I’m excited to announce to you that the Union Solidarity Coalition, a group of quasi-famous actors, actresses, and writers, is now auctioning off their services to benefit their crews’ health care fund. I should remind you that every single person who’s auctioning off services is worth millions of dollars. If they actually wanted to help benefit their crews’ health care fund, they could write a check.
That would be the best way to do it. If you are Lena Dunham and you come from a very wealthy family and have a net worth of $10-$12 million, an amazing way to help people would be to write a check. If you’re Bob Odenkirk and you made a massive success of yourself over the past few years, and you have a net worth in the $16 million range, perhaps you could sign a check.
Nope. They’re all auctioning off their services. This is exciting, earth-shattering stuff.
Here are some of the auction items that are now available. There are some gems available to you. (Bids are open on eBay, by the way, for the next seven to eight days.) I can’t wait.
If you spend the proper amount of money, you could have a mural painted by Lena Dunham in your house. She’ll come to your house if you live in New York, London, or L.A., and she will paint a mural in your home. That sounds like a nightmare because Dunham is most famous for being obsessed with genitalia. She has recalled when she was growing up, her house was covered in pictures of female genitalia. I know you’re ready to enjoy her art.
But there are some restrictions. The auction description reads:
<blockquote>Respect for talent and their staff will be expected at all times. Inappropriate behavior or solicitation for personal gain by the winner could result in the immediate conclusion of the experience with no refund. The talent has the right to end the experience at any time, for any reason, with no refund.</blockquote>
So if you want Lena Dunham, a weirdo, in your house, painting strange things on your walls, you could do that. It will only cost you <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/186072283450" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about five grand</a>.
Other items of interest: a session asking Maggie Gyllenhaal 20 questions in 20 minutes. If you’re going to do that, I would recommend you just ask her about Jake the whole time. “How did you feel when he was doing &#8220;Prince of Persia&#8221;? How about when he was in &#8220;October Sky&#8221;? How did that make you feel, Maggie?”
Natasha Lyonne is allowing you to help her help you solve the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle. For <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/186072364347" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thousands of dollars</a>. Is she that amazing at crossword puzzles?
John Lithgow will do a watercolor portrait of your dog.
You can also bid on other items, including 20 questions in a 20-minute Zoom with Sarah Silverman. The problem is that during the Zoom call, you’ll have to actually listen to Silverman’s voice for 20 long minutes, the little cutesy baby voice. And she presumably says swear words a lot.
This is so exciting.
Adam Scott is offering to walk your dog for one hour. Scott could sign a check that would benefit the crews, but instead he’s going to walk your dog for an hour, which sounds amazing. Theoretically, you could walk your dog yourself, but I guess if you really want to be able to say you hired Scott to walk your dog because it’s a good cocktail party story, you could do that.
That is inspiring stuff.
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Several <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">celebrities</a> are going to extreme lengths to fundraise for crew members who are currently on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/strike">strike</a> in Hollywood.
These unique <a href="https://www.ebay.com/e/charity/tusc-charity-auction?toolid=10001&amp;mkcid=1&amp;campid=5337789386&amp;mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&amp;customid=87443X1540253Xd8958fa1794a8a0bf7d2f0c3fa4b1fca&amp;_sop=3&amp;rt=nc">listings</a> popped up on eBay through the Union Solidarity Coalition, with many items going for thousands of dollars and climbing as more people share them. For example, actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lena-dunham">Lena Dunham</a> is willing to <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/186072283450?hash=item2b52c5b93a%3Ag%3A5RIAAOSwykdk%7EJ4O&amp;_trkparms=%2526rpp_cid%253D64d549ebbdbe1c8c27960c98">paint a mural</a> in the auction winner’s home.
“Lena will spend an afternoon rendering a custom mural- you give her a subject and some coffee, and she will be on a step stool with her eyes squinted for hours, creating something you will enjoy having for years and years or until you move!” the listing says. 
The auction description also stipulates that “Respect for talent and their staff will be expected at all times. Inappropriate behavior or solicitation for personal gain by the winner could result in the immediate conclusion of the experience with no refund. The talent has the right to end the experience at any time, for any reason, with no refund.” 
It also says background checks may be required. Winners must reside in Los Angeles, New York, or London. As of Friday morning, the top bid for the Lena Dunham mural listing was at just over $3,000.
Some of the other popular items on the auction page included taking a pottery class with actress/activist Busy Philipps for $3,000 and having Natasha Lyonne assist you with the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle (currently $4,000). Actor Adam Scott from “Parks and Recreation” offered to take the auction winner’s dog for an hour-long walk in Los Angeles.
Another auction offers bidders the chance for Emmy-winning actor John Lithgow to paint watercolor portrait of their dog. That auction is at $4,250 as of Friday. The most expensive item right now is dinner with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, currently going for $9,100.
The second most expensive auction is the chance to have the cast of “Bob’s Burgers” sing a song custom-written just for the winner, at around $7,000.
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While many of the auctions require winners to reside in New York or L.A., there are several Zoom meeting options, including a 20-minute virtual meeting with Sarah Silverman ($1,950). There are also physical items up for auction, like a fedora autographed by Tom Waits ($2,600) and an apron signed by the cast of &#8220;The Bear&#8221; ($2,050).
The Union Solidarity Coalition is planning other fundraising events besides the eBay auctions as the strike drags on, per <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2023/09/14/writers-actors-strike-charity-auction-union-solidarity-coalition/">The Washington Post</a>.

