Marti Perkins, the main character of the CW’s show Hellcats, challenges the media’s general representations of women as only either sexy or smart. She is a wellrounded character whose main goal in life is to become a lawyer. From the beginning, she still dresses herself in lowcut, busty outfits, wears heavy makeup, and gets a lot of attention for her looks. However, she is intelligent and ambitious, and she gains a lot of admiration for these qualities. The main storyline of the show is that she joins her college’s cheerleading squad (she used to be a gymnast) in order to get a scholarship to stay in school (her scholarship got cut from the budget). As a cheerleader, I’m sure you can imagine, her image only gets sexier, as the “Hellcats” cheerleading outfit is a croptop and a short skirt. Marti is basically a superhero: she fights the law without a degree, she can sing and play guitar, she can do cheerleading stunts, she dresses in skimpy outfits. All in all, she’s smart and sexy.