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When is Lena Dunham not messing up?
Yes, we’re all human and we all make mistakes, but it seems that Lena Dunham has made a habit of screwing up on a colossal scale. Despite touting herself as the face of feminism (read: white feminism) and constantly boasting of the rigidity of her beliefs, it seems that generally, Lena Dunham spends most of her time saying absurdly bizarre/hypocritical/offensive things, claiming them as her beliefs and then subsequently retracting them.
As time has gone on, its surpassed the human condition of imperfection and become absurd. The latest Lena Dunham apology reached peak Dunham apology after a scandal involving her friend and coworker Murray Miller
For the full story of the allegations and the fallout, read here. To put it summarily, after actress Aurora Perrineau accused Miller of rape, most people thought that Dunham, who’d been outspoken about her stance in regards to sexual harassment and victims’ rights, would stand behind Perrineau and admonish Miller.
Instead, Dunham released a statement that claimed Perrineau was a liar and then tweeted this load of BS.
I believe in a lot of things but the first tenet of my politics is to hold up the people who have held me up, who have filled my world with love.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) November 17, 2017
Basically:
https://twitter.com/xeronius/status/931685964782727173
Eventually, Dunham apologized. Her beliefs had apparently fundamentally changed from the previous “tenets” and this was added to the ever-expanding string of annoying Lena Dunham apologies.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) November 19, 2017
Because Twitter is a gem, one social media user decided to highlight the hilariousness of Dunham’s debacles. Voila, the ‘Lena Dunham Apologizes’ apology generator was created. The account skewers Dunham’s habit of doing ridiculously obviously offensive things and apologizing for them. It’s actually LOL-worthy in ways that Girls was not.
Lena Dunham Apologizes For Dropping The N Bomb In A Rap Video With Iggy Azalea On The Ellen Show
— Lena Dunham Apologizes (@lenadunhamapols) November 22, 2017
Lena Dunham Apologizes For Dressing As A Geisha For Chinese New Year To Her Vietnamese Beautician
— Lena Dunham Apologizes (@lenadunhamapols) November 22, 2017
Lena Dunham Apologizes For Wearing Cornrows On Martin Luther King Day On A Diversity Panel Full Of White People
— Lena Dunham Apologizes (@lenadunhamapols) November 21, 2017
Lena Dunham Apologizes For Speaking In a 'Blaccent' When Meeting Michelle Obama While On Holiday In Cancun
— Lena Dunham Apologizes (@lenadunhamapols) November 21, 2017
Lena Dunham Apologizes For Thinking The Spanish Inquisition Was A Tapas Bar On Good Morning America
— Lena Dunham Apologizes (@lenadunhamapols) November 20, 2017
Lena Dunham Apologizes For Claiming She Invented Feminism In A Planned Parenthood Commercial
— Lena Dunham Apologizes (@lenadunhamapols) November 20, 2017
Lena Dunham Apologizes For Timing Of Statement About How The Patriarchy Is 'Fetch' On A Diveristy Panel Full Of White People
— Lena Dunham Apologizes (@lenadunhamapols) November 20, 2017
Lena Dunham Apologizes For News Reports She Praised The Armenian Genocide At South By Southwest
— Lena Dunham Apologizes (@lenadunhamapols) November 20, 2017
Lena Dunham Apologizes For Saying She Wished She'd Experienced Female Circumcision During A Bar Mitzvah
— Lena Dunham Apologizes (@lenadunhamapols) November 20, 2017
Honestly, Lena Dunham probably won’t stop messing up anytime soon, because she is both human AND just kind of ridiculous, but at least Twitter can turn something frustrating and serious like victim-shaming and false feminism into a good old laugh with a clever 280 characters or less.
