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Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

Lena Dunham,

Joana Avillez (Illustrator)

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Dec 19, 2018 Alien rated it did not like it

I am not going to blame Lena Dunham for writing a memoir based on the problems that she inflicted upon herself. I am going to blame her parents because they are enablers.

I am a millennial and I feel like my parents are my enabler, but I thank every god that is believed by humankind that they still drew and continue to draw a certain boundary so I don't get raped without even knowing it - or other problems that Lena Dunham extensively described in this book.
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May 10, 2015 Alexis rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Funny, quirky, and overall fascinating!!

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Mar 21, 2015 Alicia rated it liked it

I enjoyed the first half of this book more than the second, but overall I still enjoyed it more than I expected as someone who does NOT like "Girls." Dunham's subcategories don't entirely align with the content of the essays: The first two, Love & Sex and Body,mostly described their topics, but Friendship, Work and Big Picture did not. (Dunham is best known for her creative work on the first two topics, and there are clearly reasons.) Dunham has a very, very different life from mine and I neithe ...more

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