advertising veteran and author Mark Robinson to discuss his book Pitch Black: The Best Black Ads of the Past Fifty Plus Years. Robinson explains how he assembled a panel of Black creative directors, each assigned a…

ENCORE: The History Of Pancakes

On this episode of Sprung On Food, host Kae Sprung talks the history of pancakes with returning guest Erika Kwee (Pancake Princess). The episode traces pancake-like foods back to early agriculture and Ötzi the Iceman, then follows written records from ancient Greece (tēganitēs) and Roman recipes, t…

The Trap of Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire

The fastest way to misunderstand a Black woman is to reach for a familiar label. We start with the one Michelle Obama names so plainly: how easily Black women get tagged as “angry,” then we pull the thread back through history and forward into research that shows what those snap judgments can do.I …

Aunt Jemima Comes to the Northwoods

On July 26th, 1956, a small delegation of women’s groups and community organizations gathered at the Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport to meet an incoming flight. When the Douglas DC-3 landed, out stepped one of the most recognizable advertising characters in America. Aunt Jemima had arrived in the…

News or Noise: The $18 Million Pancake Conspiracy | Planet Tyrus

Tyrus is back for another round of News or Noise on Planet Tyrus, and this time we're talking about an $18 million maple syrup heist, a cat accused of ordering $110 worth of pizza, speeding pigeons, and why Tyrus thinks Aunt Jemima got a raw deal.Harry puts Tyrus to the test with some of the most r…

The History Behind Aunt Jemima

The Aunt Jemima brand is recognized as the first company to use a living trademark that relied on racist stereotypes. Originating in 1889, the brand relied on the "mammy" archetype, known for depicting black women as docile, faithful slaves meant to soothe white guilt and market a fantasy of the Ol…

81 INSANE DETAILS We Noticed In Lovecraft Country | Easter Eggs And Things You Missed

81 INSANE DETAILS We Noticed In Lovecraft Country | Easter Eggs And Things You Missed. We breakdown the best Easter Eggs and Hidden Details in Season 1 of Lovecraft Country on HBO. #LovecraftCountry #BlackLivesMatter #HBO #EasterEggs #ThingsYouMissed #Season1 #EndingExplained #Season2 If you enjoy…