So I was watching interviews on youtube starring Lena Dunham. On a video, this guy who called one of the raddest women in our generation, a psychopath on a random youtube video. It didn't end there, though, many people wrote horrific comments about her such as:
Being an obese sister molester is not sexy
or
I hope Lena moves to Canada no matter what happens
First off, I’d like to begin with the declaration of her move to Vancouver if Donald Trump wins presidency. There have been many people with the same promise to move to another state if trump wins but yet we’re twiddling our thumbs and posting hate because she decides to share the same promise too. There are over thousands of people who have claimed Canada is a better world without trump, yet we're hating on Lena? During Super Tuesday, there was a spike in google searches on how to move to Canada.
Moving on from the Trump hate, a huge uproar of saying she is evil is the claim she molested her sister. This is is some kind of cruel and sick joke, because Lena was seven-years-old when the incident took place. She was playing a trick on her younger sister, and did not know any better. There was no sort of molestation happening in that scene in her book, Not that Kind of girl, so it is unnecessary and ignorant to accuse her of molesting a young child.
Personally, I’m sick and tired of all the hate that is spewed upon anyone on social media. I was just watching a video on youtube of someone calling her a psychopath, and people consistently calling her a molester who should be thrown in jail. It’s not right to go about calling anyone a psychopath. It’s cruel.
I’m defending Lena because she deserves more than accusations spewed from one scene in a book she wrote. A book that made it on the New York Times Best Sellers List. A book that has inspired many people(including me) to be more comfortable with my body. Lena is comfortable with expressing herself and her beliefs. She doesn’t do it in a way that’s hurting anyone, but instead she’s trying to lift up other women, so they too can feel better and stronger about themselves.
She is an author, a tv show writer, an actress, and a feminist. She is actively involved in the election, as we know by her promise to move away when Trump becomes president and her recent declaration of vowing to support Hillary Clinton. She is a woman of empowerment. A woman of integrity, and is someone who strives to work towards her goals. Just this past year she has created with Jenni Konner, Lenny Letters, which is a feminist arts newsletter.
She aiming to benefit the world in some way to help women feel empowered in our society. Lena does not deserve the hate for being who she is. She a strong woman in the limelight who should be thanked for her honesty and courage.
She is just another person stating her beliefs, and so I would like to say once again: Lena Dunham is not a psychopath.
