Lena Dunham Actually Had to Respond to Backlash Over Her Weight Loss

Well, it seems Lena Dunham can’t ever have a body good enough for the Internet. She recently attended the opening of trainer Tracy Anderson‘s new NYC flagship studio. She’s been working out with Anderson recently and on the red carpet for the event she told People, “I think for me the big thing was that Tracy just very clearly wasn’t trying to change my body.”

But, after the appearance, lots of people commented on her weight loss, and some of them weren’t supportive:

Hey congratulations on losing weight, @lenadunham. #HandsOff the body positivity movement.

— Dark Conservative (@Dark_Conserve) March 16, 2017

I guess @lenadunham doesn’t really believe that all body types are acceptable. https://t.co/ywWvEL5mup #hypocrite

— Tomas Howie (@Tomas57) March 16, 2017

Dunham, however, has been routinely criticized about her body regardless of how much she weighs. So, she took to social media to address all of the backlash:

Thank you for this @Refinery29. I feel I’ve made it pretty clear over the years that I don’t give even the tiniest of shits what anyone else feels about my body. I’ve gone on red carpets in couture as a size 14. I’ve done sex scenes days after surgery, mottled with scars. I’ve accepted that my body is an ever changing organism, not a fixed entity- what goes up must come down and vice versa. I smile just as wide no matter my current size because I’m proud of what this body has seen and done and represented. Chronic illness sufferer. Body-shaming vigilante. Sexual assault survivor. Raging hottie. Just like all of YOU. Right now I’m struggling to control my endometriosis through a healthy diet and exercise. So my weight loss isn’t a triumph and it also isn’t some sign I’ve finally given in to the voices of trolls. Because my body belongs to ME–at every phase, in every iteration, and whatever I’m doing with it, I’m not handing in my feminist card to anyone. So thank you to my girl @ashleygraham for writing so gorgeously about this on @lennyletter (link in bio). Thank you to @tracyandersonmethod for teaching me that exercise has the power to counteract my pain and anxiety, and to @jennikonner for being my partner in FUCK IT. I refuse to celebrate these bullshit before-and-after pictures. Don’t we have infinitely more pressing news to attend to? So much love to all my web friends who demand that life be more than a daily weigh in, who know their merit has nothing to do with their size, who fight to be seen and heard and accepted. I love you- Lena

A post shared by Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) on Mar 16, 2017 at 3:11pm PDT

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