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#64: Labubu's comet tail 🌠, Why is Starbucks China always late?🧋Outdoor aesthetics in food & beverage 🏞️ | Following the Yuan

#64: Labubu's comet tail 🌠, Why is Starbucks China always late?🧋Outdoor aesthetics in food & beverage 🏞️ | Following the Yuan

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Jun 18, 2025
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Last week, I wrote about Labubu’s ambiguous racial and gender identity, and now I find myself constantly wanting to start a conversation with “Did you know that Labubu is a girl?!” OR correct people, including Hong Kong-American comedian Jimmy O Yang, if they assumed she was a “boy.”

Bear with me, this week’s post is full of information sorting (imagine…

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