Men Can’t Write Women

[@shaaba]

I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much 😅 thanks for having me on! xx

[@marleenbosch9191]

Yes, I literally laughed my butt off 🤣

[@sinisternightmare]

@@marleenbosch9191 I'm sorry to hear that. :-(

[@marleenbosch9191]

@@sinisternightmare Yes I still looking for it 🍑👀

[@gawd-zila]

@@marleenbosch9191 Are you okay, dude-

[@nalanibelvin251]

Same here shaaba. This was hilarious

[@kwiatkowykwiatek9614]

Jamie: Things women in literature have died from Shaaba: Because it's such dangerous profession Jamie:... *no* ....

[@anapalacinka6953]

😂😂

[@jillianpearce3729]

This moment made me laugh so hard that my dog looked at me as though he was concerned. Lol! I love it!

[@rosiefay7283]

4:40 This reminds me of The Princess and the Pea.

[@ruthless3253]

“My boobs flop ferociously” was a delightful sentence

[@mammoneymelon]

hate when that happens to me 😔 /j

[@Thewinterofourpassing]

It’s so sad when my non existent ones do/hj

[@clueshep1349]

@@mammoneymelon yeah samee

[@ariesdork5283]

Ikr, it’s just awful when that happens 😔

[@solaridastoobid]

It sucks when that happens

[@alexrightnow2531]

"So she's wearing cling film" *her gown was azure* "BLUE cling film" I'M CRYING

[@6_blocks_under]

BLOO cling film

[@queenofzenk]

someone got their hand on a thesaurus during the final edit 🤣

[@alexrightnow2531]

@@6_blocks_under I WAS GONNA DO THAT AS WELL SJSJSJAJAK

[@buscuitsandtea]

What I thought she said kink film did I hear it wrong ?

[@Phoenix-np1iu]

and she's trying to smuggle pomegranates.

[@k-onenthusiast5234]

imagine if someone wrote about men the way they write about women "His balls slapped against each other with every step, old and decayed. He was bitter about the years that had passed and his disappearing vitality, and the more steps he took, the more he could feel it."

[@ellenkucera6205]

That's a description of Don from Sebring!

[@wandanemer2630]

This needs to be Top Comment.

[@sayven]

I haven't read GRR Martin but I feel that if he found an appropriate situation he would absolutely put that in. He seemingly loves to make people uncomfortable

[@Mie56.]

AHAHHAAHSHHA

[@soxpeewee]

You forgot about the breakfast

[@sregan5415]

I love how men write female characters whose main thoughts seem to be constant enamour by and turned on by their own bodies when most women actually spent a lot of time plagued by body insecurity.

[@shinflora1233]

I swearrrr

[@floweryunicorn8888]

It's kinda ridiculous. Why would anyone get turned on by their body? (unless of course they have a kink lol)

[@diabloakland]

It’s really strange. Sort of correlates with straight mans infatuation with lesbians and lesbian sex. Also plagued by insecurity bc of patriarchal beauty standards.

[@abandoned-channel99999]

@@floweryunicorn8888 sometimes i’m turned on by my body when i notice something i like about it

[@leandrog2785]

@@floweryunicorn8888 Having a kink for your own body sounds great. As a straight person i wonder what's gay people's perspective on this. I'm a man and find no male bodies attractive anyway, but what about a gay man who finds males physically attractive?

[@andysartz]

I'm a writer and I worry so much about researching topics that I don't know enough about while these men just be out there like "clapping boobs making breakfast"

[@damekkoDark]

writer lifehack: if you not sure in your research just distract readers with boob flopping

[@TheCrazyTalkKid]

Research is for suckers. Just add misogyny and you got yourself an audience.

[@silliestbilly39]

I'm a writer as well and sometimes I'll go through researching subjects for days or even weeks or months to get it right! Reading these excerpts were excruciatingly painful.

[@hannahk1306]

I don't know about research, I'm pretty sure some of these people have never even SEEN a woman before 😆

[@xRollermaniacx]

Hard relate. I spent a whole afternoon trying to confirm that furniture polish existed in the 1870s, but sure, flippity-flop them boobs all over, guys.

[@theythem6781]

It’s honestly concerning how badly men write women-

[@Miesko1]

Lack of education and bad education mixed with ignorance makes this

[@Inscriptions37]

I'm an aspiring male writer myself and desperately hope none of my work comes across like this, although I've never compared breasts to fruit or written a female character as either revolving entirely around "traditional femininity" or as a shocking subversion of tropes for not doing so, so I think watching KZbinrs like these two (and also being bi) has at least given me SOME extra perspective that most straight men lack.

[@violetsmith8693]

I'm so sorry I disliked your comment I mentioned to like it but I'm sleep deprived from watching youtube :(

[@HobieInTheBox]

@@Miesko1 you missed mysoginy

[@tubalv2415]

Yeah,same thing when women write men,principally gay men-

[@uselessart5883]

"Garden Troubles" is obviously code for "she was killed by gnomes but we are too scared to say it out loud".

[@Clavi_Cle]

WHEN I SAY I CACKLED

[@luuuuux_]

STOP I’M WHEEZING

[@liamwilbur1897]

They attacked with creeper vines and hedge trimmers. It was a horrific scene, when the woman was found "napping" in the dirt.

[@nutella7162]

or the teletubbies wrung her neck garden hose got possesed by her dead granny's evil spirit and choked her to death the soil was so moist and dense she got stuck and died from hunger mole people sacrificed her to their supreme god watermelon rolled over and crushed her skull got impaled on a surprisingly dull shovel the weed went hentai mode and she orgasmed to heaven the possibilites are endless and *the garden* is a dangerous place

[@anna_banana414]

id say the man writing that was very accurate in that case

[@LePetitDoll]

"How can they write women so badly?" Simple, they don't care enough to ask or do research.

[@amethystlarktree5962]

It sounds like most of them have never even met a woman to be honest.

