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  • Check out the rest of today's news 8. Ellie and Sarah develop their 'homance.

    Chuck: Hannah, Browncoats and 10 More Things We Want in the Final Season 2011

  • In handy list form, Jessica Grose untangles the tropes of the "homance," women's answer to the original buddy flick.

    Slate Magazine Katy Waldman 2011

  • Because while Bridesmaids does share some core DNA with bromances, particularly the ones directed, written or produced by Judd Apatow who was also a producer of this film, it is ultimately a different-and more original-animal: Let's call it a homance.

    Slate Magazine Jessica Grose 2011

  • Besides the gender of the main character, what distinguishes a homance from a bromance?

    Slate Magazine Jessica Grose 2011

  • In the homance, by contrast, friendship is far less soothing and considerably more complicated.

    Slate Magazine Jessica Grose 2011

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