This January, Hillary Clinton found herself being represented in Iowa and New Hampshire by surrogate Lena Dunham, who had also worked for Obama for America, starring in creepy videos encouraging young women to cast their first vote for Obama, comparing the experience to losing one’s virginity.
Speaking to a group of Clinton supporters in Iowa, Dunham reportedly teared up a bit at the thought of the “horrific gendered attacks” both she and Clinton had endured online, and attributed her outspoken feminism as the reason for her Twitter feed being “littered with unspeakable violence.”
Dunham spent today with another first lady, appearing with Michelle Obama on More Magazine’s #LetGirlsLearn panel at the American Magazine Media Conference.
.@lenadunham "the face if millennial feminism" and joins @FLOTUS @_juliannemoore @lesleyjseymour for the #LetGirlsLearn panel at #AMMC16
— MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) February 2, 2016
Michelle Obama, Lena Dunham and Julianne Moore w/ @MoreMag EIC Lesley Jane Seymour. Not bad #AMMC16 pic.twitter.com/5C3dXvhvlm
— Emma Bazilian (@ebazilian) February 2, 2016
.@FLOTUS says "you meed to think about how you use Twitter." @lenadunham replied "Oh, tell me about it." #LetGirlsLearn @lesleyjseymour
— MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) February 2, 2016
Breitbart’s Charlie Spiering was brave enough to write about Dunahm’s relationship with Twitter and her standing as the face of millennial feminism.
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Lena Dunham urges people to protect themselves on Twitter – “There are a lot of people on the internet with dangerous mentalities”
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 2, 2016
“I found that the hostility toward women was too much” says Lena Dunham about Twitter, calling for more “barriers” to protect women
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 2, 2016
Did we mention she’s the face of millennial feminism?
Lena Dunham calls for “new codes of conduct” for Twitter – says she won’t be back until then
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 2, 2016
@charliespiering no complaints here
— Dr. Kankokage (@kankokage) February 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/kobeernamtab/status/694621673056653312
[Dunham] said that the problem with Twitter was that there were too many threats that were not being policed.
“I think it’s important to remember that threats are more than someone saying I’m going to come to your house and I’m going to hurt you,” she said. “Insulting someone’s appearance, insulting someone’s religion, or their race, you know, all of that to me constitutes a threat and I think we can make changes to how we control that dialogue on the internet without threatening our First Amendment rights.”
Speaking of constitutional rights, Julianne Moore seems to have mistaken the #LetGirlsLearn forum for a gun control town hall.
.@_juliannemoore works every day to #StopGunViolence "I want to change the conversation to change the culture of guns."
— MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) February 2, 2016
Guns, Twitter … the dangers are everywhere. Fortunately, so too are the tools of modern feminism, as shown by More editor-in-chief and panel moderator Lesley Jane Seymour.
.@lesleyjseymour getting her game face on for the #AMMC16 #LetGirlsLearn panel with @FLOTUS @mpamagmedia pic.twitter.com/Ltr4XbDOKl
— MORE Magazine (@MoreMag) February 2, 2016
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