[@floweryunicorn8888]

or simply they've never actually talked or been close to a woman before.

[@jaketaylor2775]

Me: I don't feel confident calling myself a writer? What if my stuff is no good? Me after watching this video: Never mind, I'm an amazing writer

[@foodofthegods]

Same

[@JesterofHockey]

FRRRR

[@ryandthatsit6323]

It should've been "pants so unbelievably tight that if women's pants actually had pockets in them, and I had a credit card in my back pocket, you could read the expiration date"

[@laurawilliams2087]

0/10 too unrealistic, woman has pocket

[@bobbioleary1266]

my pants were so unbelievably tight and even more unbelievably i could fit a credit card in my back pocket, and if i did you could read the expiration date

[@CellarDoorPoet]

Yes, thanks my thoughts exactly!

[@shaaba]

preach

[@ghostboy7407]

This is so true!

[@sabrinakirchner242]

I think some male authors don’t realize that women don’t objectify themselves the way men objectify them. Edit: 1) Thanks for the likes, 2) These replies are getting unneccessary. If anyone is making comments you don't like, just ignore them. Yes I knew what I was signing up for when I made a comment like this, but this is really out of hand, so don't add fuel to the fire.

[@mythandmayhem1134]

You just summarized it so well. Like, that’s it. Those men stare at women like pieces of meat and they can’t imagine women aren’t doing the same.

[@user-lc7zc3jo3x]

@@mythandmayhem1134 while women are IMMACULATE, men need to calm down bc geez (coming from an AFAB genderfluid individual)

[@morganwilliams5591]

It's because so many of them assume that if we wear a short dress or skinny jeans or something, it must be to attract men and be sexy, instead of any of the other reasons one might wear such an outfit, such as weather or because it's just comfy. Like, I'm an asexual woman but I wear tank tops and short shorts all the time because I just think they're nice to wear and they help me stay cool. But according to "tight pants credit card" guy I'd just be strutting around in that outfit shaking my ass to get men to salivate over me when I never want to see a set of genitals in my life fjdgs

[@Dreigonix]

@Mando laurian 66 Yoda You can look at someone sexually and still also view them as, you know, a human person.

[@mythandmayhem1134]

@Mando laurian 66 Yoda Sweetheart, darling, beautiful summer sun child, you can look at a person a go “hmm, pretty,” without turning them into a object solely for sexual desire and pleasure.

[@scmnz]

The “bad sex in fiction” award is a real award given to writing Ike this.

[@auggiecrossing6267]

S.J MAAS?

[@FireflyChaos-ci7xz]

Yes we’re always up for some acotar slander

[@meredithparker8775]

The one about Juliet was actually from a children's book called Artemis Fowl. I don't remember which one that particular paragraph was from. Anyway, Juliet came from a long line of bodyguards. And most of them had been male so she was one of few that had been able to be successful. And she showed that you could be feminine and pretty and wear makeup and stuff while still being badass and killing people. And her older brother was a very successful bodyguard. When I was little she was a big role model.

[@Taekaleaf]

As soon as I read this comment that part of the video came up-

[@YasminWeaver]

I recognised it too and started cackling. I loved Juliet and the description is absolutely accurate. XD

[@oliviabartonbough8890]

I loved that series! also think that's either from book 3 or 7

[@leandrog2785]

> children's book > bodyguard > being badass and killing people "Killing people is badass" isn't an appropriate message for a children's book. And what does that have to do with bodyguards anyway?

[@Squirrelcollector]

@@leandrog2785 I get how my comment could be misinterpreted, but it makes more sense in the context of the story. I never said that killing people is badass, and actually she rarely kills people. The thing is she is feminine and still fight people and be strong. Sorry for the confusion.

[@MewWolf5]

(TW for people scared of paper cuts) I couldn't imagine trying to cut paper with your nipple without the paper giving the nipple a paper cut.

[@kirstygunn9149]

I'm sitting here shuddering at the thought of it

[@liamwilbur1897]

😰 Horrifying pain!!😱😱

[@rue8778]

I have that kind of phantom pain thing aaaaahhhhh.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@introspectiver1787]

I'm just seeing the nipple being straight up cut

[@localidiot1334]

I was thinking the other day, "Why do so many boys/men just not know how to write about female bodies? I'm a boy and I know alot more than those adults do.." And then I remembered that I'm trans lmao🤦‍♂️

[@felixfroelich]

Lol same

[@liamwilbur1897]

That happened when I was talking to a couple friend and the topic of pads vs tampons came up. They started making all kinds of period jokes, and I had this thought about how I shouldn't joke about something I don't know anything about. Then I remembered that I had a uterus and felt really stupid.

[@KxNOxUTA]

That's great though! Shows you've completed arrived in yourself :D But thank you for sharing. It's the type of everyday comedy not everyone can experience. 😆

[@cockycookie1]

Same 😂

[@DemiBirdDoes]

Oof MOOD

[@gaygronlore13]

AND THEN SHE BREASTED BOOBILY DOWN THE STAIRS!!!! Loving this new content Jamie!! Hi Shaaba I always love it when you collab with Jamie!!

[@leonzen2958]

OH. MY. GOD. I remember reading this one, I ended up laughing for a good minute lol

[@snail_enthusiast]

NONONO IT WAS: SHE BREASTED BOOBILY TO THE STAIRS, AND TITTED DOWNWARDS i forget where i saw that but it htink thats the quote

[@aceatlasska4343]

@@snail_enthusiast that can't be real...how 💀 😂

[@snail_enthusiast]

@@aceatlasska4343 ikr

[@luuuuux_]

@@aceatlasska4343 I know. I know, my friend. But it exists. Also, hello again!

