The ‘Girls’ Online Fandom Revival Was Bound to Happen

A VOICE OF A GENERATION

The acclaimed-but-controversial HBO show about cloying, privileged white postgrads has found a new, much more accepting audience years since its finale. This moment was inevitable.

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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/HBO

A decade ago, when Girls had just debuted on television and an entire media subdivision emerged to cover the frailties and shortcomings of Lena Dunham, I settled into the first season with a few college friends, determined to see what all the fuss was about.

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