• Jezebel
  • celebrity
  • sex
  • fashion
  • Profile logout login

#howtotalktogirls

Jezebel

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #snapjudgment,
  • #groupthink,
  • etc.

New York, 1:35 AM
Sun Nov 8
20 posts in the last 24 hours

Tip your editors:
tips@jezebel.com

Editor-in-Chief:
Anna Holmes
Email | Twitter

Deputy Editor:
Dodai Stewart
Email | Twitter

Senior Contributing Editor:
Tracie Egan
Email | Twitter

Contributing Editors:
Anna North
Email | Twitter
Sadie Stein
Email | Twitter

Editorial Assistant:
Margaret Hartmann
Email | Twitter

Contributors:
Jenna Sauers
Email
Rich Juzwiak
Email | Twitter
Lizzie Skurnick
Email

Interns:
Katy Kelleher
Twitter


Weekends/Commenter Moderator:
Hortense
Email | Twitter

SUBSCRIBE TO Jezebel RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
1770 Subscribers
Jezebel
  • posts about #howtotalktogirls more →

    How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated

    OK, No Longer Cute

    Kids Say The Darndest Things

    9-Year-Old's Movie Finds A Producer

    9-Year-Old Dating Advisor's Book Optioned For The Big Screen

    9-Year-Old Dating Expert Not Exactly A Ladies Man

    Dating Advice From 3rd Graders: The Girl's Guide

    The Book Of Love
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of vamusical vamusical
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    Wait. Was Ben Karlin also the Executive Producer of the Daily Show at some point? If so, I saw him open for John Oliver, and he was painfully bad and offensive. ick.
     Reply
    vamusical was starred vamusical was unstarred
    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    If "warm-hearted romantic comedies" are emotional pornography, and a child is being exploited to produce it, doesn't that kinda sorta make this kiddie porn?
     Reply
    andBegorrah was starred andBegorrah was unstarred
    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    06/02/09

    @andBegorrah: And if they're a kitten involved, it's kiddy kitty porn.
     Reply
    morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred
    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    How to Talk to Girls movie's working title: She's Just Not That Into Your Cooties.
     Reply
    NefariousNewt was starred NefariousNewt was unstarred
    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    "Playa ground." Hm. Spanish for "beach ground"?
     Reply
    morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred
    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    Are there really that few capable adult writers that now we must appeal to our children to produce literature?
     Reply
    morninggloria was starred morninggloria was unstarred
    Image of hortense hortense
    06/02/09

    @morninggloria: One of my eggs currently has a 6 book deal.
     Reply
    hortense was starred hortense was unstarred
    Image of Laulau Laulau
    06/02/09

    @hortense: No film project yet? Underachiever.
     Reply
    Laulau was starred Laulau was unstarred
    Image of geekgirlliz geekgirlliz
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    Kids don't emerge from their parents heads fully formed a'la Athena. Someone (someones) taught this kid what he believes about society and women. Sure, he has agency and can decide what's right and wrong, but how much agency?
     Reply
    geekgirlliz was starred geekgirlliz was unstarred
    Image of PrarieMuffin PrarieMuffin
    06/02/09

    @geekgirlliz: My litmus test is as follows: if I wouldn't be comfortable with him being tried as an adult in criminal court, then I don't hold him responsible for his actions. In this case, I'm pretty sure the adults in his life the failures. I'll reserve my judgment on him til the age of 16.
     Reply
    PrarieMuffin was starred PrarieMuffin was unstarred
    Image of ginger rant ginger rant
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    I have read and reviewed all three of Alex Greven's books, and they are pure shit: sexist, smirky claptrap forgiven as "cute" and "folksy." Smugness is not adorable no matter how old the peddler.
     Reply
    ginger rant was starred ginger rant was unstarred
    Image of hortense hortense
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    I already feel bad for the kid who will be cast in the Greven role, as 10 years later, when he's trying to date, references to this performance--even if it's his only one--will come up EVERY SINGLE TIME.


    Also the word "playa-ground" is the worst fucking word ever invented EVER.