[@rosiejones6692]

How to write a female character: 1. Create an interesting personality as you would any character. 2. Show they're female by giving them she/her pronouns. (Or for first person, you could very briefly describe how fricking uncomfortable/annoying/itchy their bra is and how it's mysteriously decided to break/move out of place/slip a strap down your arm because most women can relate. But don't focus on the boobs, of course.) 3. Don't describe their body in sexual detail (especially boobs/hips/legs/bum) unless it's relevant to the scene (which means only ever sex scenes) and only after we can see the female character is there for more than sex appeal. (Edit: Obviously, if they broke their leg for example, you could describe how their leg looked mangled. I just mean avoid describing their legs in a weirdly specific, sexual and unnecessary way e.g. 'the hairs were beautifully smooth.' Just no.) :)

[@pogpurin]

Depending on the audience and category the book is in, A lot would not even need or should have the bra thing like, they dont even have to describe those kinds of things to show they are female. It literally doesnt have to include unecissary things to prove theyre a woman or have woman issues etc such as bra straps, its not needed and can actually take you out of the story (depending on the genre of course, maybe not romcoms or romance, it would be rather okay for that, but things that have action, fantasy sci fi etc, it can sometimes take you out of it. Sort of like "why did they include this?"

[@PirateQueen1720]

4:16 - The only one of these I can interpret is "going outside at night in Italy". Because Italy used to have malaria, and people often blamed the bad air (especially at night) rather than the mosquitoes that come out at dusk.

[@kellybrady4139]

Vampires? 🤔🤔🤔

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

@@kellybrady4139 That was my first thought too! 🤣

[@leandrog2785]

Or it can simply be cold AF too. The Alps are a thing. And maybe other mountains too.

[@SingingCrowie]

I wish you guys included some "women writing men the way men write women" parodies. I've seen some really good ones that left me crying on the floor.

[@gabbym333]

Have any links? I would love to read those and have a good laugh 😊

[@alexverdana2435]

@@gabbym333 same!! lol

[@ThatOneCorvusKing]

I've seen some good ones His beard drooped with dissapointment His balls tightened, like two lovers hugging each other for the last time His mustache flexed angrily His (p-nis) peeked from his fly, like someone looking through a window

[@jahnavirainlover]

Supply LINKS PLsss 😂💐

[@augustr4wberry]

Links!!

[@thecraziestcrayon]

Women authors need to start writing male characters this way. imagine the insanity. Also, "ship infidelity" sounds like you cheated on your ship. Like you got on a different boat and you died cause it was so traumatizing lol

[@mrpedrobraga]

His abs were like a Lenovo Keyboard... His skin was tan, his abdomen like a perfectly cooked waffle...

[@unionfire]

On that subreddit, people post satire on Sunday. So while not real, but if you want to have a good laugh, check the satire Sunday flair

[@kunaihanaki]

Pedro Braga Oh my goodness 💀

[@kandieharrison4055]

Unfortunately, there are already plenty of books that do this lol. Some of the things I've read from female authors describing men are both hilarious and horrifying lol. A lot of describing their genitals as "rods," "thick and meaty" and more. And that was in a supernatural fantasy book and not a romance or erotica. I cringe to think what it would be if I read a more erotic novel, lol.

[@Flugkaninchen]

Cheating in a ship would make total sense in a Aubrey/Maturin-novel. 😁

[@piercedsiren]

"She's wearing cling film." I CACKLED.

[@daeundances]

BLUE cling film 😂

[@lauratroy13]

As a not native English speaker I have no idea what that even suppose to mean

[@jolly_39]

Google says cling film is the transparent foil used to cover up food to keep it fresh.

[@ohmygodtheywereroommates7454]

@@lauratroy13 wich Language do do you speak?

[@lauratroy13]

@@ohmygodtheywereroommates7454 German

[@bensleath87]

Shaaba: “Where are you now Don?” ......... Shaaba: “Do you-” Jamie: “Single.”

[@chrisleneil]

“Women must have the exact right amount of pillows or death.” is now my future epitaph. ETA: LoveLoveLove when Shaaba is on your channel!

[@SomeGal6637]

Speaking of women dying of stupid shit, my head canon is that being pregnant, stressed out, and choked was what killed Padme, not that bull crap "dying of sadness" thing they said in Revenge of the Sith.

[@andien8760]

My head cannon is that Palpatine stole Padme's life force in order to save Anakin.

[@jolly_39]

"Broken heart syndrome" does indeed exist, a strong emotion like shock over the death of a loved one or joy over winning the lottery can trigger a heart attack even in young and healthy people. Padme's death still was handled pretty bad writing wise.

[@hawleyolsen170]

@@jolly_39 I'm here to second that. It's called takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and it looks just like a heart attack but doesn't involve any blood vessel blockages. The shape of the heart changes and the left ventricle can't pump properly.

[@Dreigonix]

@@andien8760 I agree!

[@twiggledowntown3564]

That's what I originally had thought too.

[@JanStenholt71]

Haven't watched this yet, but I strongly disagree with the title! I'm a man and I'm perfectly capable of writing womn ... wmen ... wmwn ... DAMN!

[@potatothatscreams8300]

LOL

[@anna_banana414]

spell it out with me now jan, women. w-o-m- you get it? can you finish it? ill help, e-n. there we go! now put it all together! i believe in you!!!

[@user-qe9jl4xw4u]

Did you watch the video?

[@optillian4182]

@@user-qe9jl4xw4u Do you know what a joke is?

[@thatbitchnoemie]

wehmem

[@lounanotfluentinenglish]

Most of those sound like Captain Holt trying to act heterosexual, it's hilarious

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

"You know me. I see a pair of thick weighty breasts and all logic flies out the window" (actually, the logic part seems pretty accurate with some of these writers)

[@aubreyharmon1581]

OH MY GOSH YOU'RE RIGHT

[@juliasanchezr]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,so true!!

[@gabbym333]

I could totally picture that. I'm remembering when he was in hold up with Terry and they were trying to get that one suspect to confess. Lmao that scene was hilarious.

