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Lena Dunham Discusses College Date Rape & How She Coped

We’re used to Lena Dunham putting her hilarious antics into scripts, but in her new memoir the “Girls” creator dives into more serious content.

During her interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” the 28-year-old chatted about a section in her book “Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned” that is hard to miss.

“There were a few things in this book that I was terrified to put into the world," Dunham explained. "The chapter about date rape in the book was a really, really terrifying thing for me to put into the world."

"It was a painful experience physically and emotionally, and one I spent a long time trying to reconcile," Lena added. "At the time that it happened, it wasn't something that I was able to be honest about. I was able to share pieces, but I sort of used the lens of humor, which has always been my default mode, to try to talk around it."

Dunham explains that her life experience helped her cope with the rape and explained, "I said I spent so much time scared. I spent so much time ashamed, I don't feel that way anymore. And it's not because of my job, it's not because of my boyfriend, it's not because of feminism - though all those things helped - it's because I told the story. And I still feel like myself and I feel less alone."



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