Hot Rat Summer is a 2024–2025 guerrilla mosaic artwork in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park featuring "Saint Rat," an upright, haloed rat in a rainbow landscape. It became a symbol of queer/trans resilience, surviving multiple city removals via grassroots restoration, and is now considered a community-protected landmark.
A “hot rodent man” is essentially a way of describing a skinny, lanky, unconventionally attractive dude who does not embody stereotypical macho-like attributes.
The artist or collective responsible has not been publicly identified. Its presence was not widely noted until early 2025, when public interest in the piece began to spread via social media and local online forums. The mosaic has a nickname, "Saint Rat." The City of Seattle initially classified the mosaic as graffiti.
noun. Slang. a cultural trend and social media movement that celebrates unconventionally handsome people (especially male celebrities) who are likened to physically attractive cartoon rats and mice.
The art piece is made up of tiles and features a rat looking upward with a heart falling from the sky beside it and the sun featured in the background. At the bottom of the art piece reads “Hot Rat Summer.” The graffiti drew favorable responses from social media users, with some dubbing it “Saint Rat.”
‘Hot Rat Summer’ mosaic disappears, then reappears
What is the 75 80 rule in Seattle?
The "75/80 Rule" in Seattle is a zoning exception for developing undersized lots in single-family areas, allowing construction if a parcel is at least 75% of the zone's minimum lot size and at least 80% of the average lot size on the same block, helping to fit new homes into established neighborhoods by matching surrounding lot dimensions and scale. This rule, found in the Seattle.gov publications Seattle.gov/DPD/Publications/CAM/Tip255.pdf and Seattle.gov publications Seattle.gov/DPD/Publications/CAM/cam213A.pdf, provides an alternative to strict minimum lot size requirements, often with associated height limits to maintain neighborhood character.
Numbers in graffiti can mean a few things, but it's usually the year the piece was painted. For example, 23 means it was painted in 2023. Other meanings can include the area code or street number the artist is from, the numbers of their graffiti crew, to show that they only tag solo or a number that's personal to them.
Exemplified by the faces of actors like “The Bear”'s Jeremy Allen White and “Challengers” leads Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor; as well as the 1975 band member Matty Healy and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, hot “Rodent Men” are a loose category that seems mostly to refer to men who look a bit like mice or rats.
Rat Girl Summer is a TikTok trend that advises young women to act like a city rat in the summer, as in, lurk around, snack on treats, and live unabashedly. The trend was started by TikToker Lola Kolade in the summer of 2023 and has gone viral.
These negative traits have led to the informal meaning of rat, "hateful person," "liar," or "double-crosser." You can also use rat as a verb to mean "betray or snitch on." Definitions of rat. noun. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
The "Hot Rat Summer " mosaic is located in Cal Anderson Park in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood in Seattle. It decorates a city owned building and has been covered up by Seattle work crews multiple times.
Its value was estimated in 2016 at around $140 million. It was exhibited at the Columbia Museum of Art in 2019, and then at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 2019-2020.
Why did Kate Bryan leave Landscape Artist of the Year?
Kate Bryan left Landscape Artist of the Year after a decade to focus on other art-related projects, including her popular My Week With series, her work with Soho House, and making art more accessible, seeking to dedicate more time to exploring bigger questions in art and curating, rather than the travel demands of the competition. She stepped down as it felt like the right time to pass the baton, while remaining involved with Portrait Artist of the Year.
Females may mount each other when in heat - this is a way of establishing dominance and is not something to be concerned about. Obviously if you have got your rats recently, and in particular if you have got them from a pet shop, do check the Fancy Rats Sexing Guide to make sure.
The account explains: “The dating trend [hot rodent boyfriends] indicates that women are now seeking partners who are loyal but unconventionally attractive, characterised by sharp eyes, angular faces reminiscent of rodent-like features.” This trend comparing Hollywood men to a type of animal is certainly not new.
HeavenSpot. Graffiti terminology for tagging on a visible and high up surface, like a billboard or freeway overpass, that is difficult to reach and remove. Heaven spots are the most sought-after and revered spaces in the graffiti community, earning notoriety for the artist and work.
The number "187" has been used by gangs throughout the United States and elsewhere as a synonym for murder; this usage has been documented in Florida, Wisconsin, the United Kingdom, Germany and Norway.
