Lena Dunham
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Girls are trained to say, ‘I wrote this, but it’s probably really stupid.’ Well, no, you wouldn’t write a novel if you thought it was really stupid. Men are much more comfortable going, ‘I wrote this book because I have a unique perspective that the world needs to hear.’ Girls are taught from the age of seven that if you get a compliment, you don’t go, ‘Thank you’, you go, ‘No, you’re insane. ✨ Lena Dunham: 'People called me fat and hideous, and I lived by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2014.

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