Dunham plays a rich girl. Because she is a rich girl. The criticism about race is wrong; the problem is class. Black people aren't on Girls because Dunham doesn't know any, because she surrounds herself with an economic status that excludes them.

No. Minorites are excluded because the show is class-exclusive and panders to the upper middle-class, which is the actual criticism that bloggers can't quite grasp. There aren't black characters on Girls because Lena Dunham went to Oberlin and doesn't really know any black people. It's a reflection of her class…

No. Minorites are excluded because the show is class-exclusive and panders to the upper middle-class, which is the actual criticism that bloggers can't quite grasp. There aren't black characters on Girls because Lena Dunham went to Oberlin and doesn't really know any black people. It's a reflection of her class…

HBO EXEC: Hey Lena, here's a list of criticisms aimed at your show. [He hands her a five-pound dossier]

HBO EXEC: Hey Lena, here's a list of criticisms aimed at your show. [He hands her a five-pound dossier]

[literally throws bag of shit]

[literally throws bag of shit]

You forgot JK Rowling!!1!

You forgot JK Rowling!!1!

Mumblecore is its own parody, and rather consciously so. (Greenberg, for instance.) I can't imagine a worse nightmare than a navel-gazing mumblecore parody.

Mumblecore is its own parody, and rather consciously so. (Greenberg, for instance.) I can't imagine a worse nightmare than a navel-gazing mumblecore parody.

Wait, when the fuck did this backlash happen

Anna Kendrick borrowed Koski's patented Bitch Face apparently

Anna Kendrick borrowed Koski's patented Bitch Face apparently

Not if you look in the right places: Dum Dums, Hunx, Wavves, Heavy Cream, Those Darlins, White Lung, Nobunny, Bad Sports, Screeching Weasel, Swearin', Titus Andronicus, Male Bonding, Vivian Girls, Fucked Up, Screaming Females, Trash Talk, etc have all released excellent albums in the last couple of years. I'm…

Not if you look in the right places: Dum Dums, Hunx, Wavves, Heavy Cream, Those Darlins, White Lung, Nobunny, Bad Sports, Screeching Weasel, Swearin', Titus Andronicus, Male Bonding, Vivian Girls, Fucked Up, Screaming Females, Trash Talk, etc have all released excellent albums in the last couple of years. I'm…

Dum Dums were on Undercover.

Dum Dums were on Undercover.

I Will Be is a punk album. Three chords, loud, fast, owing everything to the Ramones. (Dee Dee Dum Dum, hello) Best punk album in a long, long time when it came out.

I Will Be is a punk album. Three chords, loud, fast, owing everything to the Ramones. (Dee Dee Dum Dum, hello) Best punk album in a long, long time when it came out.