Elaine Blair on Lena Dunham, Sex, and Television

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In this episode of Private Life , Elaine Blair joins Jarrett Earnest to talk about feminism, sexuality, and television . They discuss her essay “ The Loves of Lena Dunham ” (published in the June 7, 2012, issue of the Review ) in light of Dunham’s memoir, Famesick (2026), as well as the reputation of her HBO show, Girls. Earnest and Blair also talk about her essay “ Fighting for Her Life ” (from the June 27, 2019 issue), about Andrea Dworkin; how feminist thinking has shifted in the last few decades; and how cultural criticism reflects changing attitudes. Elaine Blair is a writer and contributor to The New York Review of Books . She has written for Harper’s , The New York Times , and The…