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Beth Kowitt

I’m Sorry, But We Still Have to Talk About M&M’s Spokescandies

Mars Inc. is either caving to the culture wars or exploiting them for publicity. Neither is good.

Victims or pawns of the culture wars? — Victims or pawns of the culture wars?
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

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January 24, 2023, 7:41 PM UTC

Welcome to a new level of crazy in the culture wars.

Somehow the M&M’s spokescandies have been swept up in the crusade against “wokeness,” forcing everyone to suffer through an entire news cycle focused on the aesthetic choices of anthropomorphized chocolate-candy cartoon characters.