[@cattrickie]

AJKGHJK i know it's gonna be funny then

[@soulcottage5302]

the emotion in jamie's voice while they argue about nipples is something i've never heard before

[@KryssLaBryn]

5:47: Men underestimating what women can do: OH MAN LET ME TELL YOU!! XD Okay, so this was a story I think on an Ask Reddit, from someone working in something like a Best Buy or what, a big box store that sold appliances, and this old guy comes over, and he and his wife are looking for a new fridge. And so the worker there finds out what he's looking for, price range, etc etc, and starts showing him models, but all of them are wrong. None of them cook his food! So the worker's like, "Oh! You mean like a microwave! Sorry, they're just over here--" But the old guy insists that no, he wants the big insulated box that keeps your food cold; but he wants another of the ones that cooks the food you put in it, too. You know, like his one at home does. And the worker of course is all like, "That's... not a thing?" and the old guy is getting angrier and angrier at this young idiot who doesn't even know anything about how fridges work, so the poor worker asks him to *very specifically* say *exactly* what his fridge does to cook the food he's putting into it (probably suspecting now that something is shorting out *really badly* in there lol). And the old guy tells him about how his wife will put a raw chicken in there on a plate to defrost, and then the next day, it's all cooked and roasted up and everything! He wants a fridge that does that, dammit!! And as he's saying this, his wife wanders up to see why picking a fridge is taking so long. And she's just, like, "...Did-- did you *honestly* think it was our *fridge* that took the chicken out, stuffed it, seasoned it, *roasted* it, and put it back in there?! *It was me!!"* (I fully expect "you idiot!!" was added onto the end, ha ha) Like, HOLY SHIT, this guy actually thought his *fridge,* not his *WIFE,* was the one cooking his food!! Talk about underestimating women, holy fuck. XD

[@theuncalledfor]

I don't see how that counts as "underestimating women". I mean, surely, he must have seen her cook before, so he knows she can cook. The issue seems more along the lines of him not seeing her cook _sometimes,_ and then food being uncooked in the fridge at first and then later in the same spot, cooked this time, without seeing the process of it getting cooked. It's more an issue of missing object permanence (well, not exactly, but I don't know the term for the exact thing that's missing and the concept is damn near the same) than underestimating his wife. (Unless there's context missing in your retelling of the story and the guy genuinely didn't think his wife could cook anything at all.) Besides, no matter how much you underestimate someone, concluding that a fridge is cooking food is not something any even remotely rational person would ever do. A more logical conclusion would be that the wife hired a chef to cook the food instead of cooking it herself, now _that_ would mean he underestimates her. But thinking the fridge is doing it? Clearly his brain is just a bunch of useless mush.

[@froggydraws_24]

“ships having an affair” that’s be an interesting relation-SHIP

[@idabee2239]

ah. the punnery is amazing!

[@mrpedrobraga]

A relationhuman

[@mokko759]

Oooh, they're in for a boatload of drama!

[@nosuchthingasgoodcows7003]

two trucks plays distantly

[@Norah54321]

Totally shipping it tho

[@alanm7838]

As a man and a writer, this is to other men who don't know how to write women: About writing women, uh... you could just... you know, write them as regular people with flaws and complex personalities and different things that make them different people. You know, good character writing- Also you'd think that more men who write women would actually just ASK WOMEN to proofread their writing-

[@amethystlarktree5962]

It seems like most of those men have never even met a woman. Thank you for recognising women are just people as well lol.

[@alanm7838]

@Io Oi Because it's tasty

[@Thegreedybobs]

@Io Oi yes you may only have a good day if your username is tasty you need a fast pass

[@otakumangastudios3617]

I wanna assume those same dudes that weirdly describe every single movement of a woman’s breasts would talk about how feminat are destroying media if in any book, it’s described how a man’s junk is flopping around as he’s walking lol

[@dani_drawzz]

One rule I just made up so uh… yeah. Only write about anatomy if you can change the character’s gender and it still works. Sort of.

[@Josefinewolder]

I saw this on Insta a couple of days ago and it’s just too good not to share: “(…)she had to sit on the toilet some minutes waiting for the pee to come. Men, they were able to conjure it up immediately, that was one of their powers, that thunderous splashing as they stood lordly above the bowl. Everything about them was more direct, their insides weren’t the maze women’s were, for the pee to find it’s way through.” Because as we all know life (and peeing) is just much more difficult as a woman🤨

[@JovanDacic]

The penis-haver urethra is so much MORE maze-like than its counterpart, though. 🤣

[@graceygrumble]

Obviously, zero knowledge of anatomy.

[@WritingsOfQuill]

i snorted really loudly reading this XD

[@august1837]

I probably shouldn’t be scrolling through this comment section while around people🤣

[@beththedarkmage3359]

It's especially funny to me because, if anything, we struggle with pee happening too fast or being too concentrated and getting it everywhere. Especially with a certain kind of test. How are you supposed to predict where your stream will be if you can't see it? ...Oh, yeah, and they probably think pee comes from the vag. Lol

[@HolldollMcG]

The list of literature deaths got me. It got me. I remember sharing this list with my sisters and cackling about it, each picking our top three causes of our own deaths.

[@jaegrant6441]

6:30, The author was doing fine until he wrote about her jeans having pockets. That's when I knew it was written by a man lol

[@felix275]

YOU GUYS ARE SUCH A AMAZING COUPLE

[@Cobble01]

*an

[@iconicplottwist.]

@@Cobble01 dude you stole my line-

[@charlieblockclocksnow]

@@iconicplottwist. same

[@shaqnosis4100]

IKR

[@NivekTheEnigma]

Yes, yes they are. 💯🤗

[@tessace4884]

As a writer and as someone who was female/is AFAB, this was hilarious!

[@quiondasjj9293]

The irony is having a typo

[@allformsofcreativity274]

Oh hi fellow writer

[@tessace4884]

@@quiondasjj9293 lmao, yeah, I'm on my phone and it's cracked.

[@celestial_planet]

SAMEEE 😆😆

[@GumGirl]

hello fellow female writer!

