How one comedian&apos;s offhand advice launched a decent TV episode, a mediocre book and a terrible movie.Where to find us: <ul><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod'>Our Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://ifbookspod.dashery.com/'>Our merch!</a></li><li><a href='https://stringinamaze.net/'>Peter&apos;s newsletter</a></li><li><a href='https://www.fivefourpod.com/'>Peter&apos;s other podcast, 5-4</a></li><li><a href='https://www.maintenancephase.com/'>Mike&apos;s other podcast, Maintenance Phase</a></li></ul>Sources:<ul><li><a href='https://susanfaludi.com/backlash.html'>Susan Faludi&apos;s &quot;Backlash&quot;</a></li><li><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/fashion/for-women-who-count-on-men-to-be-jerks.html?searchResultPosition=17'>For Women Who Count on Men to Be Jerks</a></li><li><a href='https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64175/1/2016BrossMPhD.pdf'>Bridget Jones’s Legacy</a></li><li><a href='https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230358607'>Single Women in Popular Culture</a></li><li><a href='https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00122.x'>A Decade of Advice for Women and Men in the Best-Selling Self-Help Literature</a></li><li><a href='https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/22471173/Binder3.pdf'>The gendered nature of self-help</a></li><li><a href='https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230358607'>Single Women in Popular Culture </a></li></ul>Thanks to <a href='https://mindseye-music.bandcamp.com/track/the-place-beyond-the-clouds-2'>Mindseye</a> for our theme song!

<description>&lt;p&gt;How one comedian&amp;apos;s offhand advice launched a decent TV episode, a mediocre book and a terrible movie.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Where to find us: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod'&gt;Our Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://ifbookspod.dashery.com/'&gt;Our merch!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://stringinamaze.net/'&gt;Peter&amp;apos;s newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.fivefourpod.com/'&gt;Peter&amp;apos;s other podcast, 5-4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.maintenancephase.com/'&gt;Mike&amp;apos;s other podcast, Maintenance Phase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sources:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://susanfaludi.com/backlash.html'&gt;Susan Faludi&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;Backlash&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/fashion/for-women-who-count-on-men-to-be-jerks.html?searchResultPosition=17'&gt;For Women Who Count on Men to Be Jerks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64175/1/2016BrossMPhD.pdf'&gt;Bridget Jones’s Legacy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230358607'&gt;Single Women in Popular Culture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00122.x'&gt;A Decade of Advice for Women and Men in the Best-Selling Self-Help Literature&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/22471173/Binder3.pdf'&gt;The gendered nature of self-help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230358607'&gt;Single Women in Popular Culture &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to &lt;a href='https://mindseye-music.bandcamp.com/track/the-place-beyond-the-clouds-2'&gt;Mindseye&lt;/a&gt; for our theme song!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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