Lena Dunham: Why I Chose To Speak Out

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lenadunham/lena-dunham-why-i-chose-to-speak-out ^

[TigerClaws]

Lena Dunham writes an essay for BuzzFeed responding to the controversy over a passage from her memoir describing a sexual assault during her college years.

It has been almost a decade since I was sexually assaulted. It took me a long time to fully acknowledge what had happened and even longer to discuss it publicly, in the form of an essay in my book Not That Kind of Girl. When I finally decided to share my story, it had ambiguities and gray areas, because that’s what I experienced, because that’s what so many of us have experienced. As indicated in the beginning of the book, I made the choice to keep certain identities private, changing names and some descriptive details. To be very clear, “Barry” is a pseudonym, not the name of the man who assaulted me, and any resemblance to a person with this name is an unfortunate and surreal coincidence. I am sorry about all he has experienced.

[RginTN]

she hooked up while high and is now calling it rape.

[Vince Ferrer]

The important point is not whether I told the truth or slandered someone I chose at random, it is that I raised awareness of this important issue...

[golux]

When will the right wing media come to terms with the fact that all "Campus Republicans," like Duke LaCrosse players and UVA frat boys, are essentially rapists?

WHAT DIFFERENCE DO THE FACTS MAKE?

It is unjust to let the facts get in the way of a narrative that espouses Social Change.

...And who among us doesn't remember - as college Republicans or POR - being attracted to lefty girls like Lena Dunham, socializing with them, and wanting (or needing) to "rape" them?

Gee whiz, I was positively desparate for "girls" back then! Weren't you?!

[liberalh8ter]

She should be a punching bag for real rape victims.

[Steve_Seattle]

For an ugly, bottom-heavy, flat-chested crow like Lena Dunham, being raped is probably a sick fantasy.

[Secret Agent Man]

that’s what i never get. these women taint the real victims by lying. sows doubt and distrust. just like fake hate/race crimes liars do.

[oldbrowser]

No, she's actually trying to weasel out of it. ‘He's a pseudonym, there are gray areas’. She's attempting to pull back from any reference to the guy she described and who has filed suit against her. While she still says she was sexually assaulted, the rape she described was a compilation of experiences....blah, blah, blah.

While she may not have been actually rape-raped she is sharing her perception as the "universal women" so to speak. A combination of all the stories she has heard or read about, plus a few of her own experiences which were not totally satisfactory.

[yarddog]

“Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive”. Sir Walter Scot.

[txrefugee]

She should be sued for every penny that her lying book earned for her. There should be no quarter for these evil women who lie about rape and ruin the reputation of innocent men.

[Kickass Conservative]

Unless she described the Guy as owning a Seeing Eye Dog, it never happened.

[liberalh8ter]

I believe it's because she's an attention whore....as sick as it sounds, these whack jobs crave the attention that victims of real crimes receive. They're sick!

[Army Air Corps]

First rule of holes...

[VeniVidiVici]

Lena Dunham decided to speak up for FUgly girls everywhere.

[chris37]

I wonder why she isn’t being chargd with the admitted molestation of her sister.

[John S Mosby]

Oh yeah? Take a look at her photo, even when young. Gack!

[Chickensoup]

Why aren’t people going after this predatory child abuser with the full strength of the law!

[uncitizen]

Survivors have the right to tell their stories

then let them be the ones to tell them instead of making up your own, you lying cuXt!

[FamiliarFace]

I agree with everything you wrote.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Interviewer probably had to do a little boot scraping after that interview!

[Chode]

ahhh... i see said the blind man