Dunham

I think a Lena Dunham does not think, “is this too much of me?”

On the other end of the spectrum, there lies an artist like Lena Dunham, who engages in a flaunting of the flawed self.

My editor called and said, “Do a column on this Lena Dunham flap!”

Yet, after flipping through Not That Kind of Girl, I do begin to understand what “this Lena Dunham flap” is about.

In “Barry,” an essay in Not That Kind of Girl, Dunham describes being sexually assaulted.

"I should judge so," returned the girl, fixing the unhappy Dunham with her gaze.

Dunham stammered, but collected himself with praiseworthy dignity.

"He might get out some back way," she declared to Dunham in a nervous undertone.

Dunham had for some years been aware that his height was six feet.

He pushed up his spectacles and looked questioningly at Dunham.