‘Hot rodent boyfriend’ is the latest trend reframing men’s bodies – why can’t we extend this generosity towards women?There are prices I pay for being a lesbian who spends too much time on the internet and loves film, TV and pop culture. One is that I spend a lot of time on the internet.
I also know a lot of useless things that take up prime real estate within my ever-shrinking brain, where “understanding maths” could be. But, while I may not be across things like the Dow Jones , I am always up to date and aware of thethings – like society’s current hot people. This includes those in the public eye having a glow-up moment, or the new ones emerging from their cocoons like moths who can’t live among us normals, heading instead for the bright lights of Hollywood.
There are never stories like “Men are going wild for ‘sexy teapot women’”, or about how yet another movie has cast another “anxious spider girlfriend” type as the lead, yawn. The definitions of attractiveness for women remain inflexible, except to sometimes swing from “big butts are in”the way to “big boobs are in” – as long as you are also still thin and conventionally beautiful.