[@colorcutie97]

"You told me there would be boobs" "boobs" Shaaba is me.

[@idabee2239]

yes. i aspire to be shaaba.

[@arianna1280]

The way Jamie introduces shaaba every time she’s on his channel is my aesthetic and the only kind of relationship I want tbh

[@a_lexybee]

7:49 bold of you to assume I want a *man* to find me attractive

[@calebhick6311]

Not me sat here thinking about cutting paper with a nipple and thinking about how bad the paper cut would be

[@joypomeroy1452]

My first thought was "ow! Why!?"

[@calebhick6311]

@@joypomeroy1452 me too

[@Dragoooooon]

Ohhhh geez that would be terrible 😬

[@aztektheultimatewoman]

Ahhhhh no now I can’t stop thinking about itttt

[@pastelk]

oof ouch no nooooo nOOO

[@clairelyconfused3245]

As a large chested bi-lady who just happened to be making eggs while I watched this, I'm dead 😂😂 happy pride month, love you both 💗💜💙

[@misguided_ghost]

the way jamie’s voice gradually gets higher when he reads out the things women have died for in literature

[@liamwilbur1897]

I suddenly want to know what "wrist fever" is supposed to be.

[@Nobert594]

3:12 i am 99% sure is from a book series called artemis fowl, a series i used to love as a kid. Less so now that i see this

[@LuLu-Sil]

Don Waters. I have facial piercings, body tattoos and a bright pink pixie cut with a fringe. When I stop cutting my hair all the time I'll finally achieve that "unappealing" look. Thank you for your patience.

[@sunshineinspring]

The second one, Juliet, is from the first Artemis Fowl book. She is pretty bad ass and was trained to be a bodyguard since her 3rd birthday or so... 😅

[@snow17048]

I was loving everything about the weapons and cars (minus the fact that it seemed that they were surprised that she was capable of that) and then when the makeup part was said I was just like: Welp, you had an amazing thing going right there and you gone and ruined it

[@wingedyera]

I was looking for this comment, also bodyguard in this case is more like assassin. In the context of the book most of the things make sense, except the make up

[@tristiscapra9508]

@@wingedyera The make up thing kinda makes sense to me what with her whole performative wrestler/badass aesthetic she's got going on, but I see where you're coming from ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@IncandescentFlame]

Sure was peculiar recognizing this line from my childhood and realizing now how bizarrely written it is. It did get the point across when I read it as a kid, though.

[@Renesmechen]

I actually did not mind the make up part. For me it just sounded like that was something she likes to do but needs to have a military efficiency while doing it. so she's a badass but a badass who happens to like to wear make up since she was still a person with her own interests while being trained to be an assassin butler. Was it necessary? probably not but it also didn't bug me

[@nicegenderbro8814]

The only book I've read written by a man, about women, that makes any sense is called "The School for good and Evil " and it's a children's book.

[@SillyString27]

I really liked those books, oddly

[@allformsofcreativity274]

The book series'es I read were Rick Riordan books

[@ayhanyusko286]

It also has some queer rep and talks a bit about trans rights (particularly gender roles and bathroom laws)

[@thegenderfluidbisexual4077]

I love that book series

[@ayhanyusko286]

@@thegenderfluidbisexual4077 Same! Have you read the most recent book.

[@hades717]

I definetly need a certain amount of pillows to live.

[@somethingwithbungalows]

I sleep with 8 pillows lol

[@ginnundso]

I sleep with 3 pillows but like 10 plushies right besides me, do plushies count as pillow-like?

[@yellowhairedpotato6462]

I heard this thing recently: “if you are able to sexualize two balls of fat on my chest, then you can love me for who I am” *gets teary*

[@larcher4512]

These two make each other so obviously happy it reduces me to a puddle of feels, I'm sorry your both just so great-

[@karyaerkan5234]

To anyone out there that is struggling with their sexuality/sexual identity, i'm wishing you the best and sending you love from the bottom of my heart. I hope you find your true authentic self and get to be the amazing person you were always meant to be, soon. To a better, free, fair world. Happy pride, everybody! 🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@elliot_the_simpleton]

Thanks for the kind words, happy pride month

[@anapalacinka6953]

THANK YOU AND BESTS OF LOVE AND HUGS TO YOU TOO

[@rue8778]

Thank you I thought I had figured everything out and than I was like, "aM i AcE?!" I needed this

[@karyaerkan5234]

@@rue8778 Hahahaha awww! 🖤🌑🤍💜

[@karyaerkan5234]

@@anapalacinka6953 THANK YOUUU

[@DragonTamer200]

Can we just talk about how freaking amazing Shaaba’s laugh is? Like seriously, it’s great :D ❤️

[@kitrose8906]

I know right? instant dopamine she's amazing

[@sirenqueen3302]

Hello! This might not help a lot of people, but I know some people may need to hear this! You are so beautiful/handsome/androgynous and I care about you a lot! You’re doing so good/will do so good today!

[@Opus566]

Omg awh

[@emmettsimon9487]

you have taken my words straight out of my mouth (well fingers) and beat me to writing this :)

[@dracosxroses4368]

I seriously needed this!!

[@veganpizzajustforme3482]

Back at ya 😎👉👉

[@soph925]

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@elfinartist4961]

Hi Jamie I just wanted to say I came out to my parents today and it's all thanks to your videos. Seeing people of the community on youtube raised my confidence and comfort in my sexuality and gender!!

[@sweetiedahling8137]

I’m a bit late but I just want to say that I’m so happy for you and I hope you’re doing well dear internet stranger 🧡

[@HeyThereMister11]

Off topic but I have a neighbor named Karen and she’s so so kind, she’s kind of an older lady but just yesterday she brought our family a Christmas card and she was so kind about it

[@cassiefromooo]

2:49 juliet was literally professionally trained as a super-bodyguard

[@jaminday2897]

It's also stated in the book that she had to move around a lot during her bodyguard training, which is why the emphasis was put on her "blending in" and being able to do things very quickly. Though the wording "stunning Asian-European gene mix" and the makeup was a bit loopy, I think that passage was really taken out of context.

