  Sidorenko's conjecture states that the number of copies of a bipartite graph
$H$ in a graph $G$ is asymptotically minimised when $G$ is a quasirandom graph.
A notorious example where this conjecture remains open is when
$H=K_{5,5}\setminus C_{10}$. It was even unknown whether this graph possesses
the strictly stronger, weakly norming property.
  We take a step towards understanding the graph $K_{5,5}\setminus C_{10}$ by
proving that it is not weakly norming. More generally, we show that 'twisted'
blow-ups of cycles, which include $K_{5,5}\setminus C_{10}$ and $C_6\square
K_2$, are not weakly norming. This answers two questions of Hatami. The method
relies on the analysis of Hessian matrices defined by graph homomorphisms, by
using the equivalence between the (weakly) norming property and convexity of
graph homomorphism densities. We also prove that $K_{t,t}$ minus a perfect
matching, proven to be weakly norming by Lov\'asz, is not norming for every
$t>3$.
