Recently a story has been circulating around social media surrounding New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr and actress Lena Dunham. The whole fiasco started at the Met Gala where Dunham wore a tuxedo to protest gender norms. Dunham then took to social media to complain that Beckham Jr was not giving her the attention she deserved because of the way she was dressed then she proceeded to call him a ‘superficial athlete.’

Now I’m all for people fighting gender norms and making a stand against the current beauty status quo, but Dunham should not be praised for what she did. Many times in the past Lena Dunham has been the center of controversial stories and the media seems to always forgive her.

I feel to get my argument fully across I need to talk about Dunham herself. Dunham has been in the spot light for a while with people praising her as a forefront fighter of the modern feminism movement. To be blunt Lena Dunham’s feminism is not my feminism. Lena Dunham has used social media to insult black men,continue harmful stereotypes against women of color, and her show has a horrible lack of diversity. In her novel Lena Dunham wrote that she was a victim of sexual assault even though the university she attended, The New School, has come out and said that the incident never occurred.

There are women who are making headways in feminism that deserve more attention then Lena Dunham. Emma Watson and Malala Youssef deserve much more media time as well as praise then Dunham. It’s sad that modern amazing feminist leaders are being over shadowed by this one person how is not adding to the movement.

Back to the topic at hand, I do not think Beckham Jr did anything wrong. The man was trying to enjoy a gala event and scroll through Instagram. At no point in time did he have to turn away from what he was doing and praise Dunham for her ‘risky fashion choice.’ So my advice to Odell, keep on living your life and don’t be bothered about little petty things.