Lena Dunham and the cruel lie that just won’t die — BEST OF TANGOTI
There Are No Girls on the Internet
iHeartPodcasts
4.1 • 907 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Lena Dunham is in the news, which means a particularly sticky misleading claim about her is, too. We have no strong position on Lena Dunham, but we are solidly against misleading claims.
In this best-of episode from last year, Bridget sits down with producer Mike to explain the origins of the idea that Lena Dunham abused her little sibling, why it persists, and why it matters for the rest of us.
Got a burning question for Bridget and the TANGOTI team? We’ll answer it in a live AMA! Submit your questions for free at Patreon.com/tangoti
Emily in Paris to Become Polly in Pocket: https://www.vulture.com/2023/07/lily-collins-lena-dunham-polly-pocket-movie-details.html
The Lena Dunham child abuse controversy, explained: https://www.vox.com/2014/11/8/7157065/dunham-child-abuse
Ben Shapiro sings WAP (you should definitely watch this): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYzauhOJcQ
It didn't make it into the episode, but Ben Shapiro HATED the Barbie movie...a lot: https://www.them.us/story/barbie-movie-ben-shapiro
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Bridget, and I'm doing a live, ask me anything over on Patreon in just a few weeks, |
| 0:06.3 | and I need your help to prepare. Just go to patreon.com slash tangoity and submit your burning |
| 0:12.1 | questions and I will do my very best to answer them. You do not need to be a paying Patreon member |
| 0:17.6 | to submit a question. So got a burning tech or social media question. I'll do my |
| 0:22.2 | very best to answer it or find somebody who can. Always wanted to know something about me or my life or |
| 0:27.4 | my work. I will answer that too. Got questions about the business of podcasting or how the sausage |
| 0:32.2 | gets made? Let's hear it. Have a social media etiquette question? These are my favorite. Want to know |
| 0:37.3 | which podcasters I'm secretly jealous of? |
| 0:40.2 | Well, if I've had a few glasses of wine, maybe I'll answer that too. |
| 0:43.9 | So just go to patreon.com slash tangoity and ask your burning question. |
| 0:47.9 | And keep a lookout for the official date announcement of my very first ever live Patreon, Ask Me Anything. I can't wait. |
| 1:01.4 | There Are No Girls on the Internet is a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative. |
| 1:09.3 | I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet. |
| 1:14.2 | The movie Barbie has already racked in a very impressive $155 million at the domestic box office on opening weekend alone. |
| 1:24.5 | And based on that success, there are even more toy franchises being turned into live |
| 1:29.2 | action films, one of which is a live action movie version of my personal favorite toy growing |
| 1:34.7 | up, Polly Pocket. You know, that whole little miniature doll universe housed inside a cute |
| 1:40.4 | little plastic compact? I loved it. And the movie Polypocket is set to be directed by |
| 1:45.9 | none other than Lena Dunham of HBO's girls. So, Lena Dunham was trending all this week |
| 1:52.5 | after the Polypocket movie was announced, which also means that a particularly sticky |
| 1:57.0 | piece of misleading content about her did too. Now, I have to give a little bit of a heads up here. |
| 2:02.6 | This claim is a particularly ugly one involving sexual abuse. Last year, I did a deep dive into |
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