In this episode, Marc and Juan decode the capitalist ideology behind Girls once and for all. Topics discussed include the construction of Greimas squares, which Girl will die first, the liberatory power of vaguetweeting, and the mysteries of female desire. Mailbag: [email protected]

Mailbag: [email protected] // In the inaugural episode of the podcast, Marc and Juan discuss the origins and developing status of both Girls and Lena Dunham, and the reasons for our interest in the show a decade later. Topics discussed include mumblecore, hipster envy, reddit misogyny, the need for more male voices in the Girls discourse, and the lovely ladies of The View.

For the penultimate episode of Girl's first season, Juan and Marc return to discuss Lena Dunham's new show, creative-industry ressentiment, proper lit salon etiquette, the psychic role of China in the West's imaginary in 2012, and the declining respectability of "cultural criticism." Mailbag: [email protected]

Marc and Juan dive into our first tragically Shosh-less episode. Topics discussed include Chris O'Dowd's insane American accent, Meet Joe Black, the ethics of threatening to urinate on other people's clothes, and pedophilia-as-comedy. Stay tuned for our worst/best outro music ever, and show notes can be found at https://workingnotes.substack.com/s/boys-who-like-girls

Juan and Marc (with a "c") return with an episode on one of the early fan-favourite episodes of Girls. Topics discussed include Lena Dunham's canine-based antisemitism, professors' drug abuse and drone show proclivities, why TV shows don't have fun tie-in websites anymore, and our love of chipotle and gentrification. Mailbag: [email protected] and shownotes at workingnotes.substack.com

In honour of the late David Lynch, Juan and Marc discuss S1E06 of Girls, "The Return," which finds Hannah caught in an ominous dimension outside of space and time, aka Michigan. Topics discussed include the difficulties of movie selection with your parents, the Marxist contradictions of the town/country divide, Richard Linklater, and why New Yorkers are better than everyone else. Mailbag: [email protected].

After our longest hiatus yet, we return with our best episode yet, and if you start listening at 10:58:17 PM on NYE, you can ring in the New Year with the audio of me saying "JOI." Topics discussed include achieving spiritual Boomerdom, guys with Electra complexes about their own dads, the 70th most popular Film/TV podcast in Ghana, and HBO’s cowardliness regarding male nudity. Also: our first piece of listener mail!

Marc and Juan return to discuss S1E4 of Girls, "Hannah's Diary." Topics discussed include how HBO sources its dick pics, Girls' Seinfeldian approach to race politics, whether Hannah's boss ever got #MeToo'd, and the early internet's "culture of confession." Our mailbag is [email protected]; show notes and Marc's diagram are posted at Juan's blog.

We return after an intensive four-month editing process to bring you a new BWLG installment. Topics discussed include pederasty, the history of TV abortions, Dan Harmon falling off, and doing bits for your therapist.

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(Captain Philips Somali pirate voice) Look at me, look at me: I'm the voice of a generation now. Mailbag: [email protected]