Navigating the trials and tribulations of middle school popularity is something preteen girls are all too familiar with, with status markers like which sports, extracurricular activities, and friend groups they belong to.
This includes what brand of water bottle they have.
The Stanley tumbler has become a popular symbol in junior high schools and even elementary schools, and those who don't have one are the targets of bullying. The Cut reported.
A 13-year-old girl named Dahlia was a freshman last year and wasn't the most popular girl at her Dallas middle school, but when she entered school with the Stanley Cup, she suddenly disappeared. Ta.
“Every day, I get to school at about 7:45 a.m. and people come up to me and say, 'Oh my god, I love you Stanley!'” “That's so cool. Hey, I want a Stanley like you!'' the 8th grade boy told the magazine. “You feel like you're famous and the paparazzi are swarming you.”
Dahlia isn't the only girl who credits the $45 Stanley Quencher Tumbler with making it popular.
Madalyn, a 9-year-old from Kentucky who owns five Stanley cars, told The Cut, “I think they're a little bit more popular now and I've got a lot more friends because of it.”
But while Stanley has the power to make preteen girls feel like the school's Regina George, not having it, or worse, having a different brand of so-called It's social suicide.
“I can't really call any of them my friends,” Dahlia, who lives in Dallas, told The Cut. “They only talk to me in the morning when I'm holding Stanley.”
in viral TikTokDana Motyka said her 9-year-old daughter was teased at school for not owning a famous brand Stanley.
For Christmas, my daughter got a $9.98 cup from Walmart and thought it was cute.
“My daughter came home on her second day back at school after Christmas break…she was just upset,” her mother said. “[Some of] The other girls in her grade…got her a Stanley for Christmas and made sure to let her know. [hers] “This isn't the real Stanley, this is fake and it's not that cool.”
Jamie Sherman also told The Cut that when girls pass her 11-year-old niece in the hallways at school and “laugh and point,” they think she's a duck, even though they look exactly the same apart from the brand logo. Stanley said that's because it's not real.
“Now she doesn't want to bring it to school or use it.”
It's no exaggeration to say that “every kid has a Stanley.”
A sixth-grade teacher in Mississippi told The Cut that about half of her students own a Stanley Cup and carry it around school.
“I wish I had taken a picture at lunch today. At this table, all the girls were like holding Stanley Cups,” Nicole Walker said.
“I asked one student, “Why did you want to get a Stanley?'' and she said, “Everyone else has one, so I'm going to have one.'' I thought I had to have it.”
This drinkware is so all the rage that it seems to be the most popular holiday gift among Gen Z, with people rushing in long lines to get their own drinkware.
There is 1 video TikTok posted by Victoria Robino It shows the customer pushing and shoving to get it Valentine's Day limited edition Stanley — Stanley's exclusive Galentine's collection is available exclusively at Target.
According to Amazon search data, the insulated 40-ounce Stanley Quencher tumbler with side handle and straw was the most searched item on the platform this holiday season.
The portable cup's main selling points are its insulation that can keep drinks cold for hours, a rotating lid, and a slim base that easily fits into your car's cup holder.
Despite this shopping frenzy, Casey Lewis, a youth consumer trends analyst who writes the newsletter, said: after school, told Business Insider She thinks the hype has already died down.
“They're heading for full retreat. This is peak Stanley,” she declared. “I can't get up from here!”