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Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lena-dunham">Lena Dunham</a> is under fire for requesting that her casket be driven through a Pride parade after she dies. 
The 36-year-old “Girls” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">creator</a> ignited the controversy when she shared a tweet of the bizarre request Sunday afternoon. 
“When I go, I want my casket to be driven through the NYC pride parade with a plaque that reads &#8216;she wasn’t for everyone, but she *was* for us&#8217;- who can arrange?” Dunham shared with her 5.2 million Twitter followers.
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When I go, I want my casket to be driven through the NYC pride parade with a plaque that reads “she wasn’t for everyone, but she *was* for us”- who can arrange?
&mdash; Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) <a href="https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/1576591333824806912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Social media users seemed confused about why the Hollywood star wanted to be honored this way.
“And what have u ever done for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq">LGBTQ</a>? Sis you ain’t no gay icon,” one follower shot back. 
Another agreed, <a href="https://twitter.com/W0rk_N_Class/status/1576607129473253376">writing</a>, “Pride is for us, not gratifying the egos of straight people who see us as accessories.”
“It’s called gay pride not straight shame,” someone else shared.
Someone else replied: “Girl, no. we don&#8217;t claim you like that.”
“I have never before presumed to speak for every gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender person but on this occasion I think I can safely say, we don’t want you,” another reply said.
Most responses were brutal toward Dunham’s original request, causing some followers to question if only haters followed the actress on Twitter.
“Counterpoint: we drive a photo of you through the jersey shore with a sign that says ‘we’re not sure who she is either,&#8221; one follower <a href="https://twitter.com/jamiefrickengib/status/1576606324611481601">quipped</a>.
And another follower accused the “Girls” star of being a shameless self-promoter and attention-seeker.
“She died as she lived: in a ploy for attention that was as puzzling as it was desperate,” another response said.
Dunham previously said she always felt a bond with the LGBTQ community despite not being same-sex attracted herself. 
In April of 2014, Dunham specifically said she was “disappointed” that she is not gay and was thrilled when her sister Grace came out at 17.
“I have always felt a strong and emotional connection to members of the LGBTQ community,” she said during a speech at the Point Foundation awards in NYC, per <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/530308/lena-dunham-talks-about-lesbian-sister-admits-she-s-sad-she-s-sexually-attracted-to-men-and-not-gay">E! Online</a>. “It was actually a huge disappointment for me when I came of age and realized that I was sexually attracted to men.”
“So when my sister came out, I thought, &#8220;Thank God, now someone in this family can truly represent my beliefs and passions,’” she continued.
Dunham also professed to being “very jealous of any child who had two dads.”

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Outspoken feminist and leftist actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lena-dunham">Lena Dunham</a> is debuting a coming-of-age story aimed at young adults, and critics are already fawning over the medieval <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies">comedy</a>.
Dunham is best known for the HBO series “Girls,” which was full of sex, nudity, and drugs. But now the 36-year-old creator is focusing on messaging targeting a younger crowd. Her new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment">film</a> “Catherine Called Birdy” is set in a Medieval English village in the year 1290. 
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The main character Lady Catherine (nicknamed Birdy) goes on a series of adventures while trying to fend off potential marital suitors foisted upon her by a greedy father seeking a big dowry to cover his debts. It’s adapted from Karen Cushman’s 1994 novel of the same name. 
Bella Ramsey of “Game of Thrones” fame plays the main character. The film is rated PG-13 and is touted as a coming-of-age story. “Catherine Called Birdy” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be debuting on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/amazon-prime">Prime Video</a> beginning October 7. 
The comedy is said to contain some slightly creepy elements, like a much older suitor who Birdy nicknames “Shaggy Beard.” Overall, however, the movie targets a younger crowd to deliver a message of female empowerment.
“Catherine Called Birdy” currently has a 70% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
“A delightfully witty, irrelevant, and modern-minded while carefully dodging the self-satisfaction and smugness that those descriptors can conjure up,” one reviewer wrote. 
“Leave it to ‘Girls’ creator Lena Dunham to deliver what’s been missing from the field of princess movies all these years: namely, permission for young women to be themselves, regardless of what their parents or the patriarchy might think,” the viewer from Variety agreed. 
Another reviewer noted that the feminist messaging is toned down yet still present for the younger audience. 
“The film goes in a different, more light-hearted direction, avoiding Dunham’s R-rated humor for a more watered down version of feminist themes,” a Screen Rant reviewer observed.
But not all critics were thrilled by the movie. One reviewer called the film &#8220;listless, plodding and self-congratulatory,” while a RogerEbert.com reviewer said it didn’t live up to the book’s “richness.”
Following the massive success of “Girls,” Dunham has been seeking another comparable hit and hasn’t found one so far. Her HBO show “Camping” wasn’t well-received and the comedy “Sharp Stick” about a girl who has an affair with her married boss also got slammed by viewers and critics alike.

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Leftist Lena Dunham Debuts Film Targeting Young Adults, Critics Rave

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Lena Dunham&#8217;s new fashion collaboration, designed to improve the availability of high fashion to plus-sized women, is facing a strong backlash from woke critics who claim the line, designed in partnership with the website 11 Honore, just isn&#8217;t inclusive enough.
