What Lena Dunham has said about Productivity culture and chronic illness

1 quote · 1 episode · May 26, 2026

Lena Dunham, American writer and actress, has been quoted on Productivity culture and chronic illness once in 1 episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, most recently on May 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Dunham argues Hollywood still treats sick performers as defective even if producers no longer say so openly.

    “Maybe a producer would not feel comfortable saying out loud that one's defective. We want a new one. But the but the behavior remains the same”

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Lena Dunham (May 26, 2026) · Listen from 24:54

Episodes

  • Lena Dunham

    Good Hang with Amy Poehler · May 26, 2026 · 1 h 6 min

    Amy Poehler talks with Lena Dunham about turning 40, her memoir Famesick, Nora Ephron, Girls, chronic illness, hot takes and pet pigs, with a visit from Natalie Portman.

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