What ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Taught Me About Love, Grief, and Coming-of-Age
For the past 10 weeks, The Summer I Turned Pretty has had me, like so many others, in a chokehold. I watch it alone, I host viewing parties, and I’ve…
Taylor Swift Has Turned a Forgotten Cartier Timepiece Into Wristwatch Folklore
As you know, last month, Taylor Swift’s engagement photos set off a frenzy online. Now that the dust has settled on the ninth most-liked Instagram post of all time, one…
58 Thoughts I Had While Watching Season 3, Episode 10 of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
There’s only one week to go until the series finale of The Summer I Turned Pretty, and I, for one, am ready to fight loyally and to the death in…
‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’’s Big Lesson This Season? Skip Paris for No Man
Watching The Summer I Turned Pretty with my tween daughter has taken a slightly awkward turn in Season 3. There are a few more F-bombs and sexual scenarios between Belly,…
I Had No Feelings About Turning 30—Until I Turned 30
Around this time last year, I was convinced that I had gone through my Saturn return. You know the one: that much-written about, famously transformational time in a person’s life…
How Rachael Shtifter Turned Sleepy Tie Into a TikTok-Viral Sensation
Photo: Courtesy of Sleepy Tie Watch the full conversation between Rachael Shtifter and Fashionista’s Associate Editor and Social Media Manager Brooke Frischer on The Fashionista Network. Sleepy Tie, a hair…
Why Every Millennial Woman You Know Is Suddenly Watching ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
What’s going on here? Have we all been brainwashed in some kind of evil genius, Josie and the Pussycats-inspired scheme? Or is this just one of those timeless stories that…
We Found Everything You Can Shop From 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Season 3
When the TV adaptation of Jenny Han’s novel series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” debuted in 2022, my friends and I instantly got hooked on the captivatingly confusing love triangle…
47 Thoughts I Had While Watching Season 3, Episode 6 of ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
Oh, The Summer I Turned Pretty, how you tantalize me—and also piss me off. I am pretty much 100% aligned with Belly’s mom, Laurel, in not thinking this deeply world-innocent…