(May 25, 2012) — You might have heard about HBO’s Girls, a new show about twenty-something girls, as the name might suggest. If you’ve heard about Girls on the Internet, you’ve probably read about how the show’s twenty-six year old writer, director and creator, Lena Dunham, is rich, privileged, entitled, racist, talentless and fat. However, if you’ve actually seen the show, you know that Girls is actually honest and relatable storytelling, and not to mention, pretty hilariously spot-on. It’s nice to see a show about women that’s actually written by a woman, and a show about young people that’s actually written by a young person. Dunham wrote and directed the majority of the episodes herself, which is no small feat for someone so young. The main criticism aimed at Girls is that it white-washes New York City, and some believe the title of the show claims to represent girls from all walks of life when it really only represents upper-middle class white women. While Girls does seem to be aimed at a very specific audience, it isn’t actually attempting to exclude certain races or people. Dunham’s work, including the 2010 film Tiny Furniture , are all based on her experiences as a jobless, recent liberal arts school graduate, attempting to make a living off her art while being bankrolled by her wealthy parents. The first few episodes of the show do seem to be very one-note, hashtag-white-people-problems, but midway through the season the show’s writing has significantly improved. Girls is still very much a work in progress, but Dunham’s knack for storytelling is beginning to shine through. I, for one, can relate to aspects of all four of the main characters’ personalities and the best and most comedic parts of the show are when it’s at its most delightfully awkward and realistic. The show has been marketed as “the anti- Sex and the City ” for so-called “real girls,” but this rather cringe-worthy description doesn’t really do Girls justice. The brilliance of the show is that it doesn’t attempt to preach about what a “real girl” should be, and in the process, Girls turns typical romantic comedy conventions inside out. Dunham’s character Hannah, who wrote an advice column in her high school newspaper called “Holla at Hannah,” is probably the last person you’d want advice from. But Girls still simultaneously pokes fun at and strikes a chord with a generation of people who grew up thinking they knew exactly what they wanted out of friendships, relationships and work, when they really have no idea.