Branding the Summer

How to Be Fine

Kristen and Jolenta

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On this episode of How to Be Fine, Kristen and Jolenta talk about “rat girl summer”, and why we give the summer a new theme every year. Plus, they offer up advice on how to set new career goals, and ways to feed your family without having to cook. Do you have an advice question for us? Email us at [email protected], or tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, or @howtobefinepod. And if you haven't already, please join our How to Be Fine (formerly By the Book) Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta Sources: https://www.tiktok.com/@lolaokola/video/7240910529332809006 https://www.tiktok.com/@lolaokola/video/7241253801053850926 https://www.tiktok.com/@umgabi/video/7243077034442804522 https://www.bustle.com/life/rat-girl-summer-tiktok https://www.intheknow.com/post/its-time-to-embrace-the-rodent-energy-content-creator-declares-2023-rat-girl-summer/ https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/06/its-time-for-your-rat-girl-summer-to-begin-18902539/ https://screenshot-media.com/the-future/trends/rat-girl-summer-vs-bed-rotting/ https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/im-having-a-ratgirlsummer-embracing-my-rodent-energy/ https://thetab.com/uk/2022/05/03/the-that-girl-vibe-is-over-were-about-to-enter-the-era-of-feral-girl-summer-249192 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Girl_Summer https://www.glamour.com/story/sex-drive-changes-summer https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22810997/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17129909/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/03/style/summer-predictions-branding.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/14/style/delta-variant-vaccine-covid-summer.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/43je7w/megan-thee-stallion-fans-what-is-hot-girl-summer-wireless-festival https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/feral-girl-summer-creator-meme-1369450/ https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/12/20690515/hot-girl-summer-meme-define-explained https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first-second-third-fourth https://time.com/4314413/modern-feminism-is-selling-out/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to How To Be Fine, I'm Kristen Meinser.
0:11.0	And I am Jolanda Greenberg.
0:13.0	In each episode of How To Be Fine, we weigh in on what's happening in the world of happiness,
0:19.0	health and betterment, and we offer a bit of advice to those of you who want it.
0:23.8	Now full disclosure, we are not licensed in psychiatrist, psychologist or psychics, but
0:29.1	we are experienced self-help critics, we've lived by the rules of nearly 100 self-help books
0:35.1	for our other podcasts by the book, which is right here in this feed if you scroll back.
0:40.2	So we've tried on almost every kind of wellness trend out there.
0:44.9	And besides, we're not promising to make you like the best, richest, happiest, most amazing
0:50.9	optimal version of yourself.
0:52.9	And Bob goes well, we're just here to help you get a little closer to fine.
1:23.7	Okay, Jolanda, we as always have a couple of fantastic advice letters to get to later in the show,
1:30.1	some very chat-y ones. But first, as usual, we're kicking things off with our hot topic.
1:35.8	Yes, we are. And this topic is hot, hot, hot, hot.
1:41.4	Am I gonna have to take off all my clothes?
1:43.3	Maybe because today's hot topic is naming summer.
1:48.8	Ooh, naming the summer, themes of summer, branding the summer.
1:56.0	I know all about what you're talking about, Jolanda.
1:58.8	Yeah, we're going to take a quick detour, Kristen, because you know how I had rats growing up when
2:04.6	I was a kid. Yes, I do. For some reason, you keep bringing it up even though it just makes me feel
2:10.4	kind of weird. Well, you loved your rats, though. I know. Yeah, no offense to the rats out there.
2:16.0	I know that you're very smart. No offense to the rat community. No, I love rats. I think they're smart
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