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Everyone knows that becoming a feminist makes a woman less marriageable, more crass and generally just unpleasant to be around. But does it also make them uglier? Readers have been asking, so I delved into the science to find out. Certainly,

Comedy kingpin Judd Apatow and Girls creator/star Lena Dunham shared a stage in New York on Monday to discuss Apatow’s new movie when the talk turned quickly to rape allegations against comedian Bill Cosby.

Lena Dunham, the star and showrunner of HBO’s Girls, has announced she will be launching a weekly newsletter this fall, called Lenny, to connect with Millennials who want to discuss “radical politics,” feminism, and pop culture.

The teenage daughter of a sitting U.S. President is hanging out with Lena Dunham. President Obama’s eldest daughter Malia, 16, was spotted in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday spending time on the set of Dunham’s HBO comedy series Girls. Page

In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” on Monday, former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee, reiterated her position on the media double standard regarding the Duggar family scandal and Lena Dunham for her stunning admissions in

Bruce Jenner debuted as a woman on the cover of Vanity Fair on Monday. Jenner also joined Twitter the same day, quickly amassing over 750,000 followers in less than 24 hours. Her first tweet has been re-tweeted over 140,000 times.

It should surprise no one that feminists, especially those in the elite media, don’t want to talk about the fact that Lena Dunham’s autobiography resulted in a false suspicion of rape falling over a completely innocent family man. It should

While millions of Americans spent Memorial Day weekend honoring those who died fighting for their country, Lena Dunham observed the national holiday by posting a lingerie photograph and joking it would make a great dinner ensemble because she is “free.”

Taylor Swift has decided to use her platform as Maxim magazine’s June cover girl to address feminism, and says her music is unfairly categorized as whiny because of society’s systematic misogyny.

While celebrities such as Kate Hudson, Khloe Kardashian, Gisele Bundchen, and Reese Witherspoon spent Mother’s Day paying tribute to the special women in their lives, Lena Dunham observed the holiday by asking others to join her in protecting abortion rights on social media.

Although she falsely accused a man of raping her, and refuses to protect other women by filing charges against her rapist, Lena Dunham was still honored by Variety as a sexual assault role model over the weekend. During her speech,

Lena Dunham isn’t the only victim of her sexual assault, and yet despite the fact that her unconscionable behavior resulted in an innocent family man being accused of her rape, the “Girls” creator is still being celebrated and honored as

Lena Dunham and Kim Kardashian are among this year’s Inspiration Impact Honorees at Variety’s biannual Power of Women: New York luncheon on April 24. The event recognizes the philanthropic efforts of women in the entertainment industry.

What do Christina Freundlich, Lena Dunham and Andreas Lubitz all have in common?

Comedienne and on–again, off–again TV show host Rosie O’Donnell has declared that “God gave us” HBO actress Lena Dunham to be the “embodiment” of feminist activist Gloria Steinem–despite the fact that Steinem is still very much with us.

Despite blowback from the Anti-Defamation League and others, The New Yorker is dismissing claims that a satiric piece written by Lena Dunham is meant to be offensive to Jews or anyone else. In the piece, Dunham, whose mother is Jewish,

Embattled by scandal and faltering ratings, “Girls” creator Lena Dunham took to the pages of the New Yorker Friday to publish a 35 question quiz that asks readers if “the following statements refer to (a) my dog or (b) my

Actress Lena Dunham Skypes in to the EMILY’s List gala in Washington, telling the pro-abortion group she speaks for younger Americans.

After hitting a series low last week, Lena Dunham’s “Girls” hit yet another series low again Sunday in the all-important 18-49 youth demo (total viewers hasn’t yet been released). Incredibly, only 385,000 tuned in. That’s a catastrophic 0.17 rating, down

There’s a bigger point here: the same people Dan Rather once derided as idiots in “pajamas” have completely reshaped the mainstream media. Were it not for those nefarious Snidely Whiplashes of the keyboard, Brian Williams would still be anchoring the nightly news while stumping for Jay Leno’s old job.

