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It’s Not Just Katie Roiphe: How ‘Girls’ is Also Giving BDSM a Bad Name

By Catherine Scott | Published: April 19, 2012

TweetIn a recent piece defending HBO’s Girls, Amanda Marcotte attacks “the strange belief that female characters on TV need to be paragons of virtue and excellent choice-making”. Why should it be problematic that the main characters on the show make bad decisions, lack self-awareness, and have disastrous encounters with the opposite sex? Maybe it shouldn’t. [...]

Also tagged Amanda Marcotte, bdsm, Girls, HBO, Katie Roiphe, kink, Lena Dunham | 2 Comments

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