Bad News, Bears

The '90s might be alive and well in Portlandia, but they aren't in this video. I was hoping for Sleater Kinney redux.

What a Doll

Girls is a new series on HBO set to premiere soon, created by Lena Dunham. Dunham also wrote, directed, and starred in the film Tiny Furniture, a raw look at the fuzzy space-time continuum during your early '20s. Her mother, featured in the film, is a well-known New York artist, Laurie Simmons. Simmons incorporates dolls into realistic scenarios, blurring the line between reality and surrealism, all that artspeak jazz. I've always wondered how children of artists like this turn out. Well enough, there's your answer.

Below is a series by Simmons from the '80s, "Fake Fashion".