This essay is about the film Miss Congeniality being linked with neoliberal femininity. The film highlights the physical discomfort and labor of femininity the protagonist Gracie Hart deals with through her life, until she embraces her femininity and feels liberated. Sherman argues that the film demonstrates how neoliberalism has generated a new model of femininity that unsuccessfully attempts to reconcile feminism and femininity, leaving the feminine subject in a position in which it can’t be defended against attacks or objections. Neoliberal femininity is a type of ambitious femininity that is oriented to success in the private and public spheres. Hart have success in the private and public spheres when she becomes feminine, therefore
