Topic: Lena Dunham

Charlie Is Leaving Girls, So Let Me Find A Way To Blame This On Lena Dunham

Charlie Is Leaving Girls, So Let Me Find A Way To Blame This On Lena Dunham

It’s just been announced that Christopher Abbott is abruptly leaving Girls, where he played Marnie’s boyfriend Charlie. Wait, no! But what? WHY?!? I had so much hope for Charlie! He was the cutest guy on the show, and he made me believe that one day, if I worked really hard at it and got just as skinny as Allison Williams, I could one day have a boyfriend who didn’t ask me to step on his balls. More »

An Open Letter From Lena Dunham’s Little Kid Self To Her 2013 Self

An Open Letter From Lena Dunham's Little Kid Self To Her 2013 Self

So Lena Dunham posted a picture of her wee tiny childhood self to Instagram recently, and it’s been picked up by a lot of news outlets who can’t believe how cute she looks. It’s been posted a lot of places, but what I haven’t seen posted is the letter that little kid Lena wrote to today Lena. This could be because I wrote it up myself and it’s complete fiction, or it could be because today’s media is woefully lacking in journalistic investigatory skills. Totally your call. More »

Girls Is Terrible, And Such Small Portions: How To Lose Friends And Alienate Everyone

Girls Is Terrible, And Such Small Portions: How To Lose Friends And Alienate Everyone

I watched the most uncomfortable episode of Girls last night. Like, when I say uncomfortable, I mean I watched the whole thing through my hands like horror movie. Things were viscerally uncomfortable with Hannah vs. the ass splinter/Hannah vs. the q-tip. Socially with Marnie’s Kanye sing-along. And ultimately, the sex between Adam and Natalya makes me seriously question the purportedly “feminist” thesis of the show. Did that feel like rape to anyone else? Things were dark. If I were Jemima Kirke, I’d have been super relieved to be on maternity leave for this part of the season. But let’s just dive right into this, shall we? More »

Does Judd Apatow Think Allison Williams Is A Terrible Singer?

Does Judd Apatow Think Allison Williams Is A Terrible Singer?

Last year when Allison Williams was doing the talk show circuit to promote Girls, she made a point of letting everyone know that producer Judd Apatow decided to hire her after seeing her sing a version of the Mad Men theme song on YouTube. But it wasn’t until last night, well into Season 2, that we saw her actually sing. And she was notably terrible. Is this Judd Apatow’s version of a long con? More »