Dunham&#8217;s &#8220;tightly edited&#8221; collaboration with the high fashion site, which features capsule collections of &#8220;expanded size range&#8221; clothing from designers like Diane Von Furstenburg, Christian Siriano, Mara Hoffman, and Dolce &amp; Gabbana, features just five pieces to start, ranging in price from $98 to $298, though those five pieces are available in sizes 14-26.
11 Honore touted the line as a major fashion achievement.
“We took a lot of time perfecting the grade up to a size 26 which included multiple fittings on a range of women from size 12-26 with varying body shapes. Our ultimate goal is to dress as many women as possible and we are completely open to expanding past size 26 in the future!” the online fashion outlet noted in its statement.
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“Right now the only thing I’m doing is speaking about my own experience,” Dunham told The New York Times about the collection, which, she added, filled a gap in her own wardrobe. “So this clothing line is a direct response to my experience.”
It isn&#8217;t a direct response to everyone&#8217;s lived experience, though, according to woke critics who took aim at Dunham&#8217;s collection immediately after it launched, because the line stops at size 26, and that&#8217;s just not large enough for some women. So, critics say, Dunham really should not have labeled her five pieces part of an &#8220;inclusive&#8221; effort.
“The simple solution is not to call it ‘inclusive,'&#8221; <a href="https://kiss951.com/2021/04/07/lena-dunham-slammed-for-plus-size-clothing-line-not-being-inclusive/">one celebrity stylist told entertainment media</a>, adding that Dunham&#8217;s efforts were &#8220;tone-deaf.&#8221; &#8220;When something is called inclusive and stops at 26, it excludes a large portion of the plus-size community, and the most desperate for pieces like these, those over a size 26.&#8221;
In fact, the stylist added, Dunham is actually &#8220;privileged&#8221; for being able to connect with a fashion outlet to produce her line. Dunham, the stylist said, should acknowledge “her continued privilege in the industry and now the plus size fashion industry.”
A writer at <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lena-dunham-plus-size-clothing-line-honore_n_606e3bb8c5b6c70eccad7279">HuffPo echoed the critique</a>.
&#8220;The backlash against the limited size range of 14–26 was pretty immediate. Now, to be fair to Dunham, I have not seen her refer to her line as ‘inclusive,’” the writer noted. &#8220;However, 11 Honoré calls itself ‘a size-inclusive shopping site’ in its mission statement — while also listing a size range of 12–24.&#8221;
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&#8220;I personally don’t believe &#8216;inclusive&#8217; can apply to sites that cater to a limited size range that excludes both larger and smaller sizes. That position may be somewhat controversial, but to me, &#8216;inclusive fashion&#8217; looks like a brand like SmartGlamour, by Mallorie Dunn, which has a preset size range from XXS &#8211; 15X, but additionally offers complete customization of every piece sold, each of which is made to order,&#8221; the writer continued. &#8220;Simply put, the goal of &#8216;inclusive fashion&#8217; should be to actually include every body type.&#8221;
Critics are also concerned with Dunham even calling herself &#8220;plus-sized,&#8221; given that she refers to her own weight gain as being the result of taking steroids for ongoing health issues, and Dunham advertises herself as a size 14-16, which HuffPo&#8217;s writer does not consider officially &#8220;fat.&#8221;
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<blockquote>By the entertainment industry’s standards, Dunham might be considered “fat.” I do not doubt for a moment that she has felt the vociferous backlash of being in a larger body in an industry that seems to consider women “plus-size” when they’re a mere size 8.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>This taps into one of Dunham’s biggest problems; the one that is the source of many of her self-created controversies. She seems to exist in a bubble; her vision made myopic by virtue of privilege. I suppose that is why, over the course of a few sentences, when talking about her belly, she informs us that this is where she’s always gained weight.</blockquote>
Critics on social media echoed HuffPo&#8217;s concerns, writing that Dunham is misinformed about what is considered &#8220;plus-sized.&#8221;
&#8220;Lena Dunham is making a plus-size clothing line that only goes up to a size 26. That’s&#8230; not a plus-sized line. That’s a mid-size line with limited, extended sizing,&#8221; one Twitter critic noted.
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Lena Dunham is starting a fresh venture and taking on a new role as fashion designer with the launch of her new plus-size clothing line this week.
Dunham discussed the move with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/style/lena-dunham-body-positivity-11-honore-spanx.html">The New York Times</a> during a virtual interview with the outlet. She also commented on the current body positivity movement that has grown in popularity in recent years.
The line — <a href="https://11honore.com/pages/the-11-honore-shopping-event">11 Honoré x Lena Dunham</a> — debuts this week. It is a joint effort between Dunham and <a href="https://11honore.com/">11 Honoré</a>, a women&#8217;s clothing company that specializes in designer plus-size clothing. The clothing company is based around the idea that women of any size (the line specifically targets women sizes 12 and up) can wear designer brands.
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/style/lena-dunham-body-positivity-11-honore-spanx.html">The New York Times</a> reported that Dunham&#8217;s work with the brand &#8220;will be 11 Honoré’s first celebrity foray, and it is a tightly edited collection of only five items. Dunham said this is because “I’ve totally given up on the idea of being any type of impresario or person who had something to say to everyone.”
“Right now the only thing I’m doing is speaking about my own experience,” she said. “So this clothing line is a direct response to my experience.”
