Come Drink From the Stanley Cup

Culture Study Podcast

Anne Helen Petersen

Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Arts

4.6 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

As any Pacific Northwest teen from the ‘90s and early 2000s who carted a Nalgene around campus can tell you: WATER BOTTLE CULTURE IS NOT NEW. As pretty much any Grandpa or Boomer Dad can tell you: NEITHER IS STANLEY. But the demand for Stanley Tumblers (and, just as important, the inflated, often misogynistic conversation around it?) That’s (sorta) new. Like everything we talk about on this show: it’s complicated.

For today’s episode, we invited Amanda Mull back to the show to unpack the so-called Stanley Tumbler “obsession,” the relatively novel fascination with hydration, and why every kid has to have a water bottle at school. You might not think there’s that much to talk about when it comes to water bottles, but this one’s a whole lot of fun and as always, Amanda is a font of consumer behavior knowledge. (And make sure to check out Amanda’s first appearance on the pod, exploring why do clothes suck now??)

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Anne. We're making today's full episode free for everyone. There are no ads and you'll get the bonus segment that Ask Ann Anything. If you want to join the ranks of paid subscribers so you always get the full ad free episode, head to culturestudypod.substack.com. Similar to the newsletter, having paid subscriptions through substack is how we make this sustainable
0:23.1	all of the money we make is split evenly between me and melody because she is absolutely
0:29.9	an equal creative partner in this whole process she does so much work and that's pretty novel
0:35.9	and it's possible because of your subscriptions.
0:39.3	So if you want to support that model of production, if you want to make the show sustainable,
0:45.3	and if you want to get a scream and deal, if you already have a culture study newsletter subscription,
0:50.2	just go to culturestudypod.substack.com. And if you for some reason can't find a link to get that really great deal,
0:56.9	just let me know.
0:57.9	I'll send it to you.
0:58.9	Okay, on with the show.
1:00.6	And then you said, you're not decked me.
1:02.6	So I got over here because I didn't know.
1:04.5	You have to get to the end of the line.
1:07.1	There was no line.
1:07.8	There is a line.
1:08.6	You were in a circle over here. Because we already knew our place.
1:11.6	It doesn't have you.
1:12.6	It doesn't have you.
1:13.6	Amanda, can you describe what is happening in this video?
1:15.6	Amanda, can you describe what is happening in this video?
1:19.6	Well, outside the doors of a target that has not yet opened.
1:23.6	It's a sunny day.
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