Recently, the Tea Man has been coming under a bit of fire for some of the content on ManTeas.com
@popelizbet on Twitter was certainly not the first to complain, but she was the first to mis-label us as homophobic:
no thanks, @manteas, the men in my life take sugar and sometimes milk, but not homophobic marketing. #nicetrybutno
For the record, I personally think gay dudes are great. They leave more chicks for the rest of us. And I’ve already said my peace about lesbians elsewhere. Though I would never encourage guys “to treat lesbians they encounter as a wandering peep show,” it’s still hot to think about two chicks together.
So, in summary, Man Teas (and the Tea Man) are not homophobic. Misogynistic, sexist, chauvinist pig? Maybe. But not homophobic.
Where on earth is she/he/it getting homophobic? I can’t find a single reference to sexual orientation on this entire page.. Yes the entry for beer tea does have a picture of an Octoberfest-esque beer-wench, but how is heterosexuality in and of itself homophobic? Not all gay men are afeminant you know Mrs popelizbet, some of them are beer swilling football watching pigs just like us strait gents, they just get a little less hot and heavy during the halftime cheerleader shows.
(ok so I personally HATE football, I equally hate it when liberal-arts majors “TAKE A STAND”)
Agreed! Why in the hell would anyone get a homophobic impression from this site/idea?? If anything, I would expect a backlash from females in general (not that it would be warranted). Weird.
Whatever you guys are, you are as bad as all the girly girls who have to flavor their tea to the point it no longer tastes like tea. Berries or beer, it makes no difference. Real Men and real women drink real tea, at least most of the time.
By the way, being crude is not being manly.
Having ordered the Beer tea I can say that, well, its pretty awesome. One thing I’ve always appreciated about his teas is that you can still taste the tea. As for being crude.. I don’t really find this site that crude, Ok, so the logo is a little low-brow, but its also the best part of the site so it can be forgiven a bit…
listen Tea man, you keep calling it the way you see it. Let the critics deal with their insecurities on other sites.