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2023-08-13 00:16:46 UTC - HELPFUL
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Skittles first produced its all-white packaging in 2017 to celebrate Pride Month. https://time.com/4818777/white-skittles-lgbt-pride-month/ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/skittles-pride-month-monochrome-rainbow-a7790706.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/22/us/colorless-skittles-pride-trnd/index.html While subjective, there is no explicit reference to 'drag queens' in the 2023 Pride Month packaging imagery. https://pentawards.com/directory/en/node/newsarticle-packaging-designs-celebrating-pride-month?type=NewsArticle Skittles has used “taste the rainbow” as their slogan since 1994. https://digitalcultures.net/memes/taste-the-rainbow/
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