Called me out. BUT, I didn't know about the study you mentioned. Fascinating. My summers in a quiet town in northern India were twilight bike rides to graveyards and wild groves, eating mulberries, a nasty game or two of badminton, petty girlish fights, and afternoon library visits to collect my Enid Blytons. And all this after the scorching heatwaves subsided past four PM. Nevertheless, American romcoms based in the summers have left indelible marks on my own memories. Suffusing with my actual memories. Also, Team Con. Ugh.
Your summers in northern India sound lovely - thank you for sharing! Honestly, I was apprehensive about sharing this one because I wasn’t sure it was a feeling others could relate to. Glad to know it spoke to you! Team Con too obvi
many of my strongest summer memories come from the movies I watched. I especially remember the summer premieres of Disney Channel’s original movies being huge events for me and my friends. Even well into young adulthood/early 20s my summers were defined by what I watched on tv because that’s nearly all there was to do at the time.
Called me out. BUT, I didn't know about the study you mentioned. Fascinating. My summers in a quiet town in northern India were twilight bike rides to graveyards and wild groves, eating mulberries, a nasty game or two of badminton, petty girlish fights, and afternoon library visits to collect my Enid Blytons. And all this after the scorching heatwaves subsided past four PM. Nevertheless, American romcoms based in the summers have left indelible marks on my own memories. Suffusing with my actual memories. Also, Team Con. Ugh.
Your summers in northern India sound lovely - thank you for sharing! Honestly, I was apprehensive about sharing this one because I wasn’t sure it was a feeling others could relate to. Glad to know it spoke to you! Team Con too obvi
What I love about Substack is the space for us to write for ourselves and the select readership that exists even if we never thought it did. :)
many of my strongest summer memories come from the movies I watched. I especially remember the summer premieres of Disney Channel’s original movies being huge events for me and my friends. Even well into young adulthood/early 20s my summers were defined by what I watched on tv because that’s nearly all there was to do at the time.
Totally! I remember the big countdowns for movies like HSM 2 and The Cheetah Girls 3 in particular lol. I’m glad to hear you can also relate :)