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Fran Lebowitz

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Writer and cultural critic criticized for being incapable of building anything, having had writer's block since the early 1990s and only having written a few magazine articles in the 1970s.

Mentions (6)
"You aren't the Fran Liebowitz of Denver."
Not everybody is cut out for cultural commentary · u/Low-Interaction-8763 · ↑173 · 2025-08-08
"Locked eyes with Scorsese, Fran Lebowitz and Michael Imperioli."
New Scorsese giving Malick a run for his money · u/worldendswithu · ↑152 · 2023-09-29
"Meanwhile, Leibowitz has had 'writer's block' since the early the 1990s. She wrote a few magazine articles back in the 70s and that's it. I don't understand her popularity, she's the worst type of person, always tearing down but totally incapable of building anything."
I can't stand Fran Leibowitz · u/wizard_of_wozzy · ↑123 · 2025-08-19
"I haven't looked super into deep into her work but she strikes me as a pretentious, out of touch, and generally regarded. I also have a deep seated hatred for NYC elitism and this idea that living here makes you more interesting and sophisticated than everyone else. Her criticism of Bernie for movin"
Am I missing something with Fran Lebowitz? · u/Helpful-Antelope-678 · ↑55 · 2024-03-26
"From the 1960s to 1990s, there existed a type of cultural critic/public intellectual in NYC with a biting, acerbic sense of humor, who was eccentric and somewhat maladjusted, yet undeniably chic. Think Paglia, Gore Vidal, Fran Lebowitz, I'll even throw in Susan Sontag"
What happened to the NYC Cultural Critic archetype? · u/degasb00ty · ↑36 · 2024-09-05
"Think Paglia, Gore Vidal, Fran Lebowitz, I'll even throw in Susan Sontag"
What happened to the NYC Cultural Critic archetype? · u/degasb00ty · ↑36 · 2024-09-05
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