Lena Dunham: It’s ‘Not Elegant’ To Respond To Some Criticism
On the brink of a major book deal, Dunham presents herself not as one of the messy millennials she writes and plays on TV, but as a burgeoning mogul.
On the brink of a major book deal, Dunham presents herself not as one of the messy millennials she writes and plays on TV, but as a burgeoning mogul.
Her parents aren’t even that famous. What we’re talking about here is actually privilege.
The rare red pandas were born in June at the ZSL Whipsnade Zoo just outside of London. The twin little girls decided to show themselves to the world today, and they did NOT disappoint.
Another finding surprised researchers behind this new study: black girls report less stress than white girls overall.
The star of The New Normal spoke to BuzzFeed about working with Nene Leakes, why he’s addicted to Hoarders, and answered the age old question: Cats or dogs?
We’re living in the golden age of hate-watchable trash television. Here are 13 horrible/awesome shows that are so bad they’re good.
The costume designer of Girls might collaborate on clothing lines — even though sometimes her work is all about “finding [Lena Dunham] just the right pair of gross underwear.” Girls is great in many ways, but what about the fashion on all these other TV shows going unnoticed but wildly relevant today? Everyone wants to turn televised nonsense into clothing lines now (Snooki sunglasses exist) so they may as well reach back to shows that are at least ironically cool now.
Girls is Nas’s favorite TV show.
Thanks to Tom Felton (Malfoy from Harry Potter) for tweeting this photo to the masses.
This is a Thing.
The girls in a new study didn’t do any worse at math than the boys. But they were more anxious about it — which could have implications down the line.
Sheila Heti’s How Should A Person Be?, an unconventional novel about two real-life friends, is getting some of the same mixed acclaim and criticism that marked the debut of HBO’s Girls. But will “girliness” ever be taken seriously?
Oh how the times have changed.
The female creators of Grey’s Anatomy and Bunheads recently started a war of words, with one saying that women in TV don’t support each other enough. Except this spat seems like an exception to women in the industry’s overarching support of one another.
Werk it.
In the first season finale, the men on the show, who had been entirely awful for nine episodes, finally showed their softer sides and didn’t act like complete jerks. Which one turned out to the least awful?
How did they pick who was what? (via reddit.com)
This is so adorable because it’s basically every girls dream to meet — and be on the same level with — the guy you’ve been in love with your whole life.
She penned it in high school and naturally told him all about it when she appeared on Late Night yesterday. We must find this play!
Do you really wish your boyfriend committed suicide by overdosing and crashing an old car? Didn’t think so.
Gaming is on the rise among girls aged 8 to 12. But the games they’re playing aren’t exactly sending them great messages.
In the latest episode of the HBO series one of TV’s most awful love interests, Adam, urinated on his girlfriend. The plot point exemplified how the writers of this show don’t give the male characters a break.
This interview is disturbing. Highlights include “there was $150 in that envelope and I wanted that money and it was mine” and “I don’t feel sadness for that little girl.”
Cuteness level: Charlie.
In the show’s trailblazing efforts to touch on all taboo topics, we’re now forced to consider parental sex. Ick?
10 Superbly Sensual Faces. Numbering is in the eye of the beholder.
The Girls creator threw a 26th birthday party on Sunday in which she forced her friends to exercise on stationary bikes. Sounds like, err…a blast?
Also explored: the difference between a notebook and a journal, basic sexual etiquette, and more.
On a Conan appearance, Mamet, who plays the naive Shoshanna on Girls said guys are turned off by her “ambition.” “Ninety percent of the time when I go on dates I think, I could be reading my book instead,” she added.
First HBO’s Girls was celebrated for finally accurately depicting the lives of young professionals in their early twenties living in New York. And then came the onslaught of criticism about its racist casting and privileged point of view. Creator Lena Dunham responded to the backlash on NPR.