I wrote an article a few weeks ago about the truly awful role Lena Dunham plays in feminism at this time and had so much to talk about that I promised a second article. The following are several more reasons why we as women should not continue to regard Lena Dunham as a feminist. has been given attention from feminists and the media for far too long.
Dunham rose to fame when her series "Girls" was shown on HBO in 2012. She is the writer, producer, and star actress in the show. In addition to creating "Girls", she wrote an essay book titled "Not That Kind Of Girl" in 2014, which quickly rose to #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list. I mean what is she even trying to say in that title? Shouldn't the point of feminism be to accept all types of women? It's absolutely baffling that she profited off of such a book. But, I'm getting ahead of myself. Don't worry, though! There are plenty of other reasons to ignore Lena Dunham.
I'm just going to cut to the chase with this one. It's absolutely astounding how few people praise Dunham without even knowing this story.
Two years ago TruthRevolt.com wrote an article highlighting some rather revolting paragraphs from Dunham's book, "Not That Kind Of Girl", that detailed various sexually explicit experiences with her younger sister. I will not go into too much detail because it is absolutely disgusting, but the gist of it is that Dunham actively engaged in sexual "exploration", as only she calls it, with a toddler. The least of the situations says: "three pieces of candy if I could kiss her on the lips for five seconds … anything a sexual predator might do to woo a small suburban girl I was trying.” Doesn't sound very innocent or exploratory to me. The descriptions only get more graphic.
What kind of woman, or person, for that matter, would participate in such activities and then condone her actions. What does this say about her basic morality and character? Nothing good, I can tell you that. If you are trying to encourage the civil progression of a faction of the population (women) typically, and falsely, regarded as 'weak' and 'defenseless' by the rest, why in the world would you choose the most innocent, pure and unassuming to abuse? How can you represent the honest, equal and respectful treatment of women when you yourself have oppressed them?
I really can't think of anything else as deterring as this instance and therefore feel as if you've heard enough about Dunham for quite some time. Personally, I hope to hear from her and of her less and less.