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pected to love the show, too, but
I didn’t, and I wasn’t sure why.
Sometime during Season 1, my
mild dislike turned into a strange
kind of loathing for Girls and the
discourse around it. I couldn’t
figure out quite what it was that
bothered me, so I kept watching.
It didn’t grow on me.
Popular reasons not to love
Girls include the lack of racial
diversity, the privileged, firstworld problems of the characters
and the nepotism apparent in
the casting. While I understand
these points, none of them are
my main issue. I find the episodes pretty boring — like many
other TV series that just aren’t
my thing. So, why did I feel so
strongly about Girls in a way that
I didn’t about New Girl or How I
Met Your Mother? Why did my
mild dislike turn into something
much stronger?
Finally, I figured out the problem.
I hated that so many people
— in particular, older friends
and co-workers — expected me
to like it, because of