The Summer I Turned Pretty Finale: Belly Conrad and the love that it was

Abstinence and the city

“The Summer I Turned Pretty” series finale featured a scene of Belly and Conrad kissing in the back of an Uber before sleeping together. A post on X, formerly known as Twitter, went viral, dubbing the smudged lipstick on Conrad’s face the result of their “freak on freak” behavior.  On social media, a man and a woman making out and then having sex is the new frontier of sexual deviance. What strikes me about this response is how tame the scene wa…

The Summer I Turned Pretty Finale: Belly Conrad and the love that it was

The Summer I Turned Pretty finale: Belly and Conrad’s long-awaited love story, messy, frustrating, unforgettable, and worth every season.

Bates Reacts: ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Finale

As Wednesday, Sept. 17 finally rolled around, The Summer I Turned Pretty fans popped their popcorn and gathered their friends for watch parties, as the long awaited series finale was finally set to air. Some opened their computers in their beds, while others, too busy to watch, got off of Instagram and TikTok to avoid spoilers until they did have time to watch the episode.  Originally a three-part book series written by Jenny Han in 2009-2011, t…