Department of Rhetoric and Writing

The University of Texas at Austin

Feminism

Strong is the New Skinny, OR: Why I Hate the Strong Female Character

This post started with a t-shirt. It draped across the shoulders of a college student—female, attractive—and sported the slogan “Strong is the New Sexy.” The shirt caught my attention because it was neon orange, but the slogan stuck. It seemed both snappy and dense, culturally relevant and straightforward.

 Strong is the New Skinny

Image Credit: Jenniver Cohen and Stacey Colino, Amazon.com

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