Well, the handle sort of looks like the braided leather on a whip. If it were actual braided leather instead of what looks like silicone this would be kind of cool.
The only solution is to stop buying this crap from grocery stores and get it in season at the farmer's market, or better yet, grow it yourself. For our grandparents, eating watermelon in June was unheard of. Now, we can eat it in January if we want, but it tastes like crunchy water. Is that progress?
Let's be honest here. How many middle schoolers ACTUALLY care about breast cancer research? Aside from those few who have a family member affected by it, I'd bet my lunch money most of them wearing it think it's funny and little else.
Here here! Whenever I hear this idiotic expression, I always think, "So, you're saying this thing would be great to have but really it's an unattainable metaphor so don't get your hopes up, right?"