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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tAs these Hollywood celebrities show in their words, actions and online posts, the body-positivity movement has officially entered the mainstream. Well-known activists have used social media as a tool to spread more messages of self-love to their fans. Mindy Kaling made a splash when she posted a series of photos of herself wearing different two-piece [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Dunham has often shared her health struggles \u2014 she underwent a hysterectomy at 31 in 2018 after battling endometriosis \u2014 publicly through the years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason I\u2019ve been so insistent on sharing my experiences, I think, we have to be reminded again and again and again that we\u2019re not alone,\u201d she told Us<\/i>. \u201cI know that even when people [are] like, \u2018Enough is enough, quit talking about your, you know, uterus or whatever,\u2019 I want other people to know that they\u2019re not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keep scrolling to read Dunham\u2019s most empowering quotes about body positivity, confidence and self-acceptance:<\/p>\n
Defending \u2018Girls\u2019 Nudity<\/b><\/h3>\n
Much of the online criticism of Dunham\u2019s body began when she filmed multiple nude scenes for Girls<\/i>.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a realistic expression of what it\u2019s like to be alive, I think, and I totally get it,\u201d she told reporters in 2014<\/a>. \u201cIf you\u2019re not into me, that\u2019s your problem, and you\u2019re going to have to kind of work that out with whatever professionals you\u2019ve hired.\u201d<\/p>\nShe later revealed that she was in a \u201crage spiral\u201d that a journalist had asked about filming revealing scenes, citing it wasn\u2019t necessary to the story lines.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis idea that he would talk to a woman like that and accuse a woman of showing her body too much. The idea, it just makes me sort of sick,\u201d Dunham tearfully said.<\/p>\n
Comparing Herself to Others<\/b><\/h3>\n\n![\"Lena](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lena-Dunham-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-2.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Lena Dunham<\/span> Mike Marsland\/WireImage\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDunham felt insecure when she joined pal Taylor Swift<\/strong> during one of her 1989 World Tour <\/i>concerts.<\/p>\n\u201cI was so thrilled to support my friend<\/a> and so displeased to learn about the truth of my own height,\u201d she recalled in 2015. \u201cI\u2019ve been feeling pretty tall and feeling pretty sturdy, and it was amazing to be, like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m not tall, I\u2019m chubby.\u2019 It\u2019s different. On most days, I feel really great and fine about my body, but I don\u2019t think standing next to, like, three supermodels or so is anything even the most confident woman needs to do.\u201d<\/p>\nShe continued, \u201cWhen I socialize with those women, which I\u2019ve done a little bit because they\u2019re good friends of Taylor\u2019s, who is a good friend of mine, I don\u2019t feel so strange. But the minute I caught sight of myself in the Jumbotron, I knew something was very wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Stars Who’ve Hit Back Against Body-Shamers<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tThere\u2019s no shame in loving your body. Thankfully, more Hollywood stars than ever before are preaching that message, and they won\u2019t let body-shaming comments slide anymore. Lizzo has been vocal about trying to help people accept all body sizes. \u201cI want to normalize my body. And not just be like, \u2018Ooh, look at this cool [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Showing Off Cellulite and Other Flaws<\/b><\/h3>\n
When Dunham and her Girls <\/i>costars posed for the February 2017 cover of Glamour<\/i>, she made a point not to edit out her cellulite<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cOkay, here goes: throughout my teens I was told, in no uncertain terms, that I was f\u2013king funny looking,\u201d Dunham wrote via Instagram. \u201cPotbelly, rabbit teeth, knock knees \u2014 I could never seem to get it right and it haunted my every move. I posed as the sassy confident one, secretly horrified and hurt by careless comments and hostility. Today this body is on the cover of a magazine that millions of women will read, without photoshop, my thigh on full imperfect display.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cWhether you agree with my politics, like my show or connect to what I do, it doesn\u2019t matter \u2014 my body isn\u2019t fair game. No one\u2019s is, no matter their size, color, gender identity, and there\u2019s a place for us all in popular culture to be recognized as beautiful. Haters are gonna have to get more intellectual and creative with their disses in 2017 because none of us are going to be scared into muumuus by faceless basement dwellers, or cruel blogs, or even our partners and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