[@sunshineinspring]

When they read it i was like "that sound so familiar...🤔" and then i realized it was Juliet 😅 she is pretty bad ass

[@RedBanana_]

What’s the book called?

[@sunshineinspring]

@@RedBanana_ Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

[@jaminday2897]

@@RedBanana_ I think it's "The Eternity Code" by Eoin Colfer, in the Artemis Fowl series.

[@piniatafullofblood]

“Where are you now, don?” *pauses in gay threatening* “.... Single.” pfftttttt It took a minute for me to comprehend that, but once I did I spit out my cranberry juice lol

[@brynpookc1127]

Actually, INCEL

[@GhostBoy6.6]

Cranberry juice pog 👍🏻

[@lou8391]

"You finally got your boobs" sounded like an alternate version of Tinkerbell

[@ponytailproductions2503]

Omg underrated comment

[@Maerahn]

PLEASE PLEASE do more of these! The combination of the two of you AND /MenWritingWomen is absolutely golden!

[@pixiesouter9419]

I just wanna say I absolutely love the discussion about the cutting ability of a nipple and I think one of my genuine life goals is for myself and my partner to sit and have a cuppa one day with you two. Feel like it would be the best day ever. BUUUUUUT... A nipple could not cut anything, regardless or density. Cutting paper is used to test sharpness not hardness. A diamond ball would be very hard but about as likely to be able to cut paper as a nipple.

[@saucybeansauce2775]

i would love to see an object that is both floppy and sharp to be fair

[@couldntcareless7884]

@@saucybeansauce2775 extremely fast and thin stream of water

[@pixiesouter9419]

@@saucybeansauce2775 don't get me wrong, being hard does mean a blade holds the edge for longer, so stays sharper longer, but you could theoretically make any soft surface sharp, wood for example is very soft but can be sharpened, but will go blunt long before steel for example. My point is it is theoretically possible to make jelly sharp enough to cut, but it would be more wobbly than floppy as it would at least need to be harder than paper or the paper would cut or crumple it first. ☺️

[@NovaSaber]

@@saucybeansauce2775 Paper itself can be sharp enough to cut while remaining flexible.

[@heidihansen1080]

honestly, it just sounds painful trying to cut paper with your nipples. Think of all the paper cuts! ouch!

[@Isrjisoneavalable]

The second one, Juliet, if from Artemus Fowl, and she’s a great character. There is context to the problems with the discription; she’s part of a family trained from almost birth to be elite bodyguards/assassins. I think this section is were the book I’d explaining the Butler family (her family). We’ve already met her big brother, who is the bodyguard of the protagonist and a main character.

[@Ramberta]

As a huge Artemis Fowl fan, the line itself is still very badly written & 100% deserves the call-out. We don't need context to know the "four minutes to do makeup" line is just heavily relying on misogynist tropes.

[@Lisa_Flowers]

The whole 'she could blend into any crowd despite being half Asian' thing does still strike me as weird lol

[@PineappleLiar]

I'd completely forgotten that line was in the books, admittedly, bit of a double take there. It does help the snippet a lot that the context in which it was written wasn't a prelude for the author to go to horny jail. Weird and maybe in need of a rewrite? Yes. Set up for a story where an older brother is way too attracted to their super cool younger sister? No.

[@Envy_May]

when i realised it was artemis fowl i was like oh noooooooooooo

[@jessicakarlsson316]

Ah this makes sense now! I read Artemis Fowl when I was younger and my impression was that these sort of descriptions are for humoristic effect. The description of Juliet is unrealistic but presented as perfectly reasonable and on the level of getting good grades and getting a part time job which would make a parental big brother proud, and that normality contrast is what makes it funny.

[@PandaLuluBear]

“Women must have the right amount of pillows or death!”🤣🤣🤣

[@sneakysnek572]

As a woman, I can confir- *before I can finish, I drop dead. I didn’t have enough pillows.*

[@PandaLuluBear]

@@sneakysnek572 🤣🤣

[@ChaoticKris964]

@@sneakysnek572 DUDE THATS ME AT 3 AM! (I'm non-binary with women anatomy.)

[@DerMBen]

I think it's fair to say this was one of the most hilarious videos covering this subreddit! The dynamic between you two constantly cracking jokes is just amazing!

[@farkenshnoff4521]

10:18 "your boobs whip the eggs" flawless, 10/10 video lmao

[@sawyerpls]

"Her breasts were like pomegranates." Rocky Flintstone, is that you?

[@kbcoll]

I wondered that too!

[@eline.de.allerbeste]

I literally went into the comment section to see if anyone else thought this😂

[@susannahdarby6698]

I’m just concerned that someone other than Rocky evidently came up with what I’d hitherto thought to be a unique comparison!

[@charcoal8]

Awww introducing Shaaba like that, sweetest couple

[@nocturnemoon6424]

Aspiring male writer I really Really REALLY Hope my writing isn't that bad

[@Dragoooooon]

The fact you don't want it to be like this means there's a good chance it won't be lol (And good luck! :D)

[@beththedarkmage3359]

Just write a character and make them female. Job done. Seriously though, so long as you don't do stereotypical sexist things, like describing boobs/lips/thighs/butts/etc. sexually, relying on the male gaze to convey her worth, or talking about how she should smile more, I think you'll be fine. I would generally avoid sex scenes altogether, I don't exactly know why they're a literary staple when they rarely add anything of merit and are rarely done well, but hey, that's tough if you wanna do erotica or something. Ultimately it's your choice, just be sure to research for at least 6 hours on any major detail that isn't your speciality/ not known super well. Good luck, I love writing too and will hopefully write for an animated show one day, if all goes well :)

[@meowimg]

ask any friend that has experiences as a woman to help you out proofreading if you're still unsure :)

[@ednahexx3993]

If you're worried just look at these and take some pointers!

