John Green has had a big weekend. The film adaptation of his beloved book The Fault in Our Stars opened at No. 1, raking in more than $48 million at the box office. We’re as guilty as anyone else of getting swept up in the film’s charms, and we’re glad it has praiseworthy feminist cred with a smart, funny, and strong female protagonist. So we’ll cut him some slack.

But we think he might be just a little drunk on success at the moment. Yesterday, an ebullient Green reblogged a Tumblr GIF of TFIOS‘ epic romance, Hazel and Gus, and their lovely on-screen kiss:

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To this touching moment, Green appended the following eager comment:

I just want to point out one thing here: When was the last time the girl kissed the boy in a teen romance? Ever? Has it happened ever? I seriously think it might not have happened ever.

Really, John? Really? This just happened, like, five minutes ago:

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So did this, you know, from that little series your brother produced?

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It’s not like this girls-kissing-first thing is anything new. Lauren Bacall’s famous go-getter from To Have and To Have Not is one of the most famous on-screen kisses in history, and it’s 70 years old:

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In fact, moviedom is pretty much strewn with iconic kisses initiated by the girl:

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It’s even been kind of an epidemic lately:

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