From The Atlantic.

Energy drinks were once marketed to the manliest of young men, Ellen Cushing writes. Now beverage companies have figured out that girls are tired, too—and they’re capitalizing on it.

Energy-drink sales at convenience stores jumped 10 percent last year, and not because what’s inside these beverages is changing. The new interest is largely being driven by female-coded brands; cans are slimmer, and many are pastel and elegant looking. “Energy drinks are saying, ‘be hot, be thin, and have all the energy to do it,’” Cushing argues.

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