At last! Amile and Phoebe discuss Lena Dunham's hotly anticipated memoir, Famesick. They remember the cultural phenomenon that was Girls, reflecting on why its messy protagonists felt so jarring in a world of bandage dresses, millennial ambition & carefully curated femininity.

As the conversation unfolds, they revisit the backlash directed at Lena from the moment she entered public life. Together, they unpack the harsh realities of fame, the impact of body image and the constant expectation of productivity. They also consider the appeal of the "cool guy" and society's tendency to deem certain women as off-putting. Or worse, merely "fine".

This episode pairs well with:

• Famesick by Lena Dunham
• Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
• Frances Ha (2012), dir. Noah Baumbach
• Lucky (song, 2000) by Britney Spears

• An Hervé Léger bandage dress you couldn't afford in 2012
• Deciding to retire your people pleasing tendencies
• An espresso martini made with an extra shot of espresso

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