Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? A Quiz.
Were the following statements made about the Girls creator or Iran’s Supreme Leader?
March 30, 2015
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; Lena Dunham. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
“Lena Dunham’s satirical “Dog or Jewish Boyfriend?” quiz in The New Yorker sparked a hailstorm of controversy. She jokingly asks which statements refer to her dog or Jewish boyfriend.”
USA Today, March 29, 2015
1. “I’m sorry, but I refuse to stand by and wait for [Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei]’s next attack on the Jewish people.”
2. “[Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei] will never be the voice of the young generation.”
3. “The Democrats are too stupid to see what [Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei] is really up to.”
4. “Sometimes it seems like [Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei] is taking over the entire world.”
5. “What’s up with those black robes [Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei] is always wearing in interviews?”
6. “Every last thing Hezbollah does can be traced right back to [Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei].”
7. “I loved [Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei] on the first season of Girls, but this is really going too far.”
8. “[Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei]’s behavior can only be understood in the context of the last 1,000 years of Islamic history.”
9. “Even as we speak [Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei] is spinning uranium in underground sites across Iran.”
10. “The only way to stop [Lena Dunham or Ayatollah Khamenei] is with bombs.”
Sam Apple teaches creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author ofSchlepping Through the AlpsandAmerican Parent. His Twitter feed is @samapplemedia.
