10.22.10 - 9:00AM
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Cole Stryker

Is Katherine Chloe Cahoon, The 'Meeting European Men' Girl, For Real?

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A few days ago, author Katherine Chloe Cahoon's YouTube videos promoting her new book, The Single Girl's Guide to Meeting European Men, went viral. A lot of us wondered whether they were masterful parodies or tragically real clips. Her wooden posing and costumery left us scratching our heads. Is this chick-lit hopeful for real?

On her official site, Katherine insists that the videos are parodies:

Yesterday, after hours of radio interviews starting at 4AM, I learned that the Internet had exploded with people wondering if the v-blogs for my book, The Single Girl's Guide to Meeting European Men, are serious or parodies. Come on, friends, do you really think I am being serious?! Of course they are parodies! No, I do not expect a girl will try to flirt with European men as six bulls are bearing down on her at The Running of the Bulls. It's a joke. No, I don't wear a dress when I bike...much less one matching a basket of flowers on the handlebars. I don't even own a bike. And no, I do not go around constantly posing. I believe that if others are going to participate in my parody, it's only fair that I join in.

I didn't think they were parodies before and I still don't. They're way too subtle! Just to be sure, I checked the content of her book to see if its advice matched her videos.

Here's a choice excerpt after a five-minute search.

Tip #25: Male Hikers Cannot Resist the Hair Flip

If you see a husky hunk, glance at him, smile, and continue walking. Wait one second and flip your hair. Then allow your hiker to hunt you down.

Other advice includes tips like, "Dance one of your best moves" and "Make every day in Europe like your best Valentine's Day." I think this one's authentic.

And look, she says she's working on a film version? SIGH.

link:// Katherine's YouTube Channel

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10.22.10

By Tossi Taside

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I think "of course it's a parody" is a cover story. She's just REALLY bad at the spokesmodel thing. REALLY bad. The material is boring, not at all innovative, and this is compounded by her overly slow and deliberate vocal delivery. This stuff is viral because it's so bad, it's good.

Tossi

10.24.10

By Nonny Moose

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The funniest amazon review:

I'm a guy. I had absolutely no interest in this book, but my wife did. After she read it, she told me it was the greatest piece of 21st century literature. Naturally, I dismissed the notion of a manual to pick up men actually being a worthwhile read, but she insisted, so I gave it a shot. Imagine my surprise when I went to
get a drink and saw that I had been reading for 9 hours straight!
It was such a compelling page-turner that I somehow unwittingly finished the whole book and convinced myself to start over twice! Never in the course of human history has so much been owed by so many to one author. There are, as advertised, great tips for getting yourself in with some Euro spice, but they feel like an extra gift included with the deftly woven narrative. I only regret that I fell so in love with this book that now I, too, want to fly to Berlin and try to land one of the beautiful young men so well-described in these pages. My wife regrets it, too, but you won't! Read this book today!