Lena Dunham was SXSW’s first keynote speaker four years ago, having premiered two films (“Creative Nonfiction,” “Tiny Furniture”) and a hit series (“Girls”) at prior festivals.
Today, she returned to join Glamour magazine’s new editor-in-chief, Samantha Barry, for a conversation called, “Authenticity and Media in 2018.” At the top of the talk, Barry mentioned how allowing yourself to be vulnerable often invites criticism, and Dunham got very candid.“Thank you for that thoughtfully phrased question, which wasn’t just like, ‘You fuck up a lot, what’s your secret to continuing to do that?’” began Dunham, who has been knocked for defending a “Girls” writer accused of rape; saying, “I still haven’t had an abortion, but I wish I had;” and rehoming her dog.
“I don’t have whatever the skillset is that allows you to program your own image from the outside, and make … calculated decisions
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