Girls
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A naked, voodoo-loving Tom Hardy is the ultimate suspension of disbelief act. So why do we all persist with shows that baffle us? It’s a common curse
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From black Klansmen to giant ceramic vaginas, some deeply strange TV moments have been vetoed. Even Mr Snuffleupagus belongs in the club
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The polarizing show, which premieres its final season on Sunday, traced the contours of Jean Hannah Edelstein’s life as a messy post-college millennial
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From Transparent and Master Of None to Fleabag and Flowers, the latest comedy series are ditching gags for harsh reality and breaking new ground in the process
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Two artists who met on the set of Girls used their ‘pantsuit power’ to organize a live dance and video to help change to the narrative on Clinton as ‘the lesser evil’
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The proliferation of television has brought more extreme sex, the invention of ‘sexposition’ and portrayals of sexuality that haven’t been seen before
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The cult favorite web series about young, gay Brooklynites gets a boost in budget and profile from video sharing service Vimeo
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Just as the foursome are becoming adults with purpose, this inconsistent comedy has suddenly discovered a focus – and it’s all the better for it
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Hannah and the gang are back for more millennial angst and coffee in this teaser for the next season, coming in February
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Kanye West and Susan Sontag, Darth Vader and Hilary Mantel: after years of running a popular Tumblr mixing literature and pop culture, Maris Kreizman’s new book presents a carefully and provocatively selected mash of pop cultrature. Here are some extracts, with her commentary
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Amazon’s Emmy-winning comedy-drama tackles pretty much every taboo in modern family life from gender transition to sexual experimentation and drug use. With her own eccentric upbringing, one of its stars can identify better than most
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This is everything a Lena Dunham podcast should be – wordy, feminist and packed to the chops with millennial navel-gazing
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The bond between real-life best friends Josh Thomas and Thomas Ward has inspired a show that’s funny, realistic and launching a third season on Pivot
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Girls star and co-creator teams up once more with the premium cable network to shoot pilot for series revolving around the stirrings of second-wave feminism
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Girls creator sits down with Democratic frontrunner and the two discuss why anyone who believes in equal rights is a feminist
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The new romcom from Judd Apatow and comedian Amy Schumer slips into old-style gender roles. Why are films brave enough not to punish a promiscuous woman still so depressingly rare?
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Rosenkrantz’s reprinted novel consists of transcribed conversations of louche, art-world New Yorkers in East Hampton in the 1960s – and they’re fascinating
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