Lens Dunham: 'Why I Broke Up With New York'

Fat bitch didn’t feel like walking. New Yorkers walk.

“Omaha here I come!”

New York has a sigh of relief.

[quote]Lens Dunham: 'Why I Broke Up With New York'

[quote]King Kong: 'Why I Broke Up With New York'

[quote]Eve Harrington: 'Why I Broke Up With New York'

Read the room bitch. No one cares why you left New York

I don’t need to read this to know that Joan Didion’s “goodbye to all that” this is not.

The obesity rate in NYC is lower than the national average. It ranks 88 out of 100 most obese cities in the US.

Lena has gained about 600 pounds since leaving NYC.

I shoulda given her to Jesus when she was born... now the Devil has come home.

It’s not you, it’s us

She is such a product of her time. Those hipster millenials are dated, it's hard to believe they were so ubiquitous.

R6, the Didionitis is strong in this one.

She should get this tattooed

I miss Girls I wish she’d create another show

[quote]I was still nestled inside my mother like a Yonah Schimmel knish to go

I can't believe any editor let this ridiculous sentence be published.

She's exhausting.

[quote]The obesity rate in NYC is lower than the national average. It ranks 88 out of 100 most obese cities in the US.

New York City ranks 18th overall out of 182 US cities in a ranking of America's healthiest cities. A significant portion of New Yorkers, approximately 60%, are either overweight or obese. The city's obesity rate is a key factor contributing to its lower ranking in the overall health standings.

With Trump and Lena Dunham gone, that percentage should drop to 40%, r16. If you New Yorkers can get my fat daughter off her sofa and out of town, you might get it down to 20%.

Agree, R14. That line stopped me in my tracks, which is sort of how I always received Lena’s writing. She has some skill but it’s always punctuated with really bad lines.

That said, this made me feel sort of bad for her. She seems like she’s always longing for somewhere she can’t get. She claims to be settled now, but I question it.

She's unhappy because she's unattractive. And that's regardless of weight issues. She's just not pretty.

I know it's overly simplistic but it's the case for a lot of plain/unattractive women.

R19- She was kinda purty when she lost weight years ago. I do agree she is particularly unattractive now.

She dresses like this deliberately, she wants the negative attention. Her character on Girls did the same thing.

She’s intolerable

She needs to try monjurro

What she REALLY needs to do is break up with donuts.

Those donuts do look fabulous ( I am not a fat whore)

NY: No, I am breaking up with YOU

It’s a good article. Lena Dunham has realised that displaying humility is not innately anti-feminist relic when women-deserve-a-seat-at-the-table but a sign of humanity. She should keep writing and never act, ever.

R19 Is right

I was molested when i was down on the floor looking for my contact lens.

[quote]Lens: This town ain't big enough for the both of us.

Agreed.

Had she been like 80% of her peers (even the naturally beautiful ones) and fixed her nose, had her chin and jaw sculpted and a blepharoplasty, she could have transformed herself at least into something cute face-wise.

It wouldn't help her naturally mousy hair colour, her height, her unwillingness to see a personal trainer 3 times a week or to count calories, but it would be something.

I still remember her episode of Scandal, where she played the hottest call girl in Washington who was threatening to release a tell all book about her exploits.

I saw her in Chelsea when Girls first hit. She looked attractive and well groomed then. Her big problem was her pear shaped body. Not in fashion at all. Short of extensive surgery, not much she can do.

She’s left New York because she couldn’t fit!

That is some kind of mental illness in the pic at R20. There has to be deep seated self hatred to flaunt her repulsive body.

Her whole schtick was exposing herself and then shaming people who didn't want to look at it with diatribes on body shaming average looking women. But there was no point to her nudity, it was just random and pointless. I remember the Emmy opening one year that had her sitting naked in a bathroom eating a cake. It had nothing to do with the opening number (Which was some Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey dance) but for some reason it was just there.

It's telling that Girls never became a gay cult hit. Four female led series are catnip among gay audiences, yet Girls never took off in that way. Her appeal has always been greatly limited. And that generation of upper-class college, twenty something white feminists who lauded her "bravery" is now facing middle age and is largely outdated in today's society.

R30 I think most blonde actresses have mousy hair:

R34 it’s weird how she has no torso. Her breasts and right above her hips.

Also, obese women aren’t usually so flat chested. She’s just oddly shaped all around.

R19- When the show went on the air she was 25 years old and even though she was chubby ( not yet morbidly obese like she is now) she had a cuteness that being only 25 years old allows a young woman to have even when she is chubby. Her youth is long gone and she must weigh a hundred pounds more than she did when filming began in 2011.

Even then though she must have been jealous of Marnie ( was that her name) who was tall and slim and very pretty- in real life. On the show they were best friends and she was not jealous of her at all- which is TOTALLY fake.

Gingivitis with vagina dentata.

That takes commitment.

I liked this piece. She's a good writer.

Not to take her side, but I'd swap NYC for London in an instant if I were loaded. There's just no contest, especially with the current regime in D.C.

Because of this thread I decided to start watching GIRLS again on MAX. The early seasons were rather charming at times. She was always overweight but in 2011 when filming began she was only mildly overweight not the at least 100lbs she is now- poor thing.

She does look like a YS knish.

She actually looks good here, or the best she has ever looked.

She has gamine like facial features but the excess weight ruins her look. Some people look better heavier, shes not one of them.

R44- WOW 😮

She's looks geniunely pretty in that photo.

Yes. She looked pretty when I saw her. Not fat then but a very dumpy body..

She looks like she tried to swallow NYC whole. Good riddance to her.

I liked it. Shit, I like her.

She’s a modern day Andrea Dworkin.