Dunham has been public about her health journeys throughout the years, including her experience with the coronavirus, which she contracted last March. The New York Times reported, &#8220;Though she has recovered, the disease affected her pituitary gland and left her with partial adrenal insufficiency, she said, so she is taking steroids.&#8221;
“Not the cool kind that make you muscular,” she said. “Just the kind that make your face fat. I’m trying to roll with that. Trying to be chin positive. I can deal with anything, but a triple chin is a hard place to land.”
She made a point to thank her medical providers and discuss how she is aware that she is privileged with private health care access and the opportunity to work.
“It doesn’t mean I haven’t felt a lot of body hatred in lockdown,” she said. However, she said that she is not a fan of some current wording, like “plus” or “curve” or “body positive.”
“The thing that’s complicated about the body positive movement,” she said, “is it can be for the privileged few who have a body that looks the way people want to feel positive. We want curvy bodies that look like Kim Kardashian has been up-sized slightly. We want big beautiful butts and big beautiful breasts and no cellulite and faces that look like you could smack them on to thin women.”
“I have a big stomach, I always have. That’s where I gain my weight — especially after early menopause, I have a straight-up gut, like an old man — and that’s not where anybody wants to see flesh. It’s not like if I posted a sensual nude of myself on Instagram, people would be marveling at my beautiful derrière.”
“There’s so much judgment around bigger bodies, and I think one of the judgments is that bigger women are stupider,” she continued. “They eat too much and don’t know how to stop. Thin women must be discerning and able to use their willpower. Bigger women must be limited in their understanding of the world, and they keep doing things that are bad for them. The amount of people who have written to me on my page: ‘You’re promoting obesity. Don’t you understand you’re killing yourself. Are you stupid? Why are you doing that?’”
Dunham discussed feedback she has received on her style. “The thing that’s been really interesting is how angry it makes people when you dress like yourself,” Ms. Dunham said. “It’s not, ‘Oh, I don’t like that dress.’ It’s, ‘How dare you?’ And it’s fascinating how much of that comes from other women with bodies that look like mine. It’s not a male gym rat. It’s other women who have been indoctrinated with the same message: ‘Didn’t you get the memo? We’re all doing this. We’re all going to wear the Spanx.’”
Dunham will not wear Spanx and she said she hardly ever wears a bra. None of the clothing she is putting out with the new line requires a woman to wear a bra with it.
Dunham has another film coming out soon, &#8220;Sharp Stick,&#8221; that she told The New York Times was written last summer as &#8220;a meditation on the complexity of, uh, female sexual desire and how it intersects with trauma.&#8221;

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In a tweet on Thursday, Lena Dunham, an outspoken feminist and former &#8220;Girls&#8221; star, shared her hope that she would one day be &#8220;Hunter Biden&#8217;s beautiful wife.&#8221;
&#8220;I cannot wait to spend holidays at the White House when I am Hunter Biden’s beautiful wife,&#8221; she said.
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Some of Dunham&#8217;s followers were a bit confused as to why she would fantasize about being Hunter Biden&#8217;s wife. &#8220;Not sure he’s exactly a desirable partner,&#8221; responded one user. &#8220;He currently has a wife, although I don’t know if that’s ever stopped him before,&#8221; said another user. &#8220;Glad to see feminism embracing being nothing more than a housewife,&#8221; said another. &#8220;You know it’s ok not to broadcast every thought via Twitter. They’re not all gems,&#8221; said another.
Hunter Biden has been implicated in several <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reporters-frustrated-joe-biden-avoiding-questions-on-hunter-biden-investigation">scandals</a>, including conceiving a child out-of-wedlock with ex-stripper Lunden Alexis Roberts and initially denying that he was the baby&#8217;s father until a paternity test proved &#8220;with scientific certainty&#8221; that the child was his. After a series of legal battles, Hunter agreed to an undisclosed amount of monthly child support. As <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/hunter-biden-paternity-case-ends-in-settlement-with-arkansas-woman/">Courthouse News</a> reported in March 2020:
<blockquote> An Arkansas judge on Thursday approved a final settlement agreement bringing Hunter Biden’s paternity case to a close, just days after denying the former vice president’s son’s request for a nine-month delay because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and his pregnant wife.
Biden will pay an undisclosed monthly amount of child support and health insurance premiums to his 19-month-old child’s mother, Lunden Alexis Roberts, beginning April 1, according to <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hunter-biden.pdf" target="_blank" rel="follow noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="internal">court documents</a> filed Thursday. Independence County Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer also approved an amount for Roberts’ attorneys’ fees and costs that Biden must pay by May 1.</blockquote>
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Hunter&#8217;s father largely ducked the controversy regarding his grandchild and even expressed hostility to a reporter who dared ask him about it.
“Do you have a comment on this report and court filing out of Arkansas that your son Hunter just made you a grandfather?” Fox News’ Peter Doocy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-biden-gets-upset-after-being-asked-about-revelation-that-his-son-fathered-child-with-arkansas-woman-while-he-was-dating-his-brothers-widow">asked Biden</a>.
“No, that’s a private matter, I have no comment,” Biden responded. “But only you would ask that. You’re a good man. You’re a good man. Classy.”
Prior to the child support settlement, Roberts&#8217; legal team expressed bafflement over Hunter Biden&#8217;s lack of &#8220;respect&#8221; for court orders.
“[Hunter Biden] continues to act as though he has no respect for this Court, its orders, the legal process in this state, or the needs of his child for support,” argue her legal team, demanding that the court “take some action that will make the defendant follow court orders and a believer in the rule of law.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reporters-frustrated-joe-biden-avoiding-questions-on-hunter-biden-investigation">Reporters ‘Frustrated’ Joe Biden Avoiding Questions On Hunter Biden Investigation</a>

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Actress and political activist Lena Dunham posted a video of herself on Friday wearing a white &#8220;sex suit&#8221; while provocatively dancing to raunchy rap song &#8220;WAP&#8221; (apparently an acronym for &#8220;wet a** p****&#8221;).
The caption of the post offered praise to the female artists, rappers Cardi B (real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) and Megan Thee Stallion (real name Megan Pete), for allegedly celebrating &#8220;the normalization of female desire.&#8221;
The video features Dunham shaking her breasts and bottom while the song repeatedly belts out the lyrics &#8220;there&#8217;s some w****s in this house&#8221; and details the WAP acronym as suggestive emojis float across the screen.
Dunham captioned the video, &#8220;You cannot listen to <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WAP?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#WAP</a> and not just want to shake it/celebrate the normalization of female desire!! Go off [Cardi B] and [Megan Thee Stallion]!!&#8221;
&#8220;#QuarantineBop in my Sex suit by my beloved #ChristopherKane,&#8221; she added. 
<a href="https://genius.com/Cardi-b-wap-lyrics">WAP</a> has been breathlessly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hit-song-encourages-girls-to-degrade-objectify-and-prostitute-themselves-this-is-not-empowerment">praised</a> in the mainstream media for its allegedly empowering message for women. The lyrics, too explicit to be posted here, blatantly objectify women and glowingly refer to the female rappers themselves as &#8220;whores.&#8221;
Discussing the song and women in rap during a recent Apple Music roundtable event, former reality TV show star and rapper known as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-rapper-blasts-women-for-having-self-respect-in-vulgar-apple-music-interview-i-liberate-a-lot-of-hs">Sukihana</a> (real name Destiny Henderson), who is featured in the explicit WAP music video, offered a glance into what female empowerment and self-respect supposedly look like to her.
Sukihana bragged about being a “h**” and “s***ing and f***ing” and bashed women for having “self-respect,&#8221; which, according to the rapper, is actually “taxing” men, suggesting that women essentially prostitute themselves.
“I feel like being, like, sexual and s***, like, I don’t see nothing wrong with that,” said Sukihana. “‘Cause, baby, I got three kids. And, I mean, I got these kids from s***ing and f***ing.”
“At the end of the day, me being a h**, like these people say, like, honestly, I liberate a lot of h***s, you feel me?” she said.
“When I hear Cardi talk about poppin’ some p****, me and my b****es is with it, that liberate us,” the rapper continued. ‘Cause it’s like f*** you self-respecting h**s. ‘Cause how you got self-respect, like, I don’t think y’all got self-respect like that. ‘Cause first of all, you supposed to tax these n****s. That’s self-respect. You feel me?”
“Like, it makes me feel liberated. I love crossing boundaries. ‘Cause, guess what? Scare money don’t make no money. If you gonna be scared to get that money, you gonna be scared to be yourself and say that’s who I am, then you ain’t gonna get that coin like that,” Sukihana concluded.
Some of the fellow women on the panel, including Cardi B, agreed, offering a “facts” response.
Back in 2016, Dunham was accused of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lena-dunham-goes-man-hating-racist-rant-against-ben-shapiro">misandry</a> for her comments about football player Odell Beckham Jr. Speaking to feminist comedian Amy Schumer, Dunham said Beckham looked at her and immediately objectified her; once he apparently realized he didn&#8217;t want to &#8220;f***&#8221; her, he ignored her and went back to scrolling his Instagram, she insisted:
<blockquote>I was sitting next to Odell Beckham Jr., and it was so amazing because it was like he looked at me and he determined I was not the shape of a woman by his standards. He was like, “That’s a marshmallow. That’s a child. That’s a dog.” It wasn’t mean — he just seemed confused.
The vibe was very much like, “Do I want to fuck it? Is it wearing a … yep, it’s wearing a tuxedo. I’m going to go back to my cell phone.” It was like we were forced to be together, and he literally was scrolling Instagram rather than have to look at a woman in a bow tie. I was like, “This should be called the Metropolitan Museum of Getting Rejected by Athletes.”</blockquote>
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You cannot listen to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WAP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WAP</a> and not just want to shake it/celebrate the normalization of female desire!! Go off <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iamcardib</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/theestallion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@theestallion</a>!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QuarantineBop?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QuarantineBop</a> in my Sex suit by my beloved <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChristopherKane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChristopherKane</a> <a href="https://t.co/CRYEH4pakx">pic.twitter.com/CRYEH4pakx</a>
&mdash; Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) <a href="https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/1294366520902946816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Lena Dunham Dances In ‘Sex Suit’ To Raunchy Rap Song WAP: ‘Celebrate Normalization Of Female Desire!!’

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Actress Lena Dunham (&#8220;Girls&#8221;) recalled her harrowing battle with COVID-19 in a dramatic, sometimes elegiac <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDUUmlrjNlI/?utm_source=ig_embed">Instagram post</a> on Saturday.
