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“Ugly Hot” Is Cruel — “Not Objectively Attractive” Is Kinder, Gentler

December 19, 2025 by Jeffrey Wells

We’re allowed to say that guys like Jeremy Allen White or Benedict Cumberbatch lack conventional attractiveness, but if you say this about any actress you need to be seized, thrown into a hungry wolf pit and torn into shreds.

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