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What the fuck is a man?
Jan. 30th, 2010 06:39 pmI have some pretty serious issues with my culture's idea of what a "man" or masculinity is. This really warrants not only its own post, but really its own blog, but this website I stumbled on kind of sums it up quite keenly: manteas.com. Here's how they describe themselves:
Yes, they even have Bacon Tea. Don't get me wrong, I love bacon as much as the next person, and even revel in the whole bacon-on-everything phenomenon, but this website sort of exemplifies that idiotic simple-man idea that has taken over our culture. I wish I were feeling more ranty and eloquent tonight, but I am not. I am just annoyed and want to punch whoever greenlit The Man Show and set fire to every sitcom with a bumbling doofus dad.
Presently, it is a known fact that the specialty tea drinking market consists primarily of women. Is that because men don’t drink tea?
Hell no! Men have gone to war over tea. No, it’s because most of the specialty teas out there have stuff like rosehips and lemon zest in them (what the hell is “zest” anyway?) and they are packaged and merchandised to appeal to women. What guy is going to pick up a box of Cozy Sleepytime Tea with a pajama’d teddy bear on it? Not this guy.
So, we here at Zoomdweebie’s (where we are “Nerdy About Tea”) have started this website to showcase only the manliest of teas. You won’t find any rose petal teas here, or any teas that smell like your grandmother’s air freshener. This is man tea country.
Hell no! Men have gone to war over tea. No, it’s because most of the specialty teas out there have stuff like rosehips and lemon zest in them (what the hell is “zest” anyway?) and they are packaged and merchandised to appeal to women. What guy is going to pick up a box of Cozy Sleepytime Tea with a pajama’d teddy bear on it? Not this guy.
So, we here at Zoomdweebie’s (where we are “Nerdy About Tea”) have started this website to showcase only the manliest of teas. You won’t find any rose petal teas here, or any teas that smell like your grandmother’s air freshener. This is man tea country.
Yes, they even have Bacon Tea. Don't get me wrong, I love bacon as much as the next person, and even revel in the whole bacon-on-everything phenomenon, but this website sort of exemplifies that idiotic simple-man idea that has taken over our culture. I wish I were feeling more ranty and eloquent tonight, but I am not. I am just annoyed and want to punch whoever greenlit The Man Show and set fire to every sitcom with a bumbling doofus dad.
