Girls

All the Things We Learned From the ‘Girls’ Season 3 Trailer

By Brie Hiramine on Nov 22, 2013 3:00pm

Surprise! HBO released the trailer for Girls a few days earlier than expected, after Lena Dunham already teased it on Instagram. The video follows the familiar hallmarks of Girls: bold interstitials, muted colors, snappy editing, poppy music, and eventually uplifting vibes. There’s a lot of information to cull from this trailer (and obsessively, irrationally read into), so let’s get started! … Read More

Danielle Brooks to Play First Black Female Character on ‘Girls’

By Brie Hiramine on Sep 13, 2013 5:05pm

Danielle Brooks, more commonly known as Taystee on Orange Is the New Black, will appear on the next season of Girls.… Read More

Photos from the Set of ‘Girls,’ Season Three

By Sarah Fonder on Aug 13, 2013 2:30pm

Books

‘Brooklyn Girls,’ Brooklyn Lit Boys, and the New Genre of Brooklynsploitation

By Jason Diamond on Jul 9, 2013 4:00pm

Sometimes I feel bad for Lena Dunham.

I know that she’s rich, she dates a guy in a popular band, and she has more Emmys than me (I currently have zero), but I can’t imagine how it must feel to be thought of as the epitome of the Gen Y Brooklynite, or in her case, Brooklyn girl. Being the post-Carrie Bradshaw living in Greenpoint instead of on the Upper East Side makes Dunham the poster child for the played-out Brooklyn hipster tag that people like to throw around so much. Being the target of ridicule that she doesn’t necessarily always deserve must be getting old by now. … Read More