Two months ago, a new word hit the Internet: dadbod. Mackenzie Pearson, a student at Clemson, coined the term to describe a male body type that's "a nice balance between a beer gut and working out." Immediately, the hot takes came rolling in like so many donuts off a conveyor belt. What were the perks of dadbod? Was there a corresponding shape for women? What did it reveal about the patriarchy? Was dadbod secretly hot? Which celebs had dadbod?
But these conversations only matter if they leave Twitter and enter the real world. Which is why our Complex News summer correspondent-slash-Instagram queen Marianna Hewitt hit the beaches of Los Angeles to ask the hard questions about dadbod.
And if you're interested in conducting any dadbod investigations of your own, you might as well get something for the effort. This summer, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey is giving away tickets to Lollapalooza 2016 through theSummer Swarm contest. Head over to the website and find out how to win. (If you've got a camera and a willingness to have fun at the beach, you're halfway there.)
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