IT'S ROT GIRL SUMMER!
Hot Girl Summer? Rat Girl Summer? Most recently, the iconic Brat Girl Summer? Well for me, and many chronically ill (cool girls obviously), it’s ROT girl summer.
Every winter and spring I fantasize about my perfect summer plans in the city. You know, cute little outfits, eating ice cream on the street, picnics in park, tanning on the beach, swimming in lakes…
but every god damn summer that comes around I find myself fainting in the subways, getting rashes from the sun, having the worst adult acne of my life, throwing up behind buildings in public, or 90% of time, rotting in bed, naked in front of the fan to avoid all of this.
As someone with many mysterious illnesses such as Lupus, POTS, chronic migraines, and fibromyalgia, just to name a few diagnoses, I am sensitive to heat. So that explains all of the above.
Aperol on a terrace? More like a cold beer in bed. Sun kissed skin? More like usually pale for summer because I’m hiding inside all day. Cute summer outfits? More like laying in bed in nothing but my underwear. Enjoying engaging local experiences? More like watching memes on TikTok for hours on end.
So as the precious summer days continue to flee and fall will soon approach, I salute my fellow girlies also having their Rot Girl Summer.