Lena Dunham’s serial self-inflicted credibility wounds appear to have gravely eroded even the small but fervently loyal following the “Girls” star and creator has enjoyed for the last few years. This past Sunday, the ratings for Dunham’s HBO show “Girls”

In a feature for UK’s The Independent, Laurie Simmons, mother of Girls star Lena Dunham, opines about the pressures young girls face today and discusses her feminist influence on the young television actress.

This week’s Girls is more evidence for my conspiracy theory that it’s actually written by The Manosphere–that group of bloggers united against feminism and preaching the saving power of masculinity. Not once but twice in “Female Author” do we see male characters calling out the women leads for being foolish or fake, and instead of defying their patriarchal judgment, the girls respond in submission and reward the men for showing some backbone.

Last week’s season 4 premiere of creator Lena Dunham’s “Girls” took a disastrous -40% nosedive over the previous season — the worst ever premiere for the series. This week, when compared to last season, the HBO show is still sinking.

The centerpiece of “Triggering” has a room full of Hannah Horvath’s peers reciting various real-world critiques of Lena Dunham, sounding pretentious and shallow as they put her writing through the wringer. And yet, to her credit, Dunham balances it with even more self-effacing–depicting herself as thin-skinned, deceptive, selfish, and out of her depth.

What was supposed to be Her Year has in fact turned out to be five-alarm disaster for Lena Dunham, the creator of HBO’s “Girls.” A year ago, closing out 2014 had to look pretty exciting to the 28 year-old.

It’s called “The B.S. Report.” But ESPN’s Bill Simmons never bothered to call B.S., or even ask a challenging question, during his hour-plus interview with “Girls” star and “Not That Kind of Girl” author Lena Dunham.

Despite the kind of publicity and hysteria usually reserved for big-budget summer films, Lena Dunham’s HBO dramedy “Girls” earned its worst premiere ratings to date with a paltry (even for “Girls”) 680,000 viewers. By comparison, season 3 debuted to 1.1

HBO’s Girls continues to walk a dichotomous tightrope: its sympathy for bubble-dwelling white Millennial princesses and its simultaneous recognition of the people who find their entitlement repulsive.

During Sunday night’s season premiere of HBO’s Girls, Lena Dunham and company once again pushed the boundaries with a racy sex scene in which Allison Williams was on the receiving end of… well… the receiving end. The show’s cast seemingly

HBO’s Lena Dunham spoke with Ryan Seacrest Sunday evening during a red carpet interview at the Golden Globes, where she disclosed she has deleted the Twitter app from her phone to “create a safer space” for her emotional state.

Oprah Winfrey’s controversial civil rights drama “Selma” and the now-discredited Lena Dunham were the big losers at last night’s Golden Globe awards. Despite the fact both earned more than one nomination in big categories, except for “Selma’s” Best Original Song

For 6 weeks to two months Lena Dunham and her publisher Random House knowingly allowed an innocent man (we identify as Barry One) to twist in the wind under a false accusation of rape. You wouldn’t know that, though, from

A few days ago, director and Hollywood darling Judd Apatow went on a Twitter rant against Bill Cosby. The Washington Post wrote, “Apatow’s outspokenness is rare among entertainment industry figures, who have remained largely silent on the allegations that have swirled around Cosby for years but have reached a fever pitch over the last several months.”

Using an early book proposal submitted by Lena Dunham that contains vastly different details about her alleged rapist than what was eventually published in her memoir “Not That Kind of Girl,” Gawker claimed Tuesday to have found Dunham’s alleged rapist

In a lengthy BuzzFeed essay published Tuesday, feminist powerhouse Lena Dunham described as a “surreal coincidence” the fact that a number of details in her non-fiction memoir point to an innocent man as her rapist. “[A]ny resemblance to a person