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Lena Dunham: Losing Birth Control Could Mean a Life of Pain
NY Times ^ | June 9, 2017 | Lena Dunham

Posted on 06/11/2017 6:51:57 AM PDT by C19fan

I was 12 the first time I felt the crippling cramps. I hadn’t yet gotten my period and was happily running around a state fair with my best friend, mouth full of cotton candy, when it hit me: a steady drum of pain beneath my pubic bone, a throbbing in my back that made its way down both my legs. I fell to the muddy ground. Suddenly the Ferris wheel was a nightmare, the carnival games distorted and unpleasant. I blacked out.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: feminism; freedom
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To: ptsal
The news cycle has hit a flat spot whenever the pains of Lena Dunham have surfaced again.

lolololol

Odd thing though, my ex wife was like Lena as well and went on birth control in her teens because of irregular and painful cycles; and it helped.

21 posted on 06/11/2017 7:17:39 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: C19fan
Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not a liberal or a radical feminist in any way. I'm not in favor of expanding government by giving away more free healthcare.

But I would make a private donation in this case, if it will stop Lena Dunham from every reproducing.

Like Akroyd said to Curtain, "Not only would I have approved it, I would have performed it myself!"

22 posted on 06/11/2017 7:17:56 AM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: C19fan

FREE! FREE! FREEEE! Lena, you ignorant slut!


23 posted on 06/11/2017 7:20:05 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: C19fan

Sheesh....look at your diet, or that of your daughters....give them lemon flavored cod liver oil and cut the processed food..
Might help. Hormones to young girls is NOT good.


24 posted on 06/11/2017 7:20:32 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: OttawaFreeper

I fail to understand why government paying for birth control is this big feminist issue?


Because “feminist” and “leftist” has always been the same thing. No small government “feminist” exists.

It is the same with Clarance Thomas. He is not “authentically black” because he is conservative.


25 posted on 06/11/2017 7:22:26 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: C19fan

Dear Lena,
Thank you for taking the time away from your busy schedule of abusing your younger sister and making boring television shows. We certainly appreciate your knowledgeable medical opinions. Make sure that you conflate birth control with the other fine services of Planned Parenthood, namely murdering babies. Furthermore, conflate the medical use of oral contraceptives with their use as, well, contraceptives. Maybe you can confuse the easily confused readers of the “Paper of Record” that those mean republicans want women to suffer the pain of menstruation because they’re just mean. Especially Trump.


26 posted on 06/11/2017 7:26:57 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (by the left. But)
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To: KC_Conspirator

Ordinarily, I would sympathize with a woman who suffers from severe menstrual symptoms, regardless of her politics. However, in the case of Lena Dunham, we have no reason to believe that any of it is true.


27 posted on 06/11/2017 7:28:53 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("If you think free speech is assault but assault is free speech, you're a moron.")
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To: FrankR

“Hey, lady...if it bothers you that much, have a hysdirectomy.”

Really. Its not like she’ll be using that stuff for its intended purpose.


28 posted on 06/11/2017 7:29:46 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: C19fan

Maybe she should think about the life of pain she gave to her sister by molesting her instead of wanting everything given to her for free. Feminists are some crazy people. They claim they are independent and strong, yet all I hear from them is: I want my birth control paid for, I want my period supplies paid for, I want my college paid for, I want my medical care paid for, I want my child support paid for, I want alimony after divorcing, etc. It’s never ending. If you’re such a strong (haha) independent woman, why can’t you pay for these things yourself? It’s not like birth control or period supplies are going to break the bank.
Since she makes millions through bad/vulgar acting somehow, why doesn’t she pay for the poor, poor unfortunates that can’t afford to or don’t want to pay their own supplies through a charity? We always hear of how wonderful and giving leftists are.


29 posted on 06/11/2017 7:33:07 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: C19fan

Lena, I am sure putting pebbles in little girls’ vaginas like you did to your sister might cause pain as well.


30 posted on 06/11/2017 7:36:11 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: C19fan

So we all need to pay $3,000+ each month for Obamacare insurance with a $6,000 deductible that no hospitals or doctors will accept so she doesn’t have to pay $5 a month for birthday control pills at Wal-Mart.


31 posted on 06/11/2017 7:52:37 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: Romans Nine

Good post. Yldstrk does use single line personal attacks. Wish FR had an ignore function.


32 posted on 06/11/2017 7:56:02 AM PDT by RCFlyer
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To: C19fan

Who is taking away contraceptives?
This is a straw woman argument.

Do we pay for the drugs for someone with chronic knee pain? Back pain? Migraines?

Why does one form of pain trump other forms of pain?
Get whatever medicine you need and get over it. Nobody wants to hear her complaints. Nobody wants to hear about her menstrual problems. Women all over the world have these issues and its not even remotely interesting what Lena Dunham has going on.

This person is just self obsessed.


33 posted on 06/11/2017 7:56:47 AM PDT by Lorianne
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To: yldstrk

They are so cheap people could actually pay for it themselves!


34 posted on 06/11/2017 7:58:16 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: FrankR
Hey, lady...if it bothers you that much, have a hysdirectomy.

I paid for my own pills, and I think most women can too if they prioritize properly. That said, I too had the kind of crippling cramps that make you vomit and then pass out. And I TRIED to get a hysterectomy... doctors won't perform one on a young woman with no children. They flatly refuse. Or at least, they did in the 1980s, and I doubt much has changed.

35 posted on 06/11/2017 8:01:00 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: C19fan

She is disgusting. A bottle of whiskey and an overdose of Viagra wouldn’t even work and the government wouldn’t even be involved.


36 posted on 06/11/2017 8:11:31 AM PDT by MAKOTHEDOG
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To: C19fan

Selfish women.... it’s all about self... life has no meaning....


37 posted on 06/11/2017 8:27:05 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: goodnesswins
Sheesh....look at your diet, or that of your daughters....give them lemon flavored cod liver oil and cut the processed food.. Might help. Hormones to young girls is NOT good.

My sister fed her only daughter a lot of junk/prepackaged food. She started her period at 9. My daughter started at 15.5 years and has milder periods.

38 posted on 06/11/2017 8:31:05 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: C19fan

Lena the Liar strikes again. Where to start with this drivel?
First, cramps do not come on suddenly, so the pain cannot “drive one to one’s knees”. That isn’t even a labor pain at the beginning.
Second, birth control does not alleviate cramps. Take three ibuprofen.
Third, childbirth doesn’t alleviate cramps either, contrary to what women are told. Not even after four babies did my cramps subside.

The Democrats tried to make free birth control and entitlement for the same reason they create every entitlement. Votes.


39 posted on 06/11/2017 8:36:46 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: C19fan

Lena loves to talk about her vile filthy female parts. It’s disgusting.


40 posted on 06/11/2017 8:36:51 AM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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