According to Dunham, she contracted COVID-19 in mid-March and decided to share her experience to combat the &#8220;carelessness with which so many in the United States are treating social distancing.&#8221;
&#8220;&#8230; seeing the carelessness with which so many in the United States are treating social distancing, people jogging without masks and parties on Instagram, I feel compelled to be honest about the impact this illness has had on me, in the hopes that personal stories allow us to see the humanity in what can feel like abstract situations,&#8221; she began.
&#8220;The fact is, the coronavirus kills people. We know that. But it will also alter the bodies and lived experiences of so many who are infected, in ways they could never have predicted,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;In some odd sense, I feel blessed to have entered this experience as a &#8216;sick&#8217; person; otherwise I don&#8217;t know how I would have tolerated crossing that threshold from well to unwell. Lots of people are doing it gracefully right now. But worse than that, they&#8217;re doing it alone.&#8221;
Dunham continued her post by describing her struggle with COVID-19, which included the typical symptoms (fever, loss of taste and smell, fatigue) and a few other distinct varients, such as her inability to &#8220;tolerate loud noises,&#8221; “random red rashes,&#8221; and a crushing headache between her eyes. She likened this relentless pain to &#8220;a complex machine that had been unplugged and then had my wires rerouted into the wrong inputs.&#8221; Her hacking cough, she also said, was &#8220;like a metronome keeping time.&#8221;
&#8220;This went on for 21 days, days that blended into each other like a rave gone wrong. I was lucky enough to have a doctor who could offer me regular guidance on how to care for myself and I never had to be hospitalized,&#8221; she said. &#8220;This kind of hands-on attention is a privilege that is far too unusual in our broken healthcare system. I self-isolated with my pulse oximeter, monitoring my level. &#8230; After a month, I tested negative for COVID-19 and was able to spend time around my isolation pod again. I couldn&#8217;t believe how intense the loneliness had been, in addition to the illness.&#8221;
Despite the virus having been defeated, Dunham still experienced severe after-effects, such as &#8220;swollen hands and feet, an unceasing migraine and fatigue that limited my every move.&#8221;
&#8220;The doctor determined I was suffering from clinical adrenal insufficiency – my pituitary gland had almost entirely ceased to function – as well as a &#8216;status migrainosis,'&#8221; she said. &#8220;My arthritis flared and required an immune-modulator drug that is hard on my body. And there are weirder symptoms that I&#8217;ll keep to myself.&#8221;
Dunham asserted that she did not experience these symptoms prior to COVID-19 and does not know why her body responded so negatively. Though she gave no indication that it contributed to her suffering, Dunham did <a href="https://www.today.com/health/what-ehlers-danlos-syndrome-lena-dunham-reveals-diagnosis-t166421">reveal in 2019</a> that she suffers from Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, the symptoms of which include &#8220;joint pain&#8221; and &#8220;slow and poor wound healing.&#8221;
From &#8220;Today&#8221;:
<blockquote>EDS weakens the body’s connective tissues — which normally provide strength and flexibility — either because the collagen isn’t as strong as it should be or there’s not enough of it in the skin, muscles, skeleton and blood vessels.
EDS and can range from loose joints to life-threatening complications, such as bleeding and the possibility of organ and vessel rupture. The <a href="https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/what-is-eds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ehlers-Danlos Society</a> listed these possible warning signs:
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Lena Dunham concluded her post by cautioning people to practice social distancing and take guidelines seriously, warning that COVID-19 is a health crisis the likes of which our nation has never faced before.
&#8220;This is the biggest deal in our country, and in the world right now,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;When you take the appropriate measures to protect yourself and your neighbors, you save them a world of pain. You save them a journey that nobody deserves to take, with a million outcomes we don&#8217;t yet understand, and a million people with varying resources and varying levels of support who are not ready for this tidal wave to take them. It is critical we are all sensible and compassionate at this time&#8230;because, there is truly no other choice.&#8221;
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The newest celebrity accessory isn’t a killer handbag or shiny watch. It’s telling everyone to shut up rather than discuss the toughest issue of the day. Race.
It’s hard to have a national conversation on the subject when folks like Lena Dunham, Kevin Bacon and Simon Pegg keep telling us to zip it, Morton Downey, Jr. style.
White progressive stars claiming they have nothing valuable to say on racism is the new virtue signal, but there’s a practical side to it.
Kevin Bacon brought out the “shut up, he said” mantra on race relations first. The “Tremors” star told the press he’s <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kevin-bacon-old-white-guys-need-to-shut-up-and-listen-racial-tensions">ready and willing to shut his own yap</a>.
&#8220;It&#8217;s incredible to experience this and to go through this historically, not just the COVID-19, but clearly seeing the protests and what&#8217;s going on,&#8221; noted the 61-year-old actor. &#8220;For an old guy like me, I was born in 1958, and to witness the passion of the young people across the world for social justice – it leaves me speechless, which is probably a good idea because I think it&#8217;s a good time for old white guys like me to just shut up and listen.&#8221;
Yes, Bacon is white and can’t speak to the black experience. He’s also a 61-year-old man who has lived through quite a bit. He may have memories to share about racial exchanges on the set. Or, perhaps he fears what giving unchecked power to a neo-<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-lives-matter-leader-if-this-country-doesnt-give-us-what-we-want-then-we-will-burn-down-the-system">Marxist organization like Black Lives Matters</a> could mean to the country he calls home.
You can’t actually say that in Hollywood, but you can still think it. We think.
