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A review by lovegriefandgender
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.0
Lena Dunham is an extraordinarily articulate woman — most especially on rape culture and the ways women take accountability for men. She is not afraid to bare herself, not afraid to humiliate herself, and is responsible for one of the most compelling and tender TV series ever made.
But occasionally she really puts her foot in it. Perversely and strangely slandered for a particular section, this memoir has a massive, divisive effect on consumers of Dunham's media, and reading it in 2023 the biphobic comments are leaving a really bad taste in my mouth, as is the story of a sibling's sexuality made very explicitly into part of Dunham's growth as a person. Grace doesn't really seem to get their own life beyond these pages.
It's a shame. There are moments of such sincere brilliance here.
But occasionally she really puts her foot in it. Perversely and strangely slandered for a particular section, this memoir has a massive, divisive effect on consumers of Dunham's media, and reading it in 2023 the biphobic comments are leaving a really bad taste in my mouth, as is the story of a sibling's sexuality made very explicitly into part of Dunham's growth as a person. Grace doesn't really seem to get their own life beyond these pages.
It's a shame. There are moments of such sincere brilliance here.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia