The face that landed Han in frozen carbonite

Happy Movember! What’s this Movember you say? Well, rumor has it that in 1999 a group of Australian men from Adelaide decided to dedicate one month annually to the fine art of growing facial hair.

Since 2004, Movember has been used as a mechanism to raise funds for men’s health. Whereas pictures of breasts flooded our twitter streams during October, November is all about the mustache. This landmark of manhood was especially popular during the late 70’s and early 80’s, but throughout history humanity has witnessed some wicked facial hair waxing.

Math Teacher?

Since we were cave people, we’ve used all sorts of tools to trim our reckless facial hair (mostly for ladies I’d guess) including stone razors. (See how desperate we are to keep ourselves clean for our women and rank in society?) Turns out some women have such a strong affinity for the mustache that they try to grow their own. Yes, it’s true that ladies are able to grow facial hair (haven’t you ever heard of the bearded lady?). FRida Kahlo would often depict herself with facial hair in her art, though this is generally not practiced in Western cultures (thus the freak show effect it has on people).

Fun fact: there is actually a “World Beard and Mustache Championship” with several sub categories of judgment. Some of the more interesting ones include:

Selma Hayek and her (not real) beard

The Natural: those who can grow and style their push brooms without aid

The ever popular English: Thin the ends out and curl them. That spells “class.”

The Handlebar: popularized from bar brawl films of the 70’s and 80’s, the handlebars represent the quintessential badassness that is careful facial grooming. Turns out the British associate the handlebar with the military.

The Fu Manchu: remember Pai Mei? Yea, that one.

Men have grown mustaches for a variety of reasons: social distinction, military rank and for show. Here at iGeektrooper, we celebrate the beauty of women in art and films; it’s time to give men their fair share. So ladies, if you DO WANT a man with a bit of fur on his face, look no further than our EPIC WINSDAY tribute to mustaches.