If you were to conjure the idealistic, dreamy summer romance of a teenage girl's dopamine-filled brain — "The Summer I Turned Pretty" would be the physical manifestation of the delusional, teenage girl dream and mine.
In the summer of the repackaged girlhood – from the mega heights of Greta Gerwig's "Barbie," Beyoncé and Taylor Swift's outfit-slaying tours, and most importantly, Megan Thee Stallion coining "Hot Girl Summer" in 2019 – literally changed the fabric of how girls and women on the internet describe menial tasks like walks (hot girl walk) or just dinner (girl dinner) — all of these moments are intertwined with the massive explosion and appeal of "The Summer I Turned Pretty"
