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“Girls” recap. “All Adventurous Women Do.”

I’m getting bored of Girls. I think the most exciting part was figuring out that artist dude who guest starred was The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone. It was a head-scratcher because I usually only picture him with this face:

That’s him jizzing in his pants because of a cool draft…and Marnie was all over that. Booth (the weirdly creepy artist) and Marnie had met at her gallery’s party, after her drunkass boss introduced them and said something really racist—“You know what I say about men who fuck Asian women” No, what DO you say?? More racism—probably something that Girls doesn’t need right now.

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“Girls” recap. “Vagina Panic”

Crazy that I needed a whole post on racism and diversity before Lena Dunham could even offer a second episode recap. Let’s shift the conversation entirely about stuff that really matters…vaginas. Now I know that the Dems and Repubs have been politicizing on our lady parts for months now, but I wasn’t ready for this episode’s va-jay-jay hyper analysis on STDS, abortions, and menstrual cycles. I doubt my mom reads this blog, but recapping ep.2 is even making me bashful (and I get paid to write about Love and Sex). Let’s go!

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“Girls” racism backlash

This post is a little off topic, but let’s address Girls and the show’s apparent “lack of diversity.” Before poor lil’ Lena Dunham could even counter with a second episode, media folk have (more articulately) expressed:

BAH! Why is every major character WHITE? That black guy in the end is poor and scary! And that Asian is wearing nerd glasses and is really good a Photoshop! RABBLE RABBLE!!

It’s like they’re saying, “Homegirl, we don’t care that you’ve somehow written/directed/starred in your own widely acclaimed HBO show at the age of 25. You racist.”

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“Girls” episode 1 recap. This show is my life.

I’ve been wanting to recap shows for the longest time, but I never found the right show to start it with. Enter Girls, written, directed by and starring Lena Dunham, which premiered on HBO last night after much hoopla.

It’s a HBO comedy about four single women living in New York City—sound a little familiar to you? They’re just begging for the Sex and the City comparisons, heck even one of the characters calls herself a Carrie with a little Samantha. But it’s minus the glossy Manolos and rent controlled Manhattan apartments. A 20something-Recession era slice of life with shared living spaces and enormous student loan debt (ugh only 50K for one character, that happy chap). There’s sex, but it’s grimy and with unflattering lighting.

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