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Girls, Girls, Girls: "The Bad Friend" Episode Recap

TV post by Kerensa Cadenas on January 28, 2013 - 2:54pm; tagged feminism, girls, HBO, Lena Dunham, pop culture, television.

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Much of Girls so far has dealt with romantic relationships. But in last night's episode, "Bad Friend," the drama centered on the hard work of handling friendships. Namely, best friendships. The tension that has been simmering between Hannah and Marnie since the beginning of this season finally exploded in a coke-and-bad-sex-with-a-terrible-artist-fueled showdown. 

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The Ballad of the Unpaid Intern

Women's Work post by Grace Bello on January 23, 2013 - 3:46pm; tagged career, girls, internships, Parks and Recreation, Underemployed, Woman's Work.

WomansWork_ParksAndRec_April

Onscreen, women struggle as unpaid interns but are saved by, in April's case, a surprise job opportunity in season two of Parks and Recreation. But in real life, about one in six 18-24 year-olds are unemployed and those who land coveted internships often go unpaid.

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Sex and the Working Girl

Women's Work post by Grace Bello on January 22, 2013 - 5:08pm; tagged erotic capital, Friends, girls, Lena Dunham, sexual harassment, Underemployed, Woman's Work.

WomansWork_Girls_HannahAndBoss

In fictional TV narratives, job interviews and negotiations are opportunities for farce. Especially when the manager is male and his subordinate is female, TV writers grab the opportunity to intersect career milestones with heterosexual complications. But when labor economics converge with gender in the real world, the result is far from uproarious.

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Girls, Girls, Girls: "I Don't Live in a World Where There Are Divisions. But You Do!"

TV post by Kerensa Cadenas on January 21, 2013 - 3:37pm; tagged feminism, girls, HBO, Lena Dunham, pop culture, Race, television, white privilege.

Donald Glover, as Sandy, sits on a couch

If last week’s season premiere was the leadup to the inevitable conversation about race that Girls has needed, last night's episode, “I Get Ideas,” finally delivered, with mixed results.

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The Home Economics of Domestic Workers

Women's Work post by Grace Bello on January 17, 2013 - 12:23pm; tagged babysitting, domestic work, Downton Abbey, girls, Woman's Work.
WomansWork_Girls_Jessa

Shows like Girls and The Nanny portray childcare as a temporary, middle-class job that comes with nonthreatening romantic entanglements. And Downton Abbey depicts domestic work as a stable career, so long as you can adhere to the house rules. But in the real world, domestic work is an unstable profession that can encompass unfair labor practices—and a lack of legal protection against them.

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Girls, Girls, Girls: "Don't Try to be Anything You Aren't"

TV post by Kerensa Cadenas on January 14, 2013 - 4:09pm; tagged feminism, girls, HBO, Lena Dunham, pop culture, television.

Hannah, Shoshana, and Marnie confab at a party in the frst episode of Girls season 2

When Girls premiered last year, so many pop culture–loving feminists had pinned hopes on the show that it disappointment was almost inevitable. In a raft of post–Season 1 interviews, Dunham hinted that many critiques of the show—chief among them the issue of its attitude toward race—would be addressed in Season two.

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Exploring TV Portrayals of Young Women in the Workplace

Women's Work post by Grace Bello on January 3, 2013 - 10:34am; tagged career, girls, Lena Dunham, Mad Men, Peggy Olson, Woman's Work, work.
WomansWork_Girls

From coffee shops to reception desks, from retail counters to runways, how do TV depictions of young women at work ring true, and how do they fall short?

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Backlot Bitch: Lena Dunham Doesn't Care What You've Got to Say

TV post by Monica Castillo on November 16, 2012 - 1:47pm; tagged diversity, girls, Lena Dunham, media representation, Race, racism, tv.
My photo of Lena Dunham's kiss-off  at SXSW 12

Lena Dunham tells Esquire she doesn't listen to the haters, including those who say she's whitewashing Brooklyn.

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GIRLS Paper Dolls by Kyle Hilton!

TV post by Kelsey Wallace on June 6, 2012 - 11:59am; tagged girls, television.
I love illustrator Kyle Hilton. Based on the paper dolls he makes, the two of us should be best friends who watch every television show and movie together always. Case in point: His new set, a collaboration with Vulture, is of the cast of GIRLS!

Hanna paper doll
Hannah Horvath, complete with union suit, laptop, and tub cupcake.
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Video: Shit Girls Say About the Show GIRLS

Video post by Kelsey Wallace on April 27, 2012 - 9:17am; tagged girls, Shit Girls Say, video.
Well, you knew this was coming. With everyone talking about GIRLS (and the "Shit Girls Say" guy landing a book deal), this "Shit Girls Say About GIRLS" video was as inevitable as a future filled with sex robots. And I have to admit, even though I am a "Shit Girls Say" hater, I laughed at this.

Check it out but be warned: The Internet just might be collapsing on itself.


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