Ok, so this rant is a little late and may not seem super relevant right now. However, it's something that I've thought for awhile, and my frustrations resurfaced when I recently read an interview with Lena Dunham about how she's upset that there was recently a porn made parodying "Girls" (Really? She didn't see that one coming?).
Here's the thing: I get that Lena's not some sickly stick thin actress and she's not "hot" by the industry standards, and therefore everyone is proud of her for taking her clothes off on TV for 20 minutes every Sunday night. That's all well and good, and I think it's a well-written show (at least the first season was, the second season was kinda crap), but we seriously need to stop inflating this girl's head by telling her how much of a brave, feminine trailblazer she is.
Guess what, Lena? I'm an average girl too. I don't have a perfect face or a perfect body. But do you know what they would call me if I got naked in front of everybody all the time? A prostitute. And they would arrest me. And then you would have to come bail me out of jail with your pile of brave money. And I'll be damned if I have to sit waiting in a jail cell while Lena finishes getting her latest hipster tattoo of a corgi reading a Shel Silverstein book before she can come get me in her restored bright orange Gremlin with a COEXIST bumper sticker on the back.
That's all. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go shower with all of my clothes on.
