Girls - xoJane

Is There Some Unspoken Girl Rule That You Have to Return A Compliment in Kind?

Helena — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:00 -0400

Apparently when a woman gives another woman a compliment, the only socially acceptable response is reciprocal in nature.

I Feel Pressured By Society To Watch "Girls"

Meredith Lepore of The Jane Dough — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:30:00 -0400

For young women, and in New York especially, watching Girls is a requirement.

I'm The Girl Who Slept With Your Boyfriend

Alicia Hamilton — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:00:00 -0400

Being in love isn’t an option. You wish it was and you would love to say that your relationships could last more then a night, a week, a month, a year but that’s not your reality.

Does Pop Culture Have A Responsibility to Educate?

s.e. smith — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:00:00 -0400

A question I get asked a lot as someone who talks about pop culture from the perspective of a critic who roots my work in social issues, namely: does pop culture (and television in particular) have a responsibility to educate the audience?

I Don't Know How I Felt About The "Girls" Finale, But It Did Make Me Realize That Lena Dunham Really Loves Her Some Comics

Mandy — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0400

I squeal every time I see a comic I love on "Girls." Last week it was Amy Schumer. This week: Colin Quinn!

A Culture Without Consent: On All Fours With Adam And Natalia In Girls

Marianne — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0400

"She should have just said no," people say, placing the responsibility firmly on the woman involved -- but why? Why is the responsibility on her to say no instead of on the initiating partner to secure a yes?

Stop Telling Girls Their Hemlines Are Too Short

s.e. smith — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:30:00 -0500

The hyperfocus on what girls are wearing with a healthy heaping of judgment sends precisely the opposite message, underscoring that girls should be constantly concerned about what they are wearing and who might be judging them for it.

I Look A Lot Like Lena Dunham, And I've Banged Super-Hot Guys

Emily — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0500

You'd think Dunham's character had won the lottery and transplanted the entire gang to Hawaii, not spent a couple of days banging a hot stranger

NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A: When Did You Start Calling Ladies "Women"?

Kate Conway — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:30:00 -0500

Ever since I turned 20 or so, I started making a conscious effort to try to call my lady-identifying peers "women" instead of "girls" when talking about them in the third person. It's had a weird effect on the way I think of them.

Um, Did xoJane Get Parodied On "Girls" Last Night? Because That's Freaking Awesome

Mandy — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:30:00 -0500

Anyone catch "Girls" last night? Anyone?

The Girls Season 2 Premiere: Watching Every Terrible Relationship Ever Through The Eyes Of Lena Dunham

Mandy — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:30:00 -0500

I find "Girls" more stressful than the stressiest episode of "Breaking Bad." Season 2 cranked it up another notch. This is a good thing.

HELP! My Stepsons’ Mom Tells Them “Girls Are Stupid”

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:00:00 -0500

Should I have said more? Less? Am I overthinking it? What do other parents think?

Accepting Your Daughter Means She Might Not be "Pretty," But She Will Be Beautiful

s.e. smith — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:00:00 -0400

There’s this kind of idealized dream of little girls, as sugar and spice and everything nice, which results in huge amounts of pressure to make them as femmey as possible at all times.

Land's End Goes for Controversy With Sexist Schoolbag Ads

s.e. smith — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:00:14 -0400

Every major retailer seems to feel a need to make massive sexist gaffes on a regular basis, like they somehow haven’t learned from the gazillion cases before, or they think people have suddenly decided not to care about sexism.

I'm Not in Love with my F*ck Buddy

Julie — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:00:26 -0400

Also, can we call him something less annoying please? Casual sex partner?

"I'm a Man and I Know How To Do Things" -- What's The Hottest Thing a Guy Has Ever Said To You?

Emily — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:26 -0400

And how good sex is like training a parrot.

I'm Done Hating on Lena Dunham

Tracy — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:30 -0400

I thought, how could Lena do something so narrow, so exclusive? And then I actually watched the show.

The Lies Girls Tell Each Other About Abortion

Helena — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:20 -0400

I didn't have a hang nail removed in 1999. I had an abortion.

A Timeline of One Girl's Relationship With Her Body

Emily V Gordon — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:05:29 -0400

"Look!" she says, innocently enough, "Your legs are like, twice as big as mine!" I never prop my legs up again, and from that one comment, I feel myself turning inward, trying to become smaller than I am.

It Happened to Me: I Went to College with HBO's New It Girl Lena Dunham, and I'm Seething with Jealousy

Ella West — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:00:25 -0400

If you had asked me in 2008 who would be end up being the famous one in the 12 -person screenwriting workshop I was enrolled in, I would have said "me."