Claire Conger

My mother thinks that the reason I don’t have a man is because I scare them. Maybe she’s right.

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So back to Dr Phil’s Love Smart. We’ll start with chapter 2: The Character of Him. (Chapter 1 is a pep talk.)

“Who exactly, precisely, specifically do you consider to be a quality guy?” (page 18)

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OK, because I have too many Pseudo Boyfriends and no Real Ones, I figure I’d better make a study of Dr Phil’s Love Smart.

First things first, Dr Phil tells us to figure out who we are and what we want, else we’ll be wasting our time barking up the wrong trees. Well, I’ve wasted my time plenty and I am not alone.

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Where Juno and Beverly were inquisitive and rebellious in losing their virginity, Stella (played by Georgiana Cates) in An Awfully Big Adventure (the movie 1995) is direct and purposeful.

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Juno is a thoroughly delightful coming-of-age story about a smart and quirky teen, Juno played by Ellen Page, who seduces her geeky boyfriend and gets pregnant in that quintessentially innocent first fumbling experiment with sex. She does it with the right person, her best friend. Her offbeat family—especially the younger sister—is reminiscent of the characters in Little Miss Sunshine.

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