This legal-sized one-page folding-zine provides analysis of the definition of "cool" and how it is often measured through displays of white masculinity, including toughness and violence. The essay compares films including White Trash Girl - a movie about a girl whose toxic body is used to repel enemies - and Charlie's Angels, and Fight Club. The essay takes apart media stereotypes of women and people of color in approaching what it means to be "cool."

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