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Cory Kennedy was the original Internet It Girl — a messy, magical blur of American Apparel, MySpace bangers, and sweaty party pics that shaped a generation.
Behind the bleary-eyed Cobrasnake shots was a teenager struggling with overexposure, overmedication, and the toxic glow of early online fame. Now, according to The Cut, she’s 33, sober-ish, and has swapped sleaze for Céline, groupie chaos for gardening goals, and is finally reclaiming her story.
Her appeal?
She never asked to be famous — and never tried to monetize it either. She was raw, reluctant, and accidentally iconic.
The current wave of “indie sleaze” nostalgia doesn’t just look back at her — it longs for a time when things were less filtered, less sponsored, more felt. Kennedy’s story reminds us that the OG It Girls didn’t just shape culture — they also paid the price.
Her life may be quieter now, but the myth of Cory Kennedy still screams in flashbulbs and blog posts. The rest of us are just catching up.
