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Feminists Don’t Wear Pink

8: Lena Dunham

Feminists Don’t Wear Pink

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News, Science, Society & Culture, Politics, Social Sciences

4.8607 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Actor, writer, director and producer Lena Dunham talks to Scarlett about chronic pain, living a life without regrets and handling criticism from the media. 

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0:00.0

That's what I saw on fucking mushrooms. Sorry. It's Postmates. It's Postmates, guys. I needed coffee. I needed coffee.

0:07.8

Yeah, let's go through less experience posting.

0:14.2

Hello and welcome to the Feminist Don't Wear Pink podcast based on the book Feminist Don't Wear Pink and Other Life. I'm your

0:22.4

host Scarlett Curtis. I'm a writer, activist, proud feminist and curator of our book and host of

0:30.0

this podcast. Today's guest is a really exciting one. At the end of last year, I sat down with writer, director,

0:43.6

actress and artist, Lena Dunham, in her parents' New York apartment to talk feminism, politics,

0:50.9

public scandal, illness, drugs, bodies and much, much more.

0:56.0

I first met Lena when I was 18 years old and it's been a real honour to watch her career

1:01.1

over the last seven years. She's a brave, fascinating, ridiculously intelligent woman who's been

1:07.6

through more pain than anyone human deserves. And while she may have made some

1:12.4

mistakes over the years, as have we all, I know that I wouldn't be the feminist I am today if it

1:17.7

wasn't for her. Just to warn you, we recorded this on some slightly dodgy equipment that I bought

1:25.1

very much on the fly in Manhattan. So if the sound quality isn't quite right,

1:30.8

I very much apologize and I promise we will be back to normal next week. For now, please enjoy my

1:38.1

interview with Lena Dunham. Hi, Lena Dunham. Thank you for being on our podcast. Hi, Scarlet Curtis. What an honor. Hi, Lena Dhan. Thank you for being on our podcast.

1:45.9

Hi, Scarlett Curtis.

1:47.0

What an honor.

1:48.0

We're here in your lovely house.

1:51.9

Thank you.

1:52.3

It's my parents' house, which is embarrassing that I had you over to my parents' house, but

1:55.8

that's where I'm staying right now and I just have to be honest.

1:57.8

My favorite thing.

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