90. All These Girls

1st April 2014, Shoreditch, London

I have adored Lena Dunham since seeing her masterpiece of a debut flick, Tiny Furniture in 2010.

It is hard to deny her genius. At the ripe age of 27 the woman is taking over the frickin' world. Between handling writing, acting, directing, Vogue covers and getting it on with the beautiful Patrick Wilson, she also delivers some hard truths to the world on a frequent basis and pushes people to actually think for themselves.

In spite of my slightly creepy infatuation with Miss Dunham, I was yet to watch the full first season of Girls.

Having seen the odd episode or two, I have struggled to make myself endure all of them. Partially and officially because I find the character of Hannah incredibly annoying, but also that the recognition factor is just too much to bear.

Even if Hannah is the most annoying character out of the bunch, they all get on my nerves. But the more I think about it, the more I realise this is probably because they are the most honest and real characters on any screen for a very long time. My generation have been bombarded with the unobtainable Sex And The City style expectations as far as screen role models go that when what could reflect actual reality is portrayed it freaks us out a bit.

I can honestly say that I have met hybrids of all the characters in real life. The girl who can not stop herself babbling away even after a date rape jokes slips out mid job interview, the girl who aims so hard for perfection she doesn't notice herself falling apart along the way, the guy who does treat your heart like it's monkey meat and only gives a toss when you've already stopped caring, the girl who hides her own brokenness by being the quirky, crazy and impulsive person that no one can rely on, the naïve girl who is clueless but brighter than all the rest put together and the guy who never learned that nice guys do finish last.

These highly imperfect people are all around and Lena just brought them out to play in the playground of perfection. And for that I love her. But there's no use denying it, at least once during each of these 10 episodes, I did hide my face behind a cushion in utter embarrassment on behalf of Hannah, Marni, Jessa or Shoshanna.

Last but not least; never make a date rape joke in any kind of civilised company. It will never go down well.