‘Hot rodent boyfriend’ is the latest trend reframing men’s looks – why can’t we extend this generosity towards women? | Rebecca Shaw
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It seems as though at least once a year the internet creates a new category of unconventionally hot guys to thirst over – but this almost never goes in the other direction
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 (a guy?), I am always up to date and aware of the real things – 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.
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