He's Just Not That Into You
from If Books Could Kill
by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
Published: Thu Jul 31 2025
Show Notes
How one comedian's offhand advice launched a decent TV episode, a mediocre book and a terrible movie.
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Sources:
- Susan Faludi's "Backlash"
- ForWomen Who Count on Men to Be Jerks
- BridgetJones’s Legacy
- SingleWomen in Popular Culture
- ADecade of Advice for Women and Men in the Best-Selling Self-Help Literature
- Thegendered nature of self-help
- SingleWomen in Popular Culture
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