[@feanaro2712]

The paper discussion wild, even more so because it was just the first example. You guys are delightful and your senses of humour play off each other so well.

[@amandawaldrom4660]

You guys are so cute together! I love watching your videos. Totally know how it feels to get criticised for not being a "feminine" woman. I shave my head, have facial piercings, and am 80% covered in tattoos! Men, mostly older men, tell me that to be an attractive woman I should have long hair. And that piercings and tattoos are only for prison "birds".

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

I bet they end all that assholery with ALSO saying "... and you should smile more!!" 🙈 Isn't it insane how people feel they are so entitled to an opinion on a stranger's body and fashion choices...?

[@jojoxmo]

AJSJSKSJJSKS the boobs r whipping the eggs 😂 plz that’s so funny Also Happy Pride everyone!!! Please know that you are appreciated and you look beautiful today ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍💕

[@luuuuux_]

Thank you! Happy pride to you too

[@katiem656]

My mum named me after a (freakishly tall) fictional alien with, and I quote, “pendulum-like breasts”

[@calamityjean1525]

I hope _intensely_ that your appearance doesn't resemble your namesake.

[@katiem656]

@@calamityjean1525 i am pretty tall but my breasts aren’t quite pendulum-like thank goodness

[@silliestbilly39]

Please, praytell, where is that fictional alien from?

[@katiem656]

@@silliestbilly39 Saga of the Pliocene Exile by author Julian May

[@katiem656]

@@silliestbilly39 I’ve never read it but I want to

[@everydayrando7584]

Happy Pride Month! Everyone who is struggling to find out who you are and to those who already know where they are, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AND VALID. You do not need to know what/who/where you are to be valid. Not knowing is okay, and you should be so proud of yourself! I know I am proud of all of you. 🏳️‍🌈

[@thewholecircus]

4:58 I have to make Jamie squeak my new notification sound 😂

[@archer4424]

Fun fact!!! The whole “taking people to the sea to cure their sickness” thing (in reference to the ‘things women in literature have died from’ post, where one thing was not seeing the sea enough) is actually surprisingly smart! Back during the times where this myth originated from, cities were gross. Even more so than they are now: I’m talking literal shit being thrown out windows onto the street because they didn’t have plumbing, doctors not washing their hands between the morgue and the operating table, kinda gross. Now, when people got sick, they often left the city to prevent spreading the disease to other people, and they also seemed to heal quicker, so people assumed that seeing the ocean/being near the ocean cured illness. In reality? They just weren’t around sick people, raw sewage and dead bodies all the time, so it wasn’t exacerbating their symptoms, and they wouldn’t get sick again while healing. Idk I think that’s very cool and I want y’all to know that too

[@miles-lk7po]

we love u jamie!

[@hyunjinsamericanhoe1078]

HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@hyunjinsamericanhoe1078]

@Benjamin CS AHH TY!

[@victoriarasmussen2496]

And a Happy Pride Month to you too 🏳️‍🌈

[@hyunjinsamericanhoe1078]

@Benjamin CS you too

[@hyunjinsamericanhoe1078]

@@victoriarasmussen2496 thank you!!

[@folkloreshifts5312]

HAPPY PRIDE 😩🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[@kels3518]

Happy Pride month to everyone including those of you who aren't out yet or are still questioning. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@nievwitnauer]

happy pride month!! xx

[@kunaihanaki]

Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈❤️

[@amiigoesmuu]

“Too many novels” *sweats intensely *

[@loner844]

"flopping and clapping" they were giving you a round of applause

[@__-sp1ly]

"women must have the right amount of pillows or death" I will use this from now on when my guy friends make fun of all the throw pillows in my house....there are many because throw pillows are pretty🤣

[@21centuryhippie61]

Excited! I’m an aspiring writer, so this is particularly fun to watch!

[@Writermakescoffeeforawriter]

Same hereee

[@sneakysnek572]

SAME except I’m a woman and will never describe another woman like this. Especially not my characters who are like my babies.

[@nikolasslead6582]

The fact that the one about 'Juliet' is from Artemis Fowl, a children's series 💀💀💀

[@Ramberta]

yeah the people defending it in the comments are making me sad. we need to be able to see this shit retroactively & not perpetuate/repeat it...

[@Aster-nim]

@@Ramberta I liked that series. But yeah, definitely issues.

[@Mercyfalls]

@@Ramberta Okay, but how is it bad? lol Without context it sounds wrong, but with context it simply means Juliet is very good at being a bodyguard/assasin and still likes to be feminine and do girly things, that that those aren't contradictory. And her brother isn't proud bc it's "sexy" that she can do "stereotypical man stuff and look hot at the sime time" but simply that his little sister completed her training and is very good at their shared profession.

[@lukasvandewiel860]

In a story where all character are over the top. Juliet is extremely good and what she does. She was trained to master skills, but as a consequence lacks skills in other areas, just as everybody who has focused a life's training on a very specific aspect. Musicians, athletes, scientists...

[@farennight1077]

I'm literally in tears... from laughing. 🤣Thank you for the hilarious video!

[@tobiassmith5550]

I absolutely lost it at "Someone said 'no' very loudly while they were in the room" 😂

[@morganflickinger6379]

This is my first pride month after finding out I am bi!! 💗💜💙 But I'm still not strong enough to come out yet. I hope you are also having a great pride month so far though

[@sneakysnek572]

OH SAME!!!! Happy first pride

[@marymohr2799]

I don't think coming out is a matter of strength. It's scary, and when you're ready, and safe, and if you want to, you'll come out.

[@morganflickinger6379]

@@marymohr2799 Thank you for that. I really needed to hear that today, and happy pride month

[@kunaihanaki]

My first pride month after figuring out I am not straight but a demi-omniromantic ace. So at least I got that figured out :> Still trying to figure out my gender identity though :) Happy Pride to you all 🏳️‍🌈

[@beththedarkmage3359]

I came out as pan this year, so I can really relate! Happy Pride Month to you all!

