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Muscle mommy
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Fitness influencer LeanBeefPatty in 2024
- ... that muscle mommy (example pictured) became a popular social media trend in the 2020s, describing muscular women who are seen as physically attractive?
- ALT1: ... that Google searches for muscle mommy jumped in 2025, leading one Business Insider writer to call the increase a sign that the "strength-first mindset is no longer niche"? Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/women-muscle-mommies-seeking-gains-driving-demand-protein-snack-craze-2025-12
- ALT2: ... that the term "muscle mommy" has been adopted by the sapphic community? Source: https://www.intomore.com/culture/sydney-sweeneys-new-muscle-mommy-look-has-sapphics-screaming/
- ALT3: ... that a "muscle mommy" mod for the video game Helldivers 2 "really brings out the dumpy thicc proportions" of the female-coded in-game models? Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/attention-helldivers-people-are-making-lewd-mods-for-helldivers-2/
- Reviewed: Punisher skull symbol Soulbust (talk) 03:59, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: Sorry, I was busy yesterday (and earlier this week, aside from a couple days I used to make a totally new/unrelated article), so I know this nom is technically 8 days after I moved the draft into the mainspace... but I think this is an exceptionally quirky/eye-catching topic, particularly in the context of DYK, where there's a lot of hooks that could work for the section. Would be willing to do a 2-for-1 QPQ if an exception can be made to let the nom coming more than a week after the article's move into the mainspace slide. Thanks Soulbust (talk) 01:13, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
Moved to mainspace by Soulbust (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 47 past nominations.
Soulbust (talk) 01:13, 15 April 2026 (UTC).
- @Soulbust: WP:DYKNEW says the 7-day limit can be extended by a couple of days on request; however, this needs a QPQ within the next 24 hours.--Launchballer 01:18, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Launchballer: Gotcha. Gonna be doing the QPQs now that I'm back online. Soulbust (talk) 03:12, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Launchballer: One QPQ is now complete (err, I suppose, pending nominator's addressing of issues raised over on that review). Let me know if you'd still like me to do a second one. Soulbust (talk) 03:59, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Launchballer: Gotcha. Gonna be doing the QPQs now that I'm back online. Soulbust (talk) 03:12, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
This is a fresh and comprehensive article with plenty of citations. I see no copyright or neutrality issues. The article looks very good, though some of the cited sources gave me pause. The topic is fun, and I do not think that the proposed hooks do it justice. Could we try something that is not a mere definitin of the term or a quote? Surtsicna (talk) 19:30, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Surtsicna: Hey, I definitely agree the topic is fun and lends itself to fun hooks as a result, I think ALT0 for sure is just a definition but ALT3 feels more in the vein of doing something fun or quirky. ALT2 I think also mentioning the sapphic community's adoption of the phrase feels fun to me, but I am definitely open to more suggestions here. I also would like to know which of the sources give you pause. Maybe I could find some better sourcing for those. Soulbust (talk) 01:58, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Surtsicna: Does the above resolve your concerns, and is this approved? If not, what else is needed to be done? Z1720 (talk) 17:06, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
- Soulbust, the sources that I referred to are not self-published, so I cannot substantiate my concerns; in reality, the titles just sound clickbaity and that put me off, but that might be par the course for this topic. I dislike quotes in hooks, so on that ground I would pick ALT0 over ALT3 and ALT1. Although ALT0 is a plain definition of the term, I think the context it gives would be more likely to draw people in than ALT2. I thought that a very fun hook could be formulated from paragraph #2 of the Background section–"... that muscle mommies took off after the COVID-19 pandemic?"–but I noticed that neither of the cited sources mentions the term "muscle mommy". That also makes me question the relevance of the paragraph and the cited sources to the topic (defined as a term). Perhaps the article could be slightly restructured to make muscular women as a beauty standard be the topic rather than the term "muscle mommy" ("wheyfu" seems to refer to the same thing); all that would require is a little lead section adjustment, no title changes. Surtsicna (talk) 08:30, 24 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Surtsicna: @Z1720: hmm, I'll see what I can do to restructure the background section. I was aiming to make this article about the term, but figured the term would need some contextualization and that readers would benefit from a background section that kinda explains the broader muscular fitness model aesthetic/trend/vibe on social media. I think probably trimming the bits about the Japanese muscle girl café would focus the article a bit more, so I'll try to do that. Soulbust (talk) 07:04, 3 June 2026 (UTC)
- @Surtsicna: Hey, I definitely agree the topic is fun and lends itself to fun hooks as a result, I think ALT0 for sure is just a definition but ALT3 feels more in the vein of doing something fun or quirky. ALT2 I think also mentioning the sapphic community's adoption of the phrase feels fun to me, but I am definitely open to more suggestions here. I also would like to know which of the sources give you pause. Maybe I could find some better sourcing for those. Soulbust (talk) 01:58, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
