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Lena Dunham
July 29, 2022
Magazine
Lidija Haas
How Lena Dunham Got Stuck In Her Twenties
“Sharp Stick” has all the hallmarks of a Dunham production. That’s the problem.
July 1, 2020
Jo Livingstone
A Satire That Demolishes the Influencer Industry
Leigh Stein’s novel “Self Care” drowns wellness Instagrammers in their own moon juice.
October 3, 2017
Magazine
Laura Reston
The NRA’s New Scare Tactics
With Trump in the White House, the gun lobby has transformed into a right-wing media outlet.
March 21, 2017
Magazine
Sarah Marshall
Girls, Interrupted
How Lena Dunham defied expectations and remade TV.
March 6, 2017
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
The Perils of “Privilege”
Privilege is best understood not as a real trait, but a construction: Anyone can be “privileged” if it suits someone else’s argument.
January 20, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Bill Clinton’s sexual past is going to be a campaign issue, Lena Dunham edition.
October 5, 2015
Alex Shephard
Is an Amy Schumer Essay Collection Worth $10 Million?
The logic behind publishers’ massive celebrity book deals
May 10, 2015
Edmund Newton
My Mom Worked Tirelessly for Me Throughout My Childhood and All I Got Her Was This Lousy Book
April 6, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Your Sense of Humor Doesn't Have to Match Your Politics
March 31, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Anti-Jewish Jokes Don't Get a Pass Anymore
Trevor Noah and Lena Dunham learned that lesson the hard way
January 26, 2015
Sarah Marshall
The Real Drama of 'Girls' Has Never Been About Hannah
January 11, 2015
Angela Flournoy
'Girls' Season 4: New Location, Same Stunted Characters
November 14, 2014
Sally Kohn
Feminists Need to Stop Sounding False Alarms About Sexism
November 7, 2014
James Wolcott
Callow, Grating, and Glib: The First-Person Fodder of Lena Dunham Inc.
October 2, 2014
Rebecca Traister
Don't Love or Hate Lena Dunham. Create More of Her.
The pressure on young female celebrities is unsustainable
July 2, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
Chip Kidd Thinks Lena Dunham's Book Cover Could Use an Upgrade
But she's not alone in reviving 70s-style fonts
January 10, 2014
Laura Bennett
'Girls' Has Grown Up—And Isn't As Funny
How Lena Dunham's show went from a coming-of-age story to a comedy of manners
August 7, 2013
Noreen Malone
Moderate Chic: That Party of Lena’s
May 10, 2013
Noreen Malone
Not That Kind of Girl
Liz Meriwether is the anti-Lena Dunham
April 12, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
When Irony Backfires
Harvard students aren't too cool to be sexist
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