More seriously, perhaps we need a 60-something star’s ability to empathize with other people. Heck, that’s the biggest tool in an actor’s kit, to get under the skin of a character and see what makes him or her tick.
Saying nothing puts that skill set on a shelf, unused.
Bacon shouldn’t necessarily lead the conversation, of course. But why can’t he have a speaking part?
“Star Trek” alum Simon Pegg <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/28/simon-pegg-lost-transmissions-mental-health-blm-film-industry-mission-impossible-7">took a similar path</a> in a recent interview.
“Anyone that’s complaining about it should just shut the f*** up because it’s time,” he says. “The film industry would be such a healthier, more interesting place if there were more voices, different stories, different experiences. It’s so dominated by one particular voice and colour of face, it just perpetuates a bland mono-voiced cultural landscape.”
The core members of Pegg’s <a href="https://stolenpicture.com/">Stolen Picture production company</a> look rather monochromatic, for what it’s worth.
He isn’t done self-flagellating. He’s aware that he could be seen as part of that landscape, but wants Stolen Picture to be a hub for any and all creative people.
“Do you know that Lost Transmissions was the first feature I’ve been in that’s directed by a woman?” he says. “In 20 years of film-making! How alarming is that?”
Pegg has had industry-wide clout for some time. Couldn’t he have addressed this gender issue earlier?
And then there’s Lena Dunham. The mistress of hot takes has a few more, but this time on race and “white privilege.”
First, <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/06/30/lena-dunham-give-reparations-widely-defund-the-police-rinse-repeat/">the obligatory apology</a> for her own success.
“The Hollywood system is rigged in favor of white people,” she said in a recent social media post, adding that “my career took off at a young age with relative ease, ease I wasn’t able to recognize because I also didn’t know what privilege was&#8230;”
“The lesson now? Sit down. Shut up, unless it’s to advocate for change for Black people. Listen. Make art in private for awhile- no one needs your book right now lady. Give reparations widely. Defund the police. Rinse &amp; repeat.”
Is Dunham giving some of her own wealth away, <a href="https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/lena-dunham-how-much-is-the-actress-worth-and-whats-next-for-her.html/">reportedly $12 million</a>, to kick things off?
What do these stars all have in common besides an ability to grovel?
Fame. Wealth. Prestige. Connections.
They’ve all navigated the Hollywood ecosystem for years, if not decades, and have the bank accounts to prove it. They can brag about stepping aside to give actors of color a chance. They may have noble intentions, and diversity problems still plague the industry, but these stars have been warriors for change for all of five minutes.
The other reason they’re voluntarily shutting up is for self-preservation. If they say the wrong thing — by “wrong” we mean not 100 percent in lockstep with the authoritarian Left — they could be canceled next.
Remember the heat Matt Damon took for saying something so obvious, so ordinary, during a previous cultural panic? Shortly after Harvey Weinstein’s precipitous fall Damon <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/matt-damons-on-hollywood-sexual-misconduct-scandals-theres-a-spectrum-120883/">noted the difference</a> between what the movie mogul allegedly did and what some accused then-Sen. Al Franken of doing.
“I think it’s wonderful that women are feeling empowered to tell their stories and it’s totally necessary,” he said. “I do believe there’s a spectrum of behavior. … You know, there’s a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated.”
It&#8217;s a fair and valid point, one made with all the necessary qualifiers. He was shouted down by his peers and press all the same.
Vox shouted, “<a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/20/16797400/why-wont-matt-damon-stop-talking-sexual-harassment">Why Won’t Matt Damon Stop Talking</a>?”
<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/matt-damon-apologizes-spectrum-behavior-sexual-misconduct-remarks-1075007">His response</a>?
&#8220;I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a while.&#8221;
Pegg, Bacon and Dunham have similarly shut themselves up just in case they say something that would turn the woke mob against them.
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Lena Dunham will return to HBO with yet another sex-charged series, only this one will explore teen sexuality in a conservative community with themes similar to that of the highly controversial &#8220;Euphoria.&#8221;
&#8220;HBO Max has given a series order to &#8216;Generation,&#8217; a dramedy executive-produced by the controversial &#8216;Girls&#8217; creator, the streaming service announced Thursday,&#8221; reports <a href="https://www.tvguide.com/news/lena-dunham-generation-hbo-max/">TV Guide</a>. &#8220;The series is created by 18-year-old writer Zelda Barnz and her father Daniel, who also directs. It&#8217;s executive-produced by Dunham and Ben Barnz, Daniel&#8217;s husband and Zelda&#8217;s other father. It&#8217;s HBO Max&#8217;s first pilot to be ordered to series.&#8221;
The show has been described as &#8220;dark yet playful half-hour following a group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love, and the nature of family in their conservative community.&#8221;
Series writer Zelda Barnz said that the show is meant to represent kids of her own age — Generation Z — without any judgment or nostalgia.
