On Wednesday, theGirlscreator and star, who has been a longtime advocate for body positivity, shared a photo of herself sitting nude outdoors.
To make things even better, for each empowering comment, Dunham vowed to donate a dollar to thePeggy Albrecht Friendly House, a recovery home for women in the United States.
“Any negativity that comes your way is just an excuse to love yourself even more, right? Comment below with a reason you love yourself,” Dunhambegan the inspiring post.
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“Okay, GO!” she continued. “For every comment in the next week, I’ll be donating a dollar to @FriendlyHouseLA, a residential program for women recovering from substance and alcohol addiction. So guys, be liberal with your self-praise…”
The post then prompted a number of stars to comment with things they loved about themselves, includingScoutandRumer Willis,Demi Moore, andOrlando Bloom.
“I love my ability to see the good in everyone! My radiant loving!!” Scout commented, while her big sis Rumer wrote, “I love myself for my resolute loyalty. My tender heart and my compassion and empathy for others….oh and the tiny freckle on my toe”
Speaking to her own “compassionate heart”, Moore praised herself and said, “I am a beautiful soul with an enormous loving compassionate accepting heart who loves to play with dolls toys and all things miniature!”
Added Bloom in his own comment: “You’re a genius! I’m a recovering- impulsive risk taker – I love my sincere and sometimes too sensitive heart ❤️” added Bloom.
Dunham has never been one to shy away from body positivity.
In January 2017, the actress took a stance against thebody shamingshe hasexperienced throughout her lifeafter appearing on the cover ofGlamourfree of Photoshop.
“Let’s get something straight: I didn’t hate what I looked like — I hated the culture that was telling me to hate it,” she continued.
Dunham also spoke about being praised for showing her body onGirls— but said she was praised for the wrong reasons.
“Well, today this body is on the cover of a magazine that millions of women will read, without photoshop, my thigh on full imperfect display,” she continued. “Whether you agree with my politics, like my show or connect to what I do, it doesn’t matter — my body isn’t fair game. No one’s is, no matter their size, color, gender identity, and there’s a place for us all in popular culture to be recognized as beautiful.”
Most recently, the actress revealed that she spent too much of her life worrying about what people thought of her, and she decided to let go of that need, especially after dealing with herendometriosis health problems and fluctuating weight.
“I’ve spent a lot of time in this life feeling like too much. Too hungry. Too anxious. Too loud. Too needy. Too sick. Too dramatic. Too honest. Too sexy (jk lol.),”she wroteon Instagram this past February.
“But something has changed, and it started when I realized: I don’t have to be for everybody, and that for the right people, my too much is just enough,” she continued. “My too much also means I have room for their too much and we can take turns too muching all over each other.”
“At 32: I weigh the most I ever have. I love the most I ever have. I read and write and laugh the most I ever have. And I’m the happiest I’ve ever been,” she confidently said. “Not the frail, precarious happiness of ‘things are going perfectly.’ The big, generous, jiggly happiness of ‘I think I’m finally starting to get the hang of this.’ Not too much… Just enough.”
source: people.com
