First, it was my colleague Anna.
Im rewatchingGirlsright now, she shared one afternoon in January.
An interesting choice, I thought, before promptly forgetting the mention altogether.
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We are all rewatchingGirlsright now correct?
read the clunky text hovering over his forehead.
Wait, are we?
The trend had officially moved beyond the New YorkLA bubble.
It was going national(ish).
And like my peers, I ate them up.
I continued to watchGirls,in part because it became a multimedia experience.
Werent the characters tendencies to self-isolate with other floundering white people part of the shows whole neo-liberal critique?
Didn’t keep up with your viewing schedule?
No worries, we have your cheat sheet right here.
I thought of it fondly, so it motivated me to start my rewatch.
My friend Mark (who I met in college!)
And then they grew up.
(I was studying sociology and French, recalls Clara.
I didnt know what I was going to do.)
We filled the existential voids with friendships and sex and flailing attempts at realizing our dreams.
We had bad takes.
At least, thats what I did.
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How dare she ask her parents for money!?
(Thats not to say she isnt also insufferable at times.
Of course she is.)
I am actually Ray.
In my memory he was the token creep.
).However, I, too, found myself empathizing with him as I rewatched the show.
I felt proud as he took baby steps toward a more fulfilled adulthood.
Catharsis is watching Ray Ploshansky find joy in buying a credenza.
I remember idealizing Jessa, explains Clara.
But shes meaner than I remember.
Unfortunately for haters, the show is actually better now than it was back then.
Now its this weird period piece.
It was bittersweet watching it in my 30s versus my 20s, she says.
But millennials arent the only generation embracingGirls.
Girlsis not a perfect show.
It wasnt trying to be.
And also, for the people weve yet to become.
Notes Clara, I thought rewatching it would make me feel old, but it somehow doesnt.
Considering whether or not the show is worthy of a rewatch would be missing the point.
The point is, and always has been, the mess.