&#8220;I wanted to see myself and kids my own age represented on TV in a way that felt real, without judgment or nostalgia,&#8221; Barnz said in a statement. &#8220;I&#8217;m so appreciative of my mentor and soul-sister Lena Dunham for all her support and guidance, and so thankful to HBO Max for making this crazy dream come true.&#8221;
As of now, there is no indication as to how explicit the sexuality presented will be; if it&#8217;s anything like HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Euphoria,&#8221; then audiences should expect something shocking, to say the least. Here&#8217;s how The Daily Wire&#8217;s Hank Berrien <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/director-new-hbo-teen-series-boasts-parents-will-hank-berrien">described it</a> at the time of the show&#8217;s release:
<blockquote>“Euphoria,” starring Zendaya, who first came to prominence on Disney Channel’s “Shake It Up,” features an actor using a prosthetic penis to commit a rape as well as a scene in which roughly 30 young men are shown fully nude, as <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbos-explicit-euphoria-courts-controversy-how-teen-sex-is-1217606?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_medium=referral">The Hollywood Reporter</a> notes. There’s a sex scene between teens involving choking and even a charming scene where an obese man on a webcam masturbates to a young woman.</blockquote>
Strangely, the presence of Lena Dunham might actually shake things up a bit, because, believe it or not, conservatives have heaped praise upon her HBO show &#8220;Girls&#8221; for concluding on a positive note despite her outspoken feminism and abortion advocacy. Magdalena Segieda went as far to call Dunham &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lena-dunham-most-pro-life-conservative-voice-her-magdalena-segieda">The Most Pro-Life Conservative Voice of Her Generation</a>&#8221; due to the show&#8217;s conclusion.
<blockquote>As the series developed, it has become clear that if you cast aside the sex, the drugs, and the nudity — although it is doubtful if you can ever truly forget the image of Lena Dunham nude — then GIRLS is one of the most conservative and pro-life TV series in years.
The show’s conservative messages are plenty. All the girls featured in GIRLS learn at the end of the series that in order to be truly happy, you need to give up your promiscuous, drug-taking lifestyle and get a job. Or you need to drop your drug-taking spouse and get a job. Or you need to marry a nice boy. Or you need to move out of the city where people crap on the street and into the countryside. The happy endings for all the GIRLS are all variations on a fairly conservative theme.</blockquote>

Lena Dunham’s New HBO Series Will Explore Teen Sexuality In A ‘Conservative Community’

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Actress and writer Lena Dunham has been absent from the public eye for a while, retreating from the spotlight after a rough 2016 election cycle, but it seems she&#8217;s back and posing nude again on social media as if the last several years never happened.
<a href="https://people.com/tv/lena-dunham-poses-naked-vows-donate-charity-self-love/">People Magazine reports that Dunham</a> has been on a campaign to encourage &#8220;body positivity&#8221; and good thoughts about loving yourself at your current weight &#8212; an issue Dunham says she&#8217;s struggled with.
Last week, she was in France helping to promote Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s new film, &#8220;Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,&#8221; about the Charles Manson murders (Dunham appears in a cameo in the trailer as one of Manson&#8217;s acolytes, though she&#8217;s hinted that her part may be larger). On her way home, she apparently made a stopoff in Wales, in the U.K., and that&#8217;s where she posted her naked magnum opus.
Sorry for what&#8217;s about to happen next, in advance.
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Any negativity that comes your way is just an excuse to love yourself even more, right? Comment on my IG post with a reason you love yourself. For every comment in the next week, I&#8217;ll be donating a dollar to <a href="https://twitter.com/PeggyAlbrechtFH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PeggyAlbrechtFH</a> <a href="https://t.co/oD8TPcfF1r">https://t.co/oD8TPcfF1r</a> <a href="https://t.co/CfbAY2wC2U">pic.twitter.com/CfbAY2wC2U</a>
&#8212; Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) <a href="https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/1133793957727444994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Any negativity that comes your way is just an excuse to love yourself even more, right? Comment on my [Instagram] post with a reason you love yourself,&#8221; Lena Dunham added on Twitter. &#8220;For every comment in the next week, I&#8217;ll be donating a dollar to @PeggyAlbrechtFH.&#8221;
On Instagram, the same post appears with the caption, &#8220;Any negativity that comes your way is just an excuse to love yourself even more, right? Comment below with a reason you love yourself. I&#8217;ll go first: I&#8217;m a sober accountable adult who still loves to get naked. Okay, GO! For every comment in the next week, I&#8217;ll be donating a dollar to @FriendlyHouseLA, a residential program for women recovering from substance and alcohol addiction. So guys, be liberal with your self-praise&#8230;&#8221;
Peggy Albrecht Friendly House is a charity that specifically supports women who are in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. Dunham has spoken at length about her efforts to wean herself off benzodiazepines &#8212; medications like Klonopin which are prescribed to treat severe anxiety and mood disorders &#8212; which she says she abused for more than three years. Dunham is nearly a year sober, <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/lena-dunham-says-shes-sober-after-quitting-klonopin.html">according to an interview she did last fall</a>.
The post was apparently meant to start a trend, though it does not appear many of Dunham&#8217;s celebrity friends have followed suit and posted their own naked photos for the world to comment on for charity.
She has been doing better, of late, Dunham says, and back in February, broke her silence temporarily to proclaim that she had entered a new state of &#8220;big, generous, jiggly happiness.&#8221; At the time, though, she was still working on shedding clothing and posted a photo of herself clad in lingerie instead of fully nude.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time in this life feeling like too much,&#8221; she wrote on Instagram. &#8220;Too hungry. Too anxious. Too loud. Too needy. Too sick. Too dramatic. Too honest. Too sexy (jk lol.) I was always sent the message, in insidious ways, that I took up too much room and demanded too much from life and sometimes gave too much to people who didn&#8217;t want any at all.&#8221;

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