{"id":903,"date":"2026-11-13T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T14:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=903"},"modified":"2026-11-13T09:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T14:53:25","slug":"lena-dunham-medias-misogyny-girls-people-angrier-us-giving-handjobs-tv-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=903","title":{"rendered":"Lena Dunham on Media\u2019s Misogyny Over \u2018Girls\u2019: \u2018People Were Angrier at Us for Giving Handjobs on TV Than They Were at Walter White or Tony Soprano\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><!-- AVision: picture 1 left out \u2014 the site answered HTTP 500 to POST \/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media with no explanation \u2014 the SERVER failed on the request: a PHP fa --><\/figure>\n<p>Lena Dunham says the reception to &#x27;Girls&#x27; has changed dramatically since it first aired in 2012. Speaking with Allison Williams at a New York City event, Dunham said the renewed enthusiasm is &#x27;a daily surprise.&#x27; She argued the media applied a double standard to the show, saying audiences were angrier about its sexual content than they ever were at characters like Walter White or Tony Soprano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-source\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/lena-dunham-girls-media-misogyny-revival-enthusiasm-1236946939\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Variety \u2014 Lena Dunham on Media\u2019s Misogyny Over \u2018Girls\u2019: \u2018People Were Angrier at Us for Giving Handjobs on TV Than They Were at Walter White or Tony Soprano\u2019<\/a>. Also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/international\/6216669-scrutinizing-wartime-information-environment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thehill.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-credit\"><em>AI-assisted summary; the reporting is the source&#x27;s. Read the original at the link.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lena Dunham, Girls, Allison Williams, misogyny, television<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lena Dunham says the reception to &#8216;Girls&#8217; has changed dramatically since it first aired in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1030,1029,1028,1031,433],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-allison-williams","tag-girls","tag-lena-dunham","tag-misogyny","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}