Hot girl summer. It’s a phrase that’s been thrown around in recent years which, at its core, encourages women to look their “hottest” during the summer months. A smart rebranding of toxic diet culture it is not. Instead it encourages women to feel confident in who they are, and hook up with whoever they want in the process.
Sounds great, right? To some, it may. But for me, someone who has never owned a bikini and is getting married at the end of summer, I never quite gelled with the concept. Enter: coastal grandmother.
