The Lena Dunham Fallacy
Whistling past the ideological graveyard.
I will semi-proudly admit that I have seen every episode of Girls, and am generally glad it gave the world Adam Driver, and also think that the random guy-focused episode where Adam and Ray seek to return a dog is a perfect encapsulation of late-20something male relationships. At the same time, I’d also say Lena Dunham can be unbelievably annoying with her views, especially on the socials. I don’t really follow her on anything anymore, and a quick look at Twitter reveals she stopped new tweets in October of 2022 (and most of those were to promote some Amazon Prime movie she did), so eh. I liked the show, don’t love her. That’s the bottom line.
A couple of days ago, I was watching this video:
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