I was impressed by James Wolcott's pyrotechnic style ["Ms. Dunham Regrets," February]. I am an old man who has never heard of Tiny Furniture; has heard of Girls but never seen an episode; has never heard of the Lenny newsletter; is not familiar with the persons and incidents he refers to; and in fact has never heard of Lena Dunham. His arguments, however impressively presented, have me—oddly—taking her part, not his. I eagerly anticipate learning about this apparently very interesting Dunham person.

JOHN WIRTH Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

As Wolcott describes, it is so problematic that Dunham doesn't learn from her mistakes. She continues to say horrible things and then backtracks. According to Zinzi Clemmons, she has a long history of this. It's a shame because I know that she has talent, but there is definitely a line that should not be crossed, and she's a repeat offender. You can apologize for something only so many times before it begins to be too much. It makes one wonder, is she really even sorry in the first place?

MEGHAN YODER South Bend, Indiana

THE ADVENTURER

I must say the piece "Incredible Voyage," by William Prochnau and Laura Parker, in the February issue, is right up there among your best ever. I sat with my atlas open, flipping from page to page throughout the entire trip, and in my honest opinion, Oskar Speck is a hitherto unheralded Ernest Shackleton. Your reporters have done a smashing job finding those few left who remember him and his reputation. Kudos to them both, and thank you to Vanity Fair for another mind-expanding article.

BETH SALE San Diego, California

I enjoyed the article about Speck and his voyage. Please note that there is no "Tasmanian Sea." Tasmania is an island state to the south of Victoria, Australia. The sea you are referring to is the Tasman, fondly referred to by us Australians as "the Ditch."

CAROLINE SANDERS Victoria, Australia

RECKONING

You admiringly spotlighted the four journalists who followed the trail of settlements and set off a national reckoning with sexual abusers ["Light on the Darkness," by James Wolcott, Holiday 2017/2018]. No doubt, those journalists have given the abused a voice, which for the first time is being taken seriously. Indeed, they have helped to usher in the transformation of We the People from passive abusees to self-assertive accusers with the attitude "Enough is enough!"

DR. RICHARD CORDERO, ESQ.  Bronx, New York

"While I was at home recovering from hip-replacement surgery, the November issue of V.F. arrived," writes Katie McCurry, of St. Paul, Minnesota. "Unbeknownst to me, the taking of industrial-strength painkillers followed by the reading of 'The Potemkin Prince,' by Rich Cohen, about Jared Kushner, was strongly ill-advised. It was a nightmare-ridden sleep, not to be wished on anyone." Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Ms. McCurry— from the hip replacement, the nightmares, and the sheer horror of our current reality. "It is well documented how Jared Kushner got into Harvard," writes Elizabeth Johnson, of Saugus, Massachusetts. "The more intriguing question is: How did he get out?"

For all the feedback regarding Mr. Kushner, it's actually his father-in-law who gets most of the attention this month. Many readers—O.K., Marianne Dougherty, of Santa Barbara, California, and Jan Landis, of Portland, Oregon—were amazed by another reader's complaint that V.F.'s image of Donald Trump in a Playboy Bunny outfit showed disrespect for the presidency ("The Hefner Delusion," by James Wolcott, December). Hmm ... disrespect for the presidency ... the phrase rings a bell. If memory serves, it's a phrase that's been very much in the news for, oh, a little more than a year now. Since—roughly—January 20, 2017. Around noon-ish, in fact. As Jane DeMar, from Seattle, observes about the notion that it's the Bunny costume that's the problem: "REALLY?"

Speaking of dressing up, some dismay regarding our Loki-deficient Holiday issue: "When I saw the cover featuring the Marvel superheroes," writes Heather Oxley, from Loami, Illinois, "I snapped it off the shelf. Surely, oh surely, fan favorite Loki would be featured." But alas: "I get this was a feature on the 'heroes,' but does Loki not deserve at least an honorable mention for all that character has brought to the franchise? Let us not forget [that Loki] was the first villain in the Avengers series. Let us also not forget that Loki has often helped save the day." We appreciate the sentiment, we do, but as of this writing, there are simply far too many real-life villains to cover, and too little time.

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