The Year In Muses 2013

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2013 was a banner year in women thanks to the meteoric rise of The White Girl 2.0. (Pauly C already wrote the leading treatise on the subject, so please review if you need to get familiar.) But I'm not here to talk about girls that just discovered Juicy J and weed and rhythm and shit. No, we're talking muses—the kind of special women who inspire you to create art, pen plays and get an overpriced gym membership because they love dudes who are "toned, but don’t take it, like, overboard, you know?" They force you to learn how to look cool while smoking a cigarette and how to perfectly poach an egg. At the end of the day, muses are our lifeblood as men who strive for greatness. So, without further ado because I'm already getting wild corny, here are the women who made 2013 just that much more inspiring. Get ready to surreptitiously follow some amazing women on various social media platforms.

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Sofia Chang

If you haven’t seen Sophia Chang or her ubiquitous bun before, chances are you’ve seen her illustration work for clients as divergent as Bao Haus, Grantland and Harper’s Bazaar. Her obvious talents and impressive client roster aside, all you really need to know about Ms. Chang is that she can rap squat better than you. Also, she probably has cooler sneakers than you and her crew is most def cooler than yours. But look on the bright side, when you inevitably see evidence of her significant other on Instagram, you can console yourself with the fact that you were never cool enough for her anyways. The prevalence of Asian culture and, more specifically, Asian women on your Tumblr dash might lead her to believe you’ve got an Asian fetish worse than that kid you knew in college who minored in Japanese. SOPHIA CHANG AIN’T GOT TIME FOR YOUR ASIAN FETISH, BRUH.

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Bobbyism

She got that curly hair AND SHE GOT THAT LOUIS DUFFLE. GIRL, YOU MUST BE DOING WORK AND WHATNOT TO AFFORD SUCH NICE LUGGAGE. You guys gotta shoot for the stars when it comes to significant others. If only so you can live out the aspirational quote of 2013: "MY GIRL ON GLEE AND SHIT PROLLY MAKIN MORE MONEY THAN ME AND SHIT.”

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