Lena Dunham : ce qu'il faut savoir

Lena Dunham en Canada fait l'actualité ce jeudi. Selon Vox, Lena Dunham, the subject of a thousand 2010s think pieces about whether or not she is problematic, has re-emerged from behind the curtain with her new memoir, Famesick.

Les faits

• Lena Dunham, the subject of a thousand 2010s think pieces about whether or not she is problematic, has re-emerged from behind the curtain with her new memoir, Famesick.
• Of all the people who were canceled in the 2010s, Lena Dunham was surely not the most deserving.
• “We owe Lena Dunham an apology,” declared Rachel Simon in a story for MS Now.
• “I was wrong about Lena Dunham,” proclaimed Sonia Soraiya at Slate.
• “It is in these moments that I felt unsure whether Dunham is a victim or a narcissist,” wrote the essayist Eleanor Halls in her review of Famesick; “the truth is you can be both.” And isn’t it always both with Lena Dunham?

L'essentiel

Vox indique que Of all the people who were canceled in the 2010s, Lena Dunham was surely not the most deserving. D'après Slate Magazine, I didn’t know the previous work of creator Lena Dunham, although I sought out her SXSW debut Tiny Furniture—an unforgettable, repulsive film that discomfited me—later that year, watching it on a MacBook screen balanced on my lap. Comme le souligne Slate Magazine, Now, as Dunham reemerges to reclaim her space in the public eye, I can finally say it: I was wrong about Lena Dunham. Selon Slate Magazine, It’s about a female body spanning youth to middle age, using its challenges as the lens for the ongoing becoming of Lena Dunham.

Les chiffres

Slate Magazine indique que In April 2012, when HBO debuted the first season of a half-hour satire of the lives of young women in New York, I took it rather personally. D'après Slate Magazine, I was myself in my 20s, and although I had moved to Brooklyn only eight months prior, I was “going to be” a New Yorker too. Comme le souligne Slate Magazine, it was only with the clarity of time and hindsight that I, like so many others who once derided Dunham and all that she supposedly represented, was able to look back and question what I did 14 years ago. Selon Slate Magazine, It’s strange to talk about Dunham’s body, in her 20s, in this manner.

Ce qu'ils disent

“We owe Lena Dunham an apology,” declared Rachel Simon in a story for MS Now. (Vox) “I was wrong about Lena Dunham,” proclaimed Sonia Soraiya at Slate. (Vox) “It is in these moments that I felt unsure whether Dunham is a victim or a narcissist,” wrote the essayist Eleanor Halls in her review of Famesick; “the truth is you can be both.” And isn’t it always both with Lena Dunham? (Vox)

Le contexte

Selon Slate Magazine, In 2016 she would describe this as her “delusional girl persona.” It’s a girl we love to hate, and in a way, Dunham is both the target of this hatred and a participant in the attack. Slate Magazine indique que as a millennial who, like Dunham, is turning 40 this year, it seems to go against every instinct I have to embrace my flawed, sensitive, vulnerable body, one that never quite does exactly what I want it to—not when I was in my 20s and full of hope and self-loathing, not now, maybe not ever. D'après Vox, Lena Dunham has heard all of your criticisms of Girls. Comme le souligne Vox, Lena Dunham controversies: A (non-comprehensive) timeline.

Recherches associées

Les recherches associées qui dominent la conversation : Lena Dunham affirme qu'Adam Driver a lancé une chaise et frappé un mur pendant le tournage de «Girls • « Too Much » : Lena Dunham appartient-elle à une autre époque? • «Too Much»: et Lena Dunham créa la trentenaire amoureuse • Lena Dunham fait des révélations surprenantes sur les coulisses de « Girls » dans son autobiographie • Lena Dunham se livre sur le comportement parfois violent d’Adam Driver sur « Girls » • "Colérique et agressif": l'actrice Lena Dunham évoque la violence d'Adam Driver sur le tournage de "Girls".

À retenir

• It was only with the clarity of time and hindsight that I, like so many others who once derided Dunham and all that she supposedly represented, was able to look back and question what I did 14 years ago.
• As a millennial who, like Dunham, is turning 40 this year, it seems to go against every instinct I have to embrace my flawed, sensitive, vulnerable body, one that never quite does exactly what I want it to—not when I was in my 20s and full of hope and self-loathing, not now, maybe not ever.
• Theoretically she was talking about her own insecurities, but in practice, the quote was so specific and bizarrely sexualized (truly the Lena Dunham story) that critics argued it played into a harmful narrative about how Black men respond to white women. (Dunham later apologized.).
• Recherches qui explosent : Lena Dunham affirme qu'Adam Driver a lancé une chaise et frappé un mur pendant le tournage de «Girls, « Too Much » : Lena Dunham appartient-elle à une autre époque?, «Too Much»: et Lena Dunham créa la trentenaire amoureuse, Lena Dunham fait des révélations surprenantes sur les coulisses de « Girls » dans son autobiographie.