This crescendo of Gosblrs thus caused search interest in Hey Girl Ryan Gosling to peak, unsurprisingly that January and early February, in the leadup to Valentine’s Day of 2012. Kyle Calise is ...

And it’s not because he isn’t a good actor ... of meme culture, and Gosling spawned one of the most famous: the “Hey Girl” memes popularised by the Feminist Ryan Gosling blog.

Thanks to legions of teary-eyed romcom fans, a feminist-leaning meme and never eating his bloody cereal, Ryan Gosling has come to embody some kind of emotionally intelligent manhood ideal (on the ...