# The Curse of the "Pretty Boy"

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Language: en

Published: 2024-06-09T13:20:01+00:00

Source creator: Ana Isabel

Duration: 2496 seconds

## Description

Lock up your daughters.
From Elvis to DiCaprio to boy band icons, I explore the draw of “pretty boy” artists and the price they often pay for falling into the type. ????

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????TIMESTAMPS:???? 
0:00 – Intro 
2:31 – “Pretty Boys” and the Media Machine / History of Matinee Idols
4:25 – Fangirls (& the appeal of “pretty boys”) 
9:15 – Hate for “pretty boy” stars
12:12 – Fangirls vs. misogyny 
14:32 – Beatlemania and its critics
16:32 – The craze for Elvis 
17:37 – Gendered fandoms and double standards 
19:41 – The pitfalls of “pretty boy” typecasting 
21:02 – “The McConnaissance” 
21:48 – Breaking out of the “pretty boy era” 
24:48 – Rise of the softbois 
28:00 – K-Pop, K-Media, and “soft masculinity” 
30:50 – Rise of the western male beauty market
33:00 – The trend of “looksmaxxing” 
37:20 – “Pretty privilege” & male beauty standards 

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 ????Main Sources Used: ???? 

the rise of the "medium uglies" and unconventional male beauty (Madisyn Brown)
https://youtu.be/KfY0KUK0EPU 

Zac Efron: The New American Heart Throb
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/zac-efron-the-new-american-heart-throb-73851/4/ 

Who runs the world? Not teen girls.
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22352860/teenage-girls-pop-culture-tiktok-olivia-rodrigo-addison-rae 

Why Early Critics Hated the Beatles
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2014/01/why-the-beatles-bugged-the-critics/ 

The menace of Beatlism
https://www.newstatesman.com/archive/2022/10/archive-menace-beatlism 

The Subtle Misogyny Behind the Belittling of Women’s Interests
https://unewsonline.com/2022/04/the-subtle-misogyny-behind-the-belittling-of-womens-interests/ 

Some Elvis Critics in the Fifties Urged Parents to React Violently
http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/elvis-fifties-critics.html 

Matthew McConaughey: ‘My agent said no to romcoms. And then there was nothing’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/28/matthew-mcconaughey-romcoms-gold-film-interview 

The fall of Johnny Depp: how the world's most beautiful movie star turned very ugly 
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/03/the-fall-of-johnny-depp-how-the-worlds-most-beautiful-movie-star-turned-very-ugly 

Flowerboys and the appeal of 'soft masculinity' in South Korea
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42499809 

From bone smashing to chin extensions: how ‘looksmaxxing’ is reshaping young men’s faces 
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/15/from-bone-smashing-to-chin-extensions-how-looksmaxxing-is-reshaping-young-mens-faces

Young Men Seek Answers to an Age-Old Question: How to Be Hot
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/style/looksmaxxing-tik-tok-dillon-latham.html 

Attractiveness has a bigger impact on men’s socioeconomic success than women’s, study suggests 
https://www.psypost.org/attractiveness-has-a-bigger-impact-on-mens-socioeconomic-success-than-womens-study-suggests/ 

Green screen overlays (credits) ????️
@JillianNoreen 
@HeyitsFaith 
@ximenaromero564 
@SalmaSophis 

Music from Epidemic Sound. 

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*Inspired by a conversation I had with my best friend where she told me Chalamet looks like Mr Tumnus in that red jumpsuit of his. Hey Cheyelene, if you’re reading this - thanks for the inspo ???? you’ll also never convince me that the hemsworths are more attractive than timothee idc idc  

#prettyboys #softboys #fangirls

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