I understand that you come from a generation of women who had to work hard to be heard, but for you to impugn my feminism and act as though I’m a scourge upon women everywhere, just because I refuse to spread your particular agenda? That’s dark, and it’s not what you fought for. If you continue this way, you’re worse than they are (they = men). We are all just trying to get by. There is room for all of us.

I understand that you come from a generation of women who had to work hard to be heard, but for you to impugn my feminism and act as though I’m a scourge upon women everywhere, just because I refuse to spread your particular agenda? That’s dark, and it’s not what you fought for. If you continue this way, you’re worse than they are (they = men). We are all just trying to get by. There is room for all of us.

– Lena Dunham –

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned”

© License assigned to YouCanQuoteME. License CC BY-NC 4.0

📲 Copy this QR code to share the phrase wherever you want