
Lena Dunham Checked Out of the Hype Machine. Is She Glad to Be Back?
She made a career out of hypervulnerability. On the cusp of 40—and armed with a new memoir that peers back at her own heavily scrutinized youth—she’s ready to let us in again.
By Delia Cai
April 21, 2026
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What does it mean to shape culture when society is more atomized than ever? The honorees of this year’s CULT100 list present a hundred different answers.
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