Hot girl summer, the movement, came first: Fans of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion created the phrase to embody the “hot girl” lifestyle she promotes—which is gender-neutral, by the way. Megan said of “hot girl summer” in the Root in June, “It’s about women and men being unapologetically them, just having a good-ass time, hyping up their friends, doing you.” …
