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Episode 151 — Lesley Arfin

Episode 151 — Lesley Arfin

FromOtherppl with Brad Listi


Episode 151 — Lesley Arfin

FromOtherppl with Brad Listi

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Length:
90 minutes
Released:
Feb 24, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Lesley Arfin is the guest. She was a staff writer on the first two seasons of the hit television show Girls, starring Lena Dunham, and she also writes on the MTV series Awkward.  Her book, Dear Diary, is based on a column of the same name that originally appeared in Vice magazine.  It was published by Vice Books/MTV Press in 2007.
Sarah Silverman says

“Here’s your chance to have all the benefits of a tortured adolescence without the shitty childhood. Congratulations!”

And Chloe Sevigny says

"What I love about Dear Diary is how strongly it resonates with all girls. We all went through a bitch phase that makes us cringe when we remember it. We tried being good; we tried being bad; we made other girls feel like shit before we knew what it felt like...It seems like the world is ending when you're 17 and in the middle of it, but looking back now I realize that's what adolescence is all about: making mistakes. And that's why I love Dear Diary."

Monologue topics:  tweets, mail, alt-lit, Internet literature, Jordan Castro, Mira Gonzalez, Megan Boyle, Sam, women, vaginas, feminism.
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Released:
Feb 24, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

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