Bill Clinton avoids taking Donald Trump's bait as he campaigns for Hillary
On the campaign trail the former president declined to discuss Trump, who released a video criticizing Hillary Clinton as a defender of women’s rightsWhile political rivals, pundits and journalists...
View ArticleLena Dunham talks policies and pantsuits in push for Hillary Clinton
In Iowa, Girls creator and star rejects ‘condescending’ and ‘misogynistic’ assumption she backs Democratic frontrunner just because she is a womanLena Dunham isn’t supporting Hillary Clinton for...
View Article'Hillary, can you excite us?': the trouble with Clinton and young women |...
To some, shattering the ‘hardest glass ceiling’ doesn’t seem so revolutionary any more. Others, like Lena Dunham, aim to help bridge a generational divideThe other day in Manhattan, Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleLena Dunham pulls out of Girls promotional tour due to endometriosis flare-up
Actor, who suffers from condition that affects one in 10 women, says ‘my body (along with my amazing doctors) let me know, in no uncertain terms, that it’s time to rest’Showrunner, actor and writer...
View ArticleNo need to sweat it, Lena Dunham. Keep your clothes on | Barbara Ellen
Lena Dunham is agonising over nudity. It’s simple. Don’t do it if you don’t want toGirls’ creator Lena Dunham says that she doesn’t particularly enjoy the process of getting naked on screen any more....
View ArticleWhat was it like to grow up with Girls?
Lena Dunham’s show was billed as a generation’s take on sex, angst and the recession. As it begins its penultimate series, one twentysomething considers if it lived up to her own lifeIt has been almost...
View ArticleGirls: season five is a storming return to its best form
Just as the foursome are becoming adults with purpose, this inconsistent comedy has suddenly discovered a focus – and it’s all the better for itWhen it was announced last month that HBO’s hot take...
View ArticleLena Dunham on Kesha ruling: 'When I saw the outcome I felt sick'
Girls creator writes in support of the pop star in her legal dispute with Dr Luke, saying the case shows that the ‘American legal system continues to hurt women’Lena Dunham has joined a long line of...
View ArticleLena Dunham criticises use of ‘mad Photoshop’ on magazine cover
Girls star says photo of her on cover of Tentaciones had been airbrushed and does not reflect ‘what my body has ever looked like or will ever look like’Lena Dunham has criticised a Spanish magazine...
View ArticleLena Dunham apologises for Photoshop claim after magazine denies airbrushing
Girls star back-pedals on criticism of Spanish magazine’s cover, saying ‘it’s a weird feeling to see a photo and not know if it’s your own body anymore’Lena Dunham has back-pedalled on her complaint...
View ArticleLena Dunham hospitalized for ruptured ovarian cyst
Writer and actor, who has endometriosis, will undergo surgery, spokeswoman saysLena Dunham will undergo surgery after experiencing an ovarian cyst rupture.Spokeswoman Cindi Berger said in a statement...
View ArticleCelebrity skin: the stars who’ve stripped
From raising awareness of overfishing to a love of art, here’s what it takes to get the famous to bare allThose attention-seeking celebrities just love getting naked. So much so, they’ll find any...
View ArticleLena Dunham vows: no more photo retouching after magazine
Girls creator says in Lenny newsletter that her body is no longer ‘fair game’ for tweaks: ‘I want to be able to pick my own thigh out of a lineup’Lena Dunham has said she will no longer allow her image...
View ArticleGirls is 'rabidly sexist' – why won't Lena Dunham follow her own language rules?
She’s called other people out for using misogynistic words, but there is slut-shaming and female-bashing speech littered through Dunham’s own creation. It needs to stopIn January, just before the...
View ArticleBest-selling author Jessica Knoll reveals she was gang-raped at 15
Knoll’s novel Luckiest Girl Alive tells of a woman who was raped as a teenager. In Lena Dunham’s e-newsletter, the author reveals she shared a similar traumaJessica Knoll, the American author of the...
View ArticleLena Dunham to launch publishing imprint Lenny
Girls creator will join collaborator Jenni Konner and publisher Random House on ‘voice-driven’ list spinning off from their eponymous websiteActor and writer Lena Dunham has teamed up with publisher...
View ArticleJane Fonda: 'It took me 30 years to get feminism'
Actor, who is a prominent women’s rights campaigner, says she once saw women’s issues as a distraction from other problemsThe actor and activist Jane Fonda has admitted that she was “a late bloomer”...
View ArticleLong live the kweens ... who said it, Girls or Broad City?
They’re both TV hits about sex, drugs and friendship in New York – and they’re both stuffed with killer gags. But which is from which show?Continue reading...
View ArticleLena Dunham's surprise book sells out in 24 hours
Is It Evil Not to Be Sure? is a collection of her journal entries from a decade ago, and will raise money for the nonprofit group Girls Write NowA surprise new book by Lena Dunham, collecting her...
View ArticleIs It Evil Not to Be Sure? by Lena Dunham review – anxious and tender
Surprise-released on Tuesday, the Girls creator’s book, made up of journals she kept 10 years ago, records the feelings of desire and discomfort of early adult life“Is it wrong to do things just to...
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