When Lena Dunham (in character as Hannah Horvath) dubbed herself “the voice of my generation…or at least a voice…of a generation,” she probably should have been more specific. As in: the voice of rich, heterosexual, entitled, white millennial women everywhere. Maybe, just maybe, she can be a voice for that demographic — the up-and-coming Karens. But the rest of the world doesn’t want her speaking for them.
Dunham has a long history of putting her foot in her mouth. It’s almost as rampant as her insufferable insistence to plaster her naked body onscreen as often as possible during awkward sex scenes in Girls, the HBO series that made her a household name.
But she may have gone too far. For real this time. We’re talking about a recent obnoxious tweet from the 36-year-old actor in which she stated, “When I go, I want my casket to be driven through the NYC pride parade with a plaque that reads ‘she wasn’t for everyone, but she *was* for us’- who can arrange?”
When I go, I want my casket to be driven through the NYC pride parade with a plaque that reads “she wasn’t for everyone, but she *was* for us”- who can arrange?
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) October 2, 2022
Well, Lena, you can want whatever you want, but don’t expect the world to bend over backwards to give it to you. In fact, you may have just killed whatever interest there was left in you, especially in LGBTQIA communities, because the Pride Parade isn’t for you. In fact, we’d bet the organizers of that event are probably thinking, “Over our dead bodies,” right about now.
But we don’t need to roast ignorant little Lena. Twitter does that for us – and hilariously so. Take it away, tweet warriors, and school this wayward lady in what allyship actually means.
Cover Photo: Mike Marsland / Contributor (Getty Images)
wanting to be the center of attention even after she’s dead is actually very on brand for lena dunham
— cass city (@HeavenlyGrandpa) October 3, 2022
“She died as she lived: in a ploy for attention that was as puzzling as it was desperate”
— Star Plátano (@Qban_Linx) October 2, 2022
best we can do is ‘she died as she lived; cringe and self important’
— so full from cigarettes yum 🙂 (@glitchpopcatboy) October 2, 2022
We do NOT assert ownership. Arrangements for the safe disposal of Lena Dunham in accordance with state and federal law remains the responsibility of the heterosexual community. https://t.co/FWv2XHVqNI
— Huw Lemmey (@huwlemmey) October 3, 2022
No cops or Lena Dunham’s corpse at Pride. https://t.co/cUu05nr9mc
— Michael Kennedy (@MichaelKenKen) October 2, 2022
It’s called gay pride not straight shame.
— Cogiati Maru (@TheeBellwether) October 2, 2022
This is how Lena Dunham finds out gay people don’t like her https://t.co/DWDdxmfDX8
— potato bun (@911wench) October 2, 2022
Every day I wish I knew less about Lena Dunham.
— AskAubry (@ask_aubry) October 3, 2022
lena dunham: gay people call me a gay icon
gay people: pic.twitter.com/Q8MYj6tqeN
— hugeasmammoth.films (@hugeasmammoth_) October 3, 2022
I’m generally like “women need to take up more space!” and then Lena Dunham talks and I’m like “no not you”
— Paige (@outpaigeous) October 3, 2022
Lena Dunham was truly the voice of a generation: white women in the 2010s using allyship to glorify themselves.
— Elizabeth Collins (@raisedbygaysok) October 2, 2022
We recorded an interview with Lena Dunham early in the RA run about how mean everyone is to her online. But we decided not to run it. And then her like several years of saying insane terrible shit began like weeks after that and we were really mopping the sweat off our brows. https://t.co/Lvx1iXKRio
— Nontraditional Gary (@AGoldmund) October 3, 2022
lena dunham thinks she’s our princess diana but she’s more of our ayn rand
— soapy (@soapyhadid) October 2, 2022
i always say pride is for everyone but i will now be saying pride is for everyone except lena dunham https://t.co/P6hUZU6rnv
— rehab “gay rights” barbie! (@rehabbarbie2000) October 2, 2022
so presumptuous and narcissistic of Lena dunham to assume that she’s important and beloved enough by the gay community for her casket to be carried in pride when she died. unlike me who is actually that beloved by the lgbt community. for my many posts
— gg lily allen (@lumpen_princess) October 2, 2022
If I were Lena Dunham I would simply not tweet
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) October 2, 2022
Lena Dunham declaring herself an LGBTQ icon despite being a straight white woman that everyone hates. Like girl sit down. The gays don’t want you either.
— Dorit & Mauricio’s forbidden love chicken sausauge (@LimpBizkit1fan) October 3, 2022
the way that lena dunham has successfully capitalized on being an insufferable white woman…idk i think she’s the voice of *a* generation
— seynique (@seynique) October 3, 2022
