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My sister is bold, independent, and not afraid to wear overalls. Some of her first words as a child were that's not fair, and she's been committed to social justice ever since. She's my hero.

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Lena Dunham
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: May 13
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Aren't most of us dealing with the fact that we have moms who either weren't ready to be moms or had some level of resentment about it? Everybody is dealing with the different iteration of pain their mom has handed them.
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It's okay to change your mind. About a feeling, a person, a promise of love.
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I've always loved my own little office spaces no matter what they were like. It's the Virginia Woolf, room of one's own concept, it's really important.
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As a woman who doesn't necessarily fit the beauty standard in Hollywood... I really related to the narrative of looking for something you felt comfortable in that would properly express your identity, especially when your identity didn't feel like it necessarily matched the one that was being imposed on you.
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Women want to control other women because they've been controlled themselves. It's a cycle of control. I'm not blaming women for that, but I am saying we're part of a toxic culture that's feeding all of us the same messaging.
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Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence.
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I had no clue what anyone was talking about like, you know I don't think I, I don't think any of the depictions of sex were more to me than just like an image of two people's arms rubbing together [when I was eight], I just had no clue.
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I'm really lucky because I surround myself onset with people who I really trust to give me feedback, so I'm directing myself.
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It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I thought, Well, maybe I'm just going to try doing this myself before somebody else comes in and handles it. For a long time my acting was just a marriage of convenience between me and these characters that I was writing.
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I get a lot of unasked for sexual confessions.
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The end never comes when you think it will. It's always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left.
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Feminists believe that men and women should have the same opportunities. If you are a feminist you believe in equal rights as a whole. That’s not a concept you can really shoot down.
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It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.
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I should do the things that make me feel cool and smart. As I get older, I'm realizing more and more that it doesn't really matter if I'm good at it, it just matters that I try. My own effort, my own willingness, are becoming what's appealing to me.
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I have to take my shoes off, you guys.
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Don't put yourself in situations you'd like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself.
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My parents were very supportive when I was growing up and have been all the way through.
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I also really like to read good books and I don't have enough time to do it. So it's really hard for me to imagine willingly submitting myself to a trilogy of books that I've been told are at the fourth grade reading level which isn't a very nice thing to say but.
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My fears came true: People called me fat and hideous, and I lived. And now I keep living.
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For straight, hetero people it's very easy to unintentionally say something that might not honor people's identities fully, and Grace Dunham is a really amazing educational resource.
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