[@terra-blejoke9941]

The second passage is from Artemis Fowl and makes sense within the context of the story. She's a professional bodyguard like her brother.

[@sosos4306]

I thought it was something like that, maybe something about spies🤣 but the "blending into any crowd like a native" thing is a little strange, ngl

[@kae41]

Ye, basically she spent years and years practicing all of these things from dawn to dusk :D

[@almaszericebean1401]

Which book is that from I don't think I remember that?

[@AndromedaD]

They talked about Artemis in terms of how utterly intelligent he was. He was a master manipulator, playing 4d chess with the mystical world, but also very human in how he just missed his father. This passage focuses on Juliet's looks in an odd way (if he was trying to say that she could fit in anywhere, he didn't need to bring up her genetics) and how she can do her make up in four minutes (which is a weird thing to train a young teenager to do? And for what occasion? This 14 year old girl putting on a full face of make up to fix a helicopter?) alongside facts that still don't tell us anything about her. She could be a robot he built and it wouldn't change the paragraph any. Maybe they do a better job with a whole book to get into her 🤷

[@katecandycat]

They added the genetics because she was in Singapore (and i'm sure was insinuating as well how she can blend well anywhere like was mentioned)and hiding while tracking down Butler's mentor (or another Asia place if I am wrong) and maybe they added the makeup to impress the reader in a strange way who knows.

[@Serpentrose]

When you can't wow them with wisdom you can still baffle them with bullshit. A lot of baffling in those passages.

[@andromedaspark2241]

What a perfect way to describe it. :) I have done both before, lol.

[@twiggledowntown3564]

@@andromedaspark2241 I love your profile name, where did you get it from?

[@dragong33k]

shabba asking "have you seen a nipple?" was hilarious as hecc

[@tatianam1354]

3:00 ive read that book. yeah it was really problematic but she comes from a long line of bodyguards and was raised in a camp in japan since like 5 learning how to fight. sooo yeah still really problematic and bad. also her big brother was raised in the same camp and is like in the top 3 bodyguards of the world

[@carpengizmat5978]

They give off such strong parent energy... I want to ask them if I can have an ice cream.

[@lukasvandewiel860]

I would see them write a better book, get it published and sold. I get a lot of moral high horse energy.

[@carpengizmat5978]

@@lukasvandewiel860 ok

[@spoondirtmeow]

WHEEZE THE LAST ONE,I CAN'T

[@caity7302]

9:57 my boobs also applaud me whilst I cook, it’s what motivates me

[@memoi2637]

Lucky you, mine only do circle 😩

[@jennaenright1194]

The Juliet one (the second one) is from Artemis Fowl! Juliet is in a family of top-notch bodyguards! That passage is from her big brother, Butler's perspective. They're a wonderful book series and that passage was very out of context.

[@crackle6875]

If anyone’s ever spent a bit of time on Reddit’s women written by men page, it’s not uncommon for there to be some taken out of context.

[@jacobpeople3917]

Hiya Jamie, i have my first appointment with gendercare tomorrow (Dr Lorimer) - i would just like to say, thank you so so much for the videos. They have helped me massively as a pre-t trans guy. I can't wait to start my medical transition very very soon. I wish you all the best and keep up your great work - from Jacob :)

[@malumute]

yes! I'm so happy for you!

[@jacobpeople3917]

@@malumute Starting on T in August woooooo

[@axel-ib1vu]

I require a wedding invite to Shaaba and Jamie's wedding if I don't i will scream

[@hydrationsauce]

Or at the least for them to show us hundreds of photos of it

[@isabelhoch3713]

same

[@kae41]

I also require an i n v i t a t i o n (im joking but seeing some pictures would be v cool!)

[@colorcutie97]

I vote for a livestream

[@firestarhh824]

@@colorcutie97 I don’t, that already sounds like it would end horribly 💀

[@SunShine-nr5ut]

Just saying "thank you" for the subtitles, they help people with hearing problems and non-native English speakers a lot :) (Double for me, hah) Also, honestly, I never thought that a quote from Artemis Fowl book without context could sound so weird! The books literally sparkled my childhood, so I'm biased but: Juliet was born into a family with long bodyguarding legacy (like "best out the best") and raised to be one from a very young age. By her big brother.

[@user-vs2ql5gb1b]

4:34 I wonder if “Going outside at night in Italy” is referencing Roman Fever?

[@abigailforney7348]

It's really surprising for me to find an excerpt I know in one of these videos! When you read about "Juliet" - most of that description isn't really about her appearance, (it's not the first time we meet her) it's describing her prowess as an elite bodyguard, just like her big brother - Butler. It's from the Artemis Fowl series! Not the most well-written series, I admit, but the women characters aren't described as bad as some of these. Great video, as always! I love when Shaaba joins!

[@amazinggrace5692]

I’d love a compilation of just clips of Jamie and Shaaba laughing. I think Shaaba may have laughed so hard that she lost her breath and it was cut out here. Or maybe it was just me laughing so. Much love 💕🐝

[@carlosvaldez4356]

There is no author that disgusts me more in his portrayal of women than Haruki Murakami 🤨😑

[@nighthawkstudios7400]

Agreed. I had 1Q84 recommended to me, and it was so revolting that I couldn't make it past the half-way point.

[@damekkoDark]

the only things about his female characters I remember is the air of sadness and that one girl with blackhole in her stomach

[@nighthawkstudios7400]

@mandarina blue One of the best lines that I survived long enough to see, talking about 17 year old girl . . . "freshly made vaj" And then in the same book, justifying r-word of 8-12 year old girls by a 50-year old man because said character 'had to do it' to survive

[@beththedarkmage3359]

And the guy claims there's nothing sexist there at all and that they're just written as people. Yeah, no, actually listen to some women who aren't your fans for once.