The sixth and last season of HBO’s Girls premieres on Feb. 12. Though its audience was relatively small over the years, the show had an outsize impact on popular culture as the millennial generation’s not-always-flattering TV avatar. Critics now reflexively compare shows written by and starring a young woman to Girls. Networks, based on the show’s hype, greenlighted a raft of programs examining feminism, youthful angst and awkward nudity. The show’s star and creator, Lena Dunham, became a controversial figure too, thanks to her political campaigns, celebrity friendships and newsletter featuring A-list writers. Here’s how far her influence reached:
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GROUNDBREAKERS
MINDY KALING
THE MINDY PROJECT
LOOKING
INSECURE
JILL SOLOWAY
TRANSPARENT
GABY HOFFMANN
JAKE LACY
JENNY SLATE
OBVIOUS CHILD
CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND
RACHEL BLOOM
BROAD CITY
MASTER OF NONE
ATLANTA
ACTIVISM
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
HILLARY CLINTON
DUNHAM’S PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEO
AMY POEHLER
MERYL STREEP
ASHLEY GRAHAM
JACK ANTONOFF
TAYLOR SWIFT
BLOCKBUSTERS
LUPITA NYONG’O
RIZ AHMED
STAR WARS
ADAM DRIVER
DONALD GLOVER
ZACHARY QUINTO
RAW COMEDY
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER
AMY SCHUMER
TRAINWRECK
JUDD APATOW
LOVE
GILLIAN JACOBS
PROMOTED FEMINISM
FEATURED MILLENNIAL MALAISE
CITED GIRLS AS INSPIRATION
DEPICTED REALISTIC SEX
COLLABORATED WITH DUNHAM
CREATED BY AND STARRING WOMEN
GUEST-STARRED ON GIRLS
This appears in the February 20, 2017 issue of TIME.
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