When news broke yesterday that an adult film parody of HBO's Girls has been released by Hustler - titled This Ain't Girls XXX, because they're clearly very creative - lots of people had very mixed reactions. Girls creator and star Lena Dunham, for instance, took to her Twitter to announce that the parody troubled her, tweeting, "I wish I had a better attitude about the Girls porn parody. I really can never predict what will trouble me and it's simply exhausting."
Today, Dunham took to her Twitter again to articulate her feelings about the parody in a more in-depth fashion. Yes, she's still troubled by it. Her thoughts:
Okay, I wracked my brain to articulate why I can't just laugh off a porn parody of Girls and here are 3 reasons:
1. Because Girls is, at its core, a feminist action while Hustler is a company that markets and monetizes a male's idea of female sexuality
2. Because a big reason I engage in (simulated) onscreen sex is to counteract a skewed idea of that act created by the proliferation of porn
3. Because it grosses me out.
It's important to me to be honest about the complexities of having that out in the world. Love, Lena (porn name: Murray Broadway)
