To be fair, I hardly think that people are “scrutinizing her personal behavior” when Dunham freely and thoughtlessly posts problematic pictures and captions herself. She’s the one putting herself out there as a public figure. She wants people to pay attention to her Twitter page; she has our attention. She thought she was cute, but [...]

We can critique it, look at it through a feminist lens, etc, write about it, blog about it, what have you. That is exactly what we are doing. But really, it’s not our right to decide for couples that it’s right or wrong to do this. That is exactly not what we are doing. Since we do not [...]

The later emphasis on sex can surely become problematic, unnecessary, or essentialist, but I think it’s helpful to take a moment and realize that at their core, these parties are about going out of one’s way to be excited about life regardless of sex or gender. I could have sworn there was already a solution for [...]