That ironic tone comes through loud and clear on social media. They include tan lines, going on vacation, sugar-free candy, iced coffee, texting right back and trucker hats. Our definition of attraction and attractiveness has expanded so much.”ĭavid Ko, an interior designer in Los Angeles, has a growing list of fairly banal phenomena that he defines as hot. I feel like that isn’t even as desirable anymore. That doesn’t mean you have to be the most symmetrically, physically perfect human being. It’s the way you dress, the way that you present yourself to other people.

“There’s not one thing that defines what hot is,” she said. “Real hot girls major in STEM,” read the mortarboard of one graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Īriana Nathani, a 25-year-old podcaster and event planner, has noticed the new usage of “hot.” Since May, women have been commemorating their graduation days by filling their social media timelines with photos of themselves in caps and gowns, along with captions alluding to their own hotness. I think being hot online is sort of pure and, debatably, what social media was originally for.” “You can take up space and perform and create your own power dynamics between yourself and your audience.

“You don’t have to ask for permission to be hot online,” Ms.

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