Charleston-based bakery Rock City Cake Company is selling cookies with “real life hate/homophobic” remarks they received after sharing LGBTQ+-friendly content. They’ve dubbed the package of cookies the “Sick Freak Cookie Box.”
The box includes a dozen cookies and will be available on Friday. Preorders are accepted on their website or by calling 681-265-9154. If you purchase a box, you can pick it up at their Capitol Street shop in downtown Charleston.
According to their article, a percentage of the box’s earnings will benefit local non-profits, which they do not name “to avoid more hate spewed toward their mission.” On their website, you can also donate to local non-profits by clicking here, which they refer to as “I don’t live close, but I hate homophobic people and want to make a donation to a local nonprofit!”.
“If nothing else, to support our local non profits, and encourage young or closeted LGBTQ+ members that the hate they see spewed online is nothing more than a word on a cookie, and we won’t stand for it here,” the bakery stated on its website.
Rock City Cake Company is known for having fun with its specialized pastries and treats.
During his State of the State address in January 2022, Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) held up his English bulldog, Babydog, spun her around, and told Bette Midler to “kiss her hiney” after the actress and singer criticized Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on X, then known as Twitter, in December 2021, saying he “sold us out.” He wants us all to be like his state, West Virginia. Poor, ignorant, and stressed out.”
Midler apologized for her outburst in a second tweet within an hour of her first, claiming she was “just seeing red.”
Following the State of the State address, Rock City made cookies with the slogan “Gov. Justice said,” photographs of him holding up Babydog’s rear end, and photos of Babydog wearing goggles.
Following several months of almost daily COVID-19 briefings, the bakery devised the “The Big Jim Says Cookie Set,” which included some of his more colorful remarks.
They also created a cookie with the message “Do It For Amy Baby” and a photo of Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin in the center.
This followed Mayor Goodwin’s letter to Governor Justice, West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair, and Speaker of the House Roger Hanshaw in October 2021, in which she expressed her worries about substance misuse, homelessness, and mental health issues in the state.
During a COVID-19 briefing, the governor spent about five minutes blasting into the mayor and how she governs the capital city. Regardless of who they agreed with, others felt Justice went too far when he called Charleston’s first female mayor “Amy, baby” during his outburst.
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