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I Was Wrong About Lena Dunham

By Sonia SaraiyaSlate Magazine

Over a decade ago, when Girls premiered, I was one of the many voices who reflexively loathed its creator. Looking back, I know who I was really attacking.

In April 2012, when HBO debuted the first season of a half-hour satire of the lives of young women in New York, I took it rather personally. I was myself in my 20s, and although I had moved to Brookl…