American writer and director Lena Dunham mostly became at the center of hatred because of her white feminist gaffes and her stream of apologies after stating outrageous statements.
She repeatedly makes unreasonable and shocking statements, which is why most people hate her.
Lena is not just hated by Make America Great Again (MAGA)-cap men’s rights activists but also by left-leaning feminists because of her outrageous statements.
On the one hand, she advocates for endometriosis awareness and has undergone radical surgery, while on the other hand, when she talked about abortion on the podcast “Women of the Hour,” she proclaimed that,
“Now I can say that I still haven’t had an abortion, but I wish I had.”
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Consequently, she was sharply criticized by pro-life and pro-choice figures. As an apology, she wrote on her Instagram,
“I truly hope a distasteful joke on my part won’t diminish the amazing work of all the women who participated … I would never, ever intentionally trivialize the emotional and physical challenges of terminating a pregnancy.”
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Furthermore, despite publicly identifying herself as a s*xual assault victim and supporter of the #metoo movement, she issued a statement defending a male writer of ”Girls,” Murray Miller, who was accused of r*pe by 17 years old girl.
As a defense, Dunham stated she thought the r*pe accusation was false and was on Miller’s side. After her adverse criticism, she apologized and said the woman deserved to speak out.
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Lena’s attitude on race is also problematic to most people. She was sharply criticized for not casting black people in ”Girls.”
Though later on, the production cast Donald Glover in a few episodes, audiences believe that he was intentionally cast to offset the accusations of racism.
In addition, she posed with a scarf worn to look like a hijab but also accused a black athlete she sat next to at a gala of not being s*xually attractive.
On top of that, most people dislike her naked or semi-clothed appearances both on-screen and on her social media, though it’s her personal choice.
Lena’s memoir, “Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned,” had two problems that people got mad about.
One is the alleged s*xual abuse of her sister, and the other one is she got r*ped in college by a guy named Barry.
It turns out that only a few Barrys went to school with her, and none of them were the people she thought they were.
Moreover, Lena Dunham mo*ested her sister for years, which she admitted in 2014. She openly said she m*sturbated next to her sister when she was 17.
She invites these controversial statements that are barely redeemable, which might also be possible because of her lack of self-awareness.
Lena sounds like an incredibly self-absorbed personality. Because of her idiotic and inappropriate statements, she has to apologize later, and people hate her.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Lena Dunham was born in New York City on May 13, 1986, to Carroll Dunham (a painter) and Laurie Simmons (a designer and photographer).
- Lena’s father has English and remote Scottish, Welsh, and German ancestry and is a Mayflower descendant. Lena’s mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family.
- Lena Dunham is an older sister of Grace Dunham.
- Lena’s husband is Luis Felber, with whom she tied the knot on September 25, 2021.
- Lena graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in ”Creative Writing.”
- In 2012, Dunham signed a $3.5 million deal with Random House for her first autobiographical book titled “Not That Kind of Girl – A Young Woman Tells You What She’s ‘Learned.” The book went on to make the #2 slot on the New York Times Bestseller list.
- Lena is extremely liberal, and she even got to meet Hillary Clinton and campaign for her in 2016.
