
'Famesick' and Lena Dunham's polarizing pop legacy.
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Thanks to her new memoir ‘Famesick,’ Lena Dunham is all over our feeds after being out of the spotlight for awhile. Slate’s Scaachi Koul and Vulture’s Fran Hoepfner [HOFF-ner] chat with Elamin Abdelmahmoud about how Lena Dunham became a polarizing cultural figure and the way she reflects on her past successes and failures now.
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