She Is \u2018Proud of What My Body Has Seen and Done\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n\n![\"Lena](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lena-Dunham-Quotes-About-Body-Positivity-3.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Lena Dunham<\/span> Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDunham, who lost weight in 2017 when Donald Trump<\/strong> was elected president following a depressive episode, is not a fan of people constantly commenting on her slimdown.<\/p>\n\u201cI feel I\u2019ve made it pretty clear over the years that I don\u2019t give even the tiniest of s\u2013ts what anyone else feels about my body,\u201d she wrote via Instagram that March. \u201cI\u2019ve gone on red carpets in couture as a size 14. I\u2019ve done sex scenes days after surgery, mottled with scars. I\u2019ve accepted that my body is an ever-changing organism<\/a>, not a fixed entity \u2014 what goes up must come down and vice versa. I smile just as wide no matter my current size because I\u2019m 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.\u201d<\/p>\nShe\u2019s \u2018Body Tolerant\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n
She later revealed that she was in a \u201crage spiral\u201d that a journalist had asked about filming revealing scenes, citing it wasn\u2019t necessary to the story lines.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis idea that he would talk to a woman like that and accuse a woman of showing her body too much. The idea, it just makes me sort of sick,\u201d Dunham tearfully said.<\/p>\n
Comparing Herself to Others<\/b><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>
\n Lena Dunham<\/span> Mike Marsland\/WireImage\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDunham felt insecure when she joined pal Taylor Swift<\/strong> during one of her 1989 World Tour <\/i>concerts.<\/p>\n\u201cI was so thrilled to support my friend<\/a> and so displeased to learn about the truth of my own height,\u201d she recalled in 2015. \u201cI\u2019ve been feeling pretty tall and feeling pretty sturdy, and it was amazing to be, like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m not tall, I\u2019m chubby.\u2019 It\u2019s different. On most days, I feel really great and fine about my body, but I don\u2019t think standing next to, like, three supermodels or so is anything even the most confident woman needs to do.\u201d<\/p>\nShe continued, \u201cWhen I socialize with those women, which I\u2019ve done a little bit because they\u2019re good friends of Taylor\u2019s, who is a good friend of mine, I don\u2019t feel so strange. But the minute I caught sight of myself in the Jumbotron, I knew something was very wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Stars Who’ve Hit Back Against Body-Shamers<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tThere\u2019s no shame in loving your body. Thankfully, more Hollywood stars than ever before are preaching that message, and they won\u2019t let body-shaming comments slide anymore. Lizzo has been vocal about trying to help people accept all body sizes. \u201cI want to normalize my body. And not just be like, \u2018Ooh, look at this cool [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Showing Off Cellulite and Other Flaws<\/b><\/h3>\n
When Dunham and her Girls <\/i>costars posed for the February 2017 cover of Glamour<\/i>, she made a point not to edit out her cellulite<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cOkay, here goes: throughout my teens I was told, in no uncertain terms, that I was f\u2013king funny looking,\u201d Dunham wrote via Instagram. \u201cPotbelly, rabbit teeth, knock knees \u2014 I could never seem to get it right and it haunted my every move. I posed as the sassy confident one, secretly horrified and hurt by careless comments and hostility. Today this body is on the cover of a magazine that millions of women will read, without photoshop, my thigh on full imperfect display.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cWhether you agree with my politics, like my show or connect to what I do, it doesn\u2019t matter \u2014 my body isn\u2019t fair game. No one\u2019s is, no matter their size, color, gender identity, and there\u2019s a place for us all in popular culture to be recognized as beautiful. Haters are gonna have to get more intellectual and creative with their disses in 2017 because none of us are going to be scared into muumuus by faceless basement dwellers, or cruel blogs, or even our partners and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
She Is \u2018Proud of What My Body Has Seen and Done\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n\n<\/div>
