I love this excerpt from a great interview I just read between Bad Feminist author Roxanne Gay and Lena Dunham: Roxanne: In what ways does feminism influence your work? Lena: I just think feminism is my work. Everything I do, I do because I was told that as a woman, my voice deserves to heard, my rights are to be respected, and my job was to make that possible for others. And I am not saying I always succeed at that, but that is the value system that I was raised with and the one that I still hold dear, and it is one that makes all this possible, and it makes it possible for me to not shrink under a couch when there is criticism. It is what makes it possible for me to write about my experiences without feeling as though I am wasting everyone’s time or sounding hysterical. It is the thing that makes space for all of it. It means everything to me because it sort of is everything. It is the closest thing I know to being religious, if that makes any sense. Whole interview is here if youre interested: vulture/m/2014/10/roxane-gay-interview-lena-dunham-bad-feminist-not-that-kind-of-girl-books.html
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:05:57 +0000
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