Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud

As the director of her own nakedness, Dunham has helped create a different aesthetic of the unclothed body in popular culture, asserting that women’s bodies are worthy even when they are not arranged, distorted, or otherwise represented through and for the gaze of men

represent ladies who want to be healthy and not starve themselves

’m not asking you to like my body. I’m just asking you to let me be me. Because I’m going to influence a girl who does look like me, and I want her to feel good about herself

she wasn’t just allowing the world to make her into a sex object but actively asserting herself as one

because of my size and skills, I can intimidate anyone

not deal with it at all

seem to take pleasure in showing people within the exclusive sport just what it feels like to be excluded

no one else will be responsible for our success

It would be through sheer strength, work, and will

every move was motivated by fear