Pumpkin spice lattes — and the backlash, and the backlash to the backlash — explained

An anthropomorphized Pumpkin Spice Latte with a spooky black cat. | @TheRealPSL/Twitter August 26 is not a day that is particularly known for feeling especially crisp or autumnal in most parts of North America. And yet it’s the day this year — the earliest release date ever — that Starbucks,…