I’ve been looking for any book reviews out there of “Girls and Philosophy.” The first one I’ve found was at Salon.com well before the book hit the stores.
The Salon writer, Anna Silman, interviews the editors (she calls them the “authors”) about the characters’ existentialism and more.
There’s an essay in the book where the author talks about Jessa being an existentialist. How would you classify the other girls, philosophically?
Rachel: Well, I mean, I guess I think almost all of them are existentialists.
Richard: Jessa’s sort of well on her way to being kind of a Nietzschean Übermensch in a broad sort of way.
Rachel: I think the show is about authenticity, which is why the fact that the characters are really flawed isn’t problematic for me in terms of feminist appeal or anything else. Because it’s about people being who they are, even if that sometimes isn’t a great way to be. But I think they’re all pretty existential.