\n Lena Dunham<\/span> Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDunham, who lost weight in 2017 when Donald Trump<\/strong> was elected president following a depressive episode, is not a fan of people constantly commenting on her slimdown.<\/p>\n\u201cI feel I\u2019ve made it pretty clear over the years that I don\u2019t give even the tiniest of s\u2013ts what anyone else feels about my body,\u201d she wrote via Instagram that March. \u201cI\u2019ve gone on red carpets in couture as a size 14. I\u2019ve done sex scenes days after surgery, mottled with scars. I\u2019ve accepted that my body is an ever-changing organism<\/a>, not a fixed entity \u2014 what goes up must come down and vice versa. I smile just as wide no matter my current size because I\u2019m 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.\u201d<\/p>\nShe\u2019s \u2018Body Tolerant\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n
<\/div>\n Lena Dunham<\/span> Mike Marsland\/WireImage\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Dunham felt insecure when she joined pal Taylor Swift<\/strong> during one of her 1989 World Tour <\/i>concerts.<\/p>\n \u201cI was so thrilled to support my friend<\/a> and so displeased to learn about the truth of my own height,\u201d she recalled in 2015. \u201cI\u2019ve been feeling pretty tall and feeling pretty sturdy, and it was amazing to be, like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m not tall, I\u2019m chubby.\u2019 It\u2019s different. On most days, I feel really great and fine about my body, but I don\u2019t think standing next to, like, three supermodels or so is anything even the most confident woman needs to do.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cWhen I socialize with those women, which I\u2019ve done a little bit because they\u2019re good friends of Taylor\u2019s, who is a good friend of mine, I don\u2019t feel so strange. But the minute I caught sight of myself in the Jumbotron, I knew something was very wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tThere\u2019s no shame in loving your body. Thankfully, more Hollywood stars than ever before are preaching that message, and they won\u2019t let body-shaming comments slide anymore. Lizzo has been vocal about trying to help people accept all body sizes. \u201cI want to normalize my body. And not just be like, \u2018Ooh, look at this cool [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When Dunham and her Girls <\/i>costars posed for the February 2017 cover of Glamour<\/i>, she made a point not to edit out her cellulite<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cOkay, here goes: throughout my teens I was told, in no uncertain terms, that I was f\u2013king funny looking,\u201d Dunham wrote via Instagram. \u201cPotbelly, rabbit teeth, knock knees \u2014 I could never seem to get it right and it haunted my every move. I posed as the sassy confident one, secretly horrified and hurt by careless comments and hostility. Today this body is on the cover of a magazine that millions of women will read, without photoshop, my thigh on full imperfect display.\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cWhether you agree with my politics, like my show or connect to what I do, it doesn\u2019t matter \u2014 my body isn\u2019t fair game. No one\u2019s is, no matter their size, color, gender identity, and there\u2019s a place for us all in popular culture to be recognized as beautiful. Haters are gonna have to get more intellectual and creative with their disses in 2017 because none of us are going to be scared into muumuus by faceless basement dwellers, or cruel blogs, or even our partners and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n Dunham, who lost weight in 2017 when Donald Trump<\/strong> was elected president following a depressive episode, is not a fan of people constantly commenting on her slimdown.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel I\u2019ve made it pretty clear over the years that I don\u2019t give even the tiniest of s\u2013ts what anyone else feels about my body,\u201d she wrote via Instagram that March. \u201cI\u2019ve gone on red carpets in couture as a size 14. I\u2019ve done sex scenes days after surgery, mottled with scars. I\u2019ve accepted that my body is an ever-changing organism<\/a>, not a fixed entity \u2014 what goes up must come down and vice versa. I smile just as wide no matter my current size because I\u2019m 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Stars Who’ve Hit Back Against Body-Shamers<\/span><\/a>
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She Is \u2018Proud of What My Body Has Seen and Done\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n
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\n Lena Dunham<\/span> Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nShe\u2019s \u2018Body Tolerant\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n
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