He's Just Not That Into You

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" (susanfaludi.com/backlash.html)
• For Women Who Count on Men to Be Jerks (nytimes.com/2004/10/17/fashion/for-women-who-c…)
• Bridget Jones’s Legacy (ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64175/1/2016Bro…)
• Single Women in Popular Culture (link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230358607)
• A Decade of Advice for Women and Men in the Best-Selling Self-Help Literature (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1741…)
• The gendered nature of self-help (pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/2247…)
• Single Women in Popular Culture (link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230358607)
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