Her GIRLS body never looked so good. She has naturally bad proportions no matter how thin she is (big ass, wide or semi-wide waist, narrow shoulders, small tits), and she had some rolls. But she wasn't that big at all and could at least look good in clothes. What's happened to her is just so much worse.

If you’re rich I don’t want to see you talking about anything besides how grateful you are. I feel like my head is going to explode if I see one more brat’s navel gazing masturbation session published in OUR media, so sick of this LITTER.

R51 - it's because she didn't work out - she just lost weight by dieting. You have to mold and sculpt your body, particularly if you've been overweight.

[quote]Her big problem was her pear shaped body. Not in fashion at all. Short of extensive surgery, not much she can do.

Extreme calorie restriction is about the only thing that can make pear-shaped women conform to contemporary standards of what is considered attractive. Keira Knightley is pear-shaped but so thin you don't really notice. (I have seen people refer to Kim Kardashian as pear-shaped but she looks like more of an hourglass to me.)

God do I wish I could be a Skinny Minnie like she is!

[quote] Had she been like 80% of her peers (even the naturally beautiful ones) and fixed her nose, had her chin and jaw sculpted and a blepharoplasty,

80% of her peers have fixed their noses, had their chins and jaws scultped, and had blepharoplasty???

Honey: NO. You're living in a fantasy.

Lena is a fantastic writer. She has odd ideas and absolutely refuses to conform to what society deems attractive. I like her a lot. You can keep your Nicole Kidman surviving on one lima bean a day and two face lifts per year.

It's either Nicole Kidman OR Lena Dunham!

You must have one, or the other. You cannot have both, nor neither, nor anything in between!

I actually liked Girls. She really captured that demo of that generation. I'm not part of that demo or that generation (or that gender or that sexuality (of the main characters anyway)), but that's why I think it's so well written. I still enjoyed it a lot.

R59: It started out trying to to capture the diminishing prospects as experienced by Oberlin grads, but hardly a broad demographic. Unfortunately, it became an exercise in navel gazing after that and stayed that way.

It was still very entertaining. The best characters were Adam and Eli.

She's always been a self obsessed nut job, but once Jack Antonoff dumped her (and most likely cheated on her with Lorde) and then got married to the insanely gorgeous Margaret Qualley, she went completely off the rails and ate up her feelings and then some.

Her writing is okay, but she's such a pathetic, needy victim all the time that it becomes tedious to finish or care about the outcome of her pieces.

and another hundred people just got off of the train

The funny thing is that Qualley isn’t really beautiful with her bulgy eyes and gummy smile but Gen Z worships her. Lens is actually talented, but Qualley is just annoying without the talent.

Still, I do like the Lana Del Rey song about her, Margaret.

I was going to say the same thing but figured I would get accused of being Lens R64.

Lena is no beauty and has a misshapen figure outside her weight issues, but Margaret looks kind of ugly to me and is shaped like an underweight boy. No curves at all. Snd she's tedious in her own way.

R65 haha I am not Lens either and not a fan.

But I hate that awful Kenzo commercial with MQ people think is so brilliant. It’s awful, and she’s awful. You can’t escape it on Instagram. I get what the director was going for but it doesn’t work.

Lens's success and stardom reflect a very particular moment in time when there was a shift away from conventionally attractive and slim women.

She became famous because "body positivity" and the burning desire for "regular" women to be seen as desirable were just gaining traction. Phrases like "fat shaming" and "anxiety" were rallying cries, excuses, and badges of honor.

It was a perfect storm for someone like her to become successful in her limited way.

She's like a two-hit wonder pop star.

I'd be more interested in how she broke up with junk food and excess helpings.

I wonder if she made Jack hold her hand while the enema was taking effect? Gross bitch.

Notice Jack moved on and locked down Margaret Qualley quick. I'm sure after LD she seemed like the most beautiful woman in the world.

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Les husband earns every penny.

Any parent who agrees to let their kid go to Oberlin might has well flush their money down the toilet. It's a worthless school.

[QUOTE] It's telling that Girls never became a gay cult hit. Four female led series are catnip among gay audiences, yet Girls never took off in that way.

R35 This is actually a testament to its greatness. It was the 2010s and the culture had moved beyond Sex and the City.

[quote] 80% of her peers have fixed their noses, had their chins and jaws scultped, and had blepharoplasty???

All of the following have had at least 2 out of the 3 done, and most were already considerably beautiful: Jennifer Lawrence. Scarlett Johansson. Jessica Chastain. Blake Lively. Mary-Kate and Ashley. Beyonce. Angelina Jolie. Ariana Grande. Amber Heard. Zoe Kravitz. Margot Robbie. Ciara. Megan Fox. Monks Kelly. Shay Mitchell.

[quote]Any parent who agrees to let their kid go to Oberlin might has well flush their money down the toilet. It's a worthless school.

Oberlin is known for its excellent conservatory of music. Its music and arts programs are far better than its academic ones.

[quote] I actually liked Girls. She really captured that demo of that generation. I'm not part of that demo or that generation (or that gender or that sexuality (of the main characters anyway)), but that's why I think it's so well written. I still enjoyed it a lot.

Ditto.

I once stood behind her at Murray's Bagels and she was as nice as can be to the few queens who recognized her.

How many bagels did she eat? Was there any left for you?

Thank god!

"but once Jack Antonoff dumped her (and most likely cheated on her with Lorde) and then got married to the insanely gorgeous Margaret Qualley"

Let's not be hyperbolic. "Thin and not unattractive, so a big upgrade from Lena" is more like it.

[quote] Lena is a fantastic writer.

Hi Lena!

These people are all so ugly and irrelevant.

Jack Antonoff music sucks