     Reply
    hortense was starred hortense was unstarred
    Image of RisaPlata RisaPlata
    06/02/09

    @hortense: You remember those Life cereal commercials? "Hey Mikey, he likes it!" Apparently, "Mikey" still uses that to try to pick up girls. Or did when I saw something about him years ago, but he was way too old for that, even then.
     Reply
    RisaPlata was starred RisaPlata was unstarred
    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    Ryan Reynolds stars as a handsome widower to a precocious son. Jennifer Aniston is a desperate career desperate woman desperate who cannot desperate find true desperate love. Can the son teach ol' daddy how to talk to [desperate] girls? You bet your ass!
     Reply
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) was starred BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) was unstarred
    Image of NellMood NellMood
    06/02/09

    @BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): I think we really need to work on making the Jennifer Aniston character seem more desperate. Perhaps shots of her wistfully looking at women in bridal shops, or staring at pictures of happy families frolicking on the beach. She needs to have a cat and a fridge full of single serving yogurt cups.
     Reply
    NellMood was starred NellMood was unstarred
    Image of PrarieMuffin PrarieMuffin
    06/02/09

    @BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): What you've described is exactly what I envisioned--which is, essentially, a third-rate rip off of The Courtship of Eddie's Father, with a little Aniston thrown in for good measure.
     Reply
    PrarieMuffin was starred PrarieMuffin was unstarred
    Image of bananastand bananastand
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    My cat just wrote a guide to picking up dudes at sports bars. This is just the beginning to HER media empire.
     Reply
    bananastand was starred bananastand was unstarred
    Image of RisaPlata RisaPlata
    06/02/09

    @bananastand: I think my cat has that book! "Sit on him, clean yourself, then fall asleep. Try to shed. This will claim him as your own, and no one else may have him."
     Reply
    RisaPlata was starred RisaPlata was unstarred
    Image of bananastand bananastand
    06/02/09

    @RisaPlata: There's a chapter on how you should try not to shred his khakis with your claws when you're nesting on his lap.
     Reply
    bananastand was starred bananastand was unstarred
    Image of kithkin kithkin
    06/02/09

    In reply to How To Talk To Girls Movie: Now More Agonizing Than Previously Anticipated
    Oh, good. Another way to pretend to celebrate children while silencing their true voices. Further evidence that children are on the bottom totem pole of the patriarchy.


    Forgive me, I'm exceptionally enthusiastic about blamin' today. Maybe I'll consult Dana Jennings; it could just be my hormones.

     Reply
    kithkin was starred kithkin was unstarred
    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    04/20/09

    In reply to OK, No Longer Cute
    How to Talk to Strangers:
     Reply
    Jack_Burton was starred Jack_Burton was unstarred
    Image of Mrs. Stephen Fry Mrs. Stephen Fry
    04/20/09

    In reply to OK, No Longer Cute
    Ugh.
     Reply
    Mrs. Stephen Fry was starred Mrs. Stephen Fry was unstarred
    Image of sybaritic sybaritic
    04/20/09

    In reply to OK, No Longer Cute
    Bah, this kid was interviewed on Q the other day and revelaed the wisdom in his book: Dad will let you watch R-rated movies, and Mom won't, so ask Dad, and Mom can't do anything about it! That nonsense would not have flown in my house. Anyway, by his own account his parents are just making him write more books now, and he's already tired of it. He's ten! Get him a puppy and a soccer ball and leave him alone!
     Reply
    sybaritic was starred sybaritic was unstarred
    Image of Breamworthy Breamworthy
    04/20/09

    @sybaritic: I'm impressed that you listened. I nearly broke my radio flailing at it in a panic to turn it off as soon as Jian started introducing him.
     Reply
    Breamworthy was starred Breamworthy was unstarred
    Image of PrettyNotPretty PrettyNotPretty
    04/20/09

    In reply to OK, No Longer Cute
    It's not surprising though. When something is remotely successful, it's beaten to death. There are like a thousand Chicken Soup for the (Stereotype here) Soul.


    I feel bad for any kid pimped out by their parents.

     Reply
    PrettyNotPretty was starred PrettyNotPretty was unstarred
    Earlier threads | All threads | Show hidden threads | Show featured threads only | Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Jezebel account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.