Shit Girls Say

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Shit Girls Say is a humorous Twitter feed and web series created by Canadian writers Kyle Humphrey and Graydon Sheppard. [1] [2] The series jokes about female conversation. [1]

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Twitter

The Twitter account @shitgirlssay was launched in April 2011, and promoted by Sheppard through his film and music industry contacts. [3]

As of August 2012, they had 1.6 million Twitter followers. [4]

Videos

At one point, Toronto International Film Festival artistic director Cameron Bailey tweeted that he hoped the Twitter feed would be made into a movie. By that point, Juliette Lewis had already filmed an appearance in the first video. [3]

The original video, as of September 2012, had 30 million views. [5]

The boyfriend in some videos is played by Humphrey. [6]

Becoming an Internet meme, the series itself has been parodied on YouTube as a snowclone for other demographics, both for humorous effect and non-humorous, political effect. Some materials suggest that at least 700 imitation videos were created, [5] while other reports suggest over 1000. [4] Among them are "S--- Liz Lemon Says", the favourite imitator of the creators. [4]

The fourth video debuted at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, in a Maverick session hosted by George Stromboulopoulos. [4] [7] Other sessions in the series talked with Johnny Depp and Javier Bardem. [4]

Videos scripts are written as a team, and Sheppard directs. [4] Sheppard auditioned for the role of Betsy Putch in The Mindy Project , admittedly bombing, a role given to Zoe Jarman. [6]

Book (2012)

Sh*t Girls Say
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AuthorKyle Humphrey, Graydon Sheppard
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
GenreHumour
Publisher Harlequin and 4TheState (UK)
Publication date
September 18, 2012
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages96
ISBN 0373892756

A book released in Britain by 4TheState, entitled Sh*t Girls Say, used graphics to illustrate each of the chosen phrases. [5]

Launch parties were held in Toronto and Los Angeles. [6]

When running the Twitter feed, a book was one of their initial interests; they feel the videos helped them reach the goal. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 'Shit Girls Say' Goes From Twitter To Web Series (VIDEO), Huffington Post , December 12, 2011.
  2. ↑ Watercutter, Angela, Videos for Shit Girls Say Twitter Feed Go Viral, Wired , December 20, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Hutchins, Aaron (25 September 2012). "'Shit Girls Say' goes from Twitter to TIFF". Canadian University Press Newswire. Toronto ON. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Barnard, Linda (12 September 2012). "TIFF 2012: S--- Girls Say creators speak up". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 Battersby, Matilda (20 September 2012). "OMG! Shit Girls Say transformed from internet sensation into glossy coffee table book". The Independent. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Szklarski, Cassandra (25 September 2012). "Sh*t Girls Say creators ride wave of online success into publishing". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Shit Girls Say | tiff.net". Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
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