10 Kids’ Book Heroines Who Need a Sassy Gay Friend Intervention

As long as we’ve known about Sassy Gay Friend, he’s had our heart. But this week, he’s won over our inner child, too, with his impassioned appeal to the Giving Tree to get out of that abusive relationship and perhaps give another classic book character a chance. The clip got us thinking: Plenty of kids’ book heroines could stand to have a similar conversation. After the jump, watch the hilarious Giving Tree video after the jump and then read through our list of 10 other children’s book heroines who are just begging for a stern talking to from Sassy Gay Friend.

Sassy Gay Friend: The Giving Tree

1. Little Red Riding Hood
Before we even get to this wolf business, can we talk about that shapeless cape? If you look like you have no self-esteem, then you’re just setting yourself up for some predator to come and chew your face off. Literally!

2. Alice, Alice in Wonderland
Stop chasing that rabbit, lady! You’re going to have to accept that he’s just not that into you.

3. Wendy Darling, Peter Pan
Listen up, Wendy: Peter is not ready for a mature relationship. What he wants is a mom. On many occasions, he has stated his unwillingness to ever grow up. This will not end well.

4. Sarah, Plain and Tall
Hey, Sarah! Maybe if you weren’t selling yourself as “plain and tall,” you wouldn’t have had to marry a widower with kids and live on a farm in Wyoming. Get the makeover, then start replying to personal ads.

5. Mallory Pike, The Baby-sitters’ Club
Mallory, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but… you are the frumpy friend. Let’s get you a makeover before those your six unique and talented besties, who all have a lot more going for them than you do, drop you like a baby with a smelly diaper.

6. Eloise
Eloise, what are you doing? What, what, what are you doing?! Frolicking around The Plaza parent-less, making mischief may seem like a grand old time now, but if you don’t get some proper role models in your life, you’re less than 10 years away from a Paris Hilton-style sex tape scandal. Or an internship at Conde Nast.

7. Sleeping Beauty
Sure, he told you that whole sob story about good fairies and bad fairies and sleeping for 100 years when you woke up feeling woozy with his tongue in your mouth. But I bet you don’t remember the last place you put your drink down before you went into that coma, do you?

8. Deenie
In the immortal words of one James St. James, “It doesn’t matter what you look like! I mean if you have a hunchback, just throw a little glitter on it, honey, and go dancing.”

9. Cinderella
If you can’t tell the guy your name right off the bat, something’s wrong. Also, glass slippers are so tranny. Honey, it is time you visited Louboutin.

10. Bella, Twilight
Actually, you stupid bitch, it’s not that tough a decision. Why not go with the guy with the nice pecs whose unborn child isn’t trying to devour you from the inside? Or, hey, here’s a thought: Try dating someone from your own species!

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Nice list. Thanks for the giggle.

Gina, I think Judy was using 'tranny' to mean 'drag queen', not trans. There's an important difference. Drag is self-consciously camp and over the top. It's a parody of gender difference. Being trans is something entirely different. This is just a case of picking your battles and context being everything. hjk, a trans woman is still a woman. Given the context, you're either trolling or just very ignorant indeed. x

Very clever! I'd love to see you cover kids' book heroes who need a sassy gay friend intervention, too. So many unhealthy relationships to choose from... Let's see, you could include Pip from Great Expectations (Estella's playing you like a fiddle, dude) and Eugenides from The Queen of Attolia (she cut your hand off. Your hand), and Edmund from The Lion, the Witch, an the Wardrobe (seduced by Turkish Delight? C'mon.)... and I'm sure you could come up with many more...

Let's see Gina...You're right, I'm not a trans woman. But I am a gay man and very used to unfair stereotyping and, occasionally, cruel aggression. That's not, however, what this writer was trying to do. Pick your battles. You'll be a much happier person in the long run.

Hadn't seen that SGF. Thanks!

But I thought you were trans, not a woman?

Let's see Brian... I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're not a trans woman nor do you have any idea that "tranny" is considered a derogatory term by many trans women, especially when it's used as a synonym for trashy or "over the top." This is one woman who doesn't need "sassy gay friends" like that.

There's an apology, but not an edit to the article? "Trashy" works just fine in that context.

I think we all need to lighten up a bit. I thought this was BRILLIANT!!!

Sassy Gay Friend sincerely apologizes for any offense. He should really stop using Christian Siriano from Project Runway as a role model...

Judy... I think you should be ashamed of your comments on Cinderella. Here you are talking about children's stories and you throw in the word "tranny" in a negative sense. Oh yes, "trannies" are ugly and trashy, is that what you're suggesting? Wonderful lesson to teach a child. And I say this as a trans woman who has taught elementary school and is a half-time single parent. Believe it or not Judy, we're not here as a source for your cheap jokes.

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