Controversial Cultural Icons Interviewing Each Other

Miranda July and Lena Dunham

“How did you feel about her vagina?” Lena Dunham asked actress, writer, and filmmaker, Miranda July, during their phone call for the February issue of Interview magazine. “Terrific. I felt terrific about it,” July answered. No topic was off limits, and the creative, idiosyncratic connections between the two artists hum as they trade observations about work, family, and women. “You guys are what we need,” July tells her. “I really do feel that way. The way that you have tilted a lot of people’s worlds is only positive — even if it feels kind of disruptive. It’s not always a totally easy thing for everyone to adjust to a new face of power, even if it’s the thing they want the most.”