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"Lenny Letter" — What It Is And Why You Should Sign Up

Lena Dunham has a new brainchild and it's amazing.

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"Lenny Letter" — What It Is And Why You Should Sign Up

Are you a woman? Great. A feminist? Even better. Just to be clear, asking if you're a feminist is not me asking you if you're a radical man-hater. If I wanted to know that I would have asked, "Are you a radical man-hater?" Now that that's cleared up, I want to introduce you, friend, to one of my favorite people: Lena.

Lena Dunham has been my guide through all of the gross negativity that surrounds modern feminism today. Her book, "Not That Kind of Girl," is an ode to women making their way in this world. Her book has been sold by the millions because her hilarious essays speak candidly about the most avoided topics in womanhood. But the book isn't entirely focused on weird sex stuff: body acceptance, growing up, and oddly enough death are prominently featured. After reading through the whole thing, twice, I knew that this woman got me. She got me, she got my mom, my aunts, my girlfriends, my teachers, and so on.

Then, about two months ago, I discovered that Lena Dunham and her longtime friend and co-creator of the HBO series "Girls" Jenni Konner were creating a newsletter dedicated to all things Lena: feminism, health, style, and politics. I was stoked. Still am.

"Lenny Letter," Dunham's most recent brainchild, exists for the same community of strong millennial women that Lena encountered while on her "Not That Kind of Girl" book tour. The newsletter's mission is to exist for women who care about furthering education on relevant, feminist issues. There are many passionate, intelligent women out there in the world, and Lenny is there to help these women stay connected.

The newsletter speaks to this community through interviews, essays, and personal accounts from Lena and her many female co-publishers. Lenny includes contributions from well known friends and like-minded acquaintances such as Jennifer Lawrence, Hillary Clinton, attorney general of California Kamala Harris, and actress Jenny Slate. These women write about issues such as the pay gap between men and women, the recent defunding of Planned Parenthood, and on the lighter side, vajacials. Yes, vagina facials.

Does the newsletter have a certain political left-ness to it? Sure. This can be a turn-off for women that identify themselves with the otherparty. But you don't necessarily need to be a liberal to enjoy (or even benefit from) Lenny. I know a lot of Republicans that love Jennifer Lawrence.

So my final piece of advice to you, friend, is to check out the "Lenny Letter." Sign up today! You can always unsubscribe. And I will bet that you will learn more about strong women in the world, style, and current issues than you did before you joined Lenny — and you'll laugh a little too!

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