"The passions provoked by the show—among both critics and admirers—suggest something both refreshing and a little startling: that a pop-culture product that focusses mostly on women and intimate, sometimes gruesome details of their lives, is still considered a provocation." »

from “The Age of Girlfriends” by Anna Holmes. This also picks up on the startling reality that much of the market of ideas is still developed by men (I’m sure two years hasn’t changed things much), and cleverly brings in the Bechdel Test.

Posted 11 months ago
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Tagged: The New Yorker, Girls, Lena Dunham, Sheila Heti, Alison Bechdel, Anna Holmes, .
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