‘Girls’ Forever: A Decade of Lena Dunham’s Masterpiece

The first season of Girls was filmed in a bubble in 2011, with a no-name cast at the direction of a largely-unknown indie darling. It’s likely that Lena Dunham, along with co-creators Jenni Konner and Judd Apatow, intended to make a hang-out show, following a wayward, millennial milieu. But upon its premiere, on April 15, 2012, Girls catalyzed the discourse of a new decade. In that first season, Dunham’s Hannah Horvath flirts with chaos — baring her tits for selfies and sexually harassing her boss — but she’s more of a lost soul than a firebrand. And yet, in every… Read Full Article