Lena Dunham

[bellymon]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPQlebBBgZx/

[bellymon]

[frecklefactor]

To give a bit of a MUCH-NEEDED update, here are some old & newish photo posts via Instagram.

Caption: “Oh hey, just self-isolating with my pod, aka my ** belly and my sunglasses. You know I’ve been thinking a lot about my ** belly in quarantine- especially as I notice an unusual amount of articles with titles like “how I lost the weight” and “diet is everything.” Are there more of them or do I just have more time to notice? Somehow, headlines that used to roll off my flesh rolls sting in a new way- not because I think that’s the body I’m meant to have, but because it feels like it’s adding yet another item to the epic to-do list we are all creating for ourselves in Covid- you know the one: “Now that I can’t be in the world, maybe I’ll finally... take up karate... build my own furniture... grow geraniums...” But for most people pandemic life has not proven to be a break from the world or themselves. And so the list grows, the items remain unchecked, and the suggestion of a revamped clean eating plan in my newsfeed somehow feels like a personal assault. Growing up chubby, fat, thicc, whatever you wanna call it- I always felt my body was a sign that read “I’m lazy and I have done less.” Like if I just found the will to invest 30% more I could be okay. Over the years, as my body guided me through my career and illness and disability, I started to appreciate what it was capable of. But somehow, this pandemic time has brought back some of those old feelings of self-loathing and I think it all comes back to that damned to-do list, the one that started when we went into lockdown. Should I be revamping my fridge with veggies and showing off before/after pics, emerging from quarantine with a revenge body? And why, after all these years spent fostering self-love, do I still feel like weight loss is an item for my to-do? When I could be adding “learn Spanish?” or “fall in love with a firefighter?” Like, what if I checked that one off *forever forever* (by doing it never never)? But I’m so curious- what has this period brought up for you as you’ve sat with the body you were given, no matter where self-isolation has taken it? Please share with me in the comments- I’ll be reading faithfully from right here in this bikini top.” (12/07/20):

Caption: “Hello from the floor of quarantine in London, where I am in full isolation in accordance with Tier 4 lockdown laws! But the chance to be alone with only a bag of crisps and my thoughts before I go full bore into the most ambitious project of my career has been a special lil' gift- it's given me a moment to reflect on the strength and stability I feel as I barrel toward my *official* mid-thirties, and how deeply it contrasts with the flightiness and fragility of my twenties. And it's funny, because my twenties were much flashier- more outward facing achievement, more dresses and liquid eyeliner and taking my shoes off at parties and being told I was doing a hot job. But I was fighting my ass off to stay in the mix, for fear of what a moment of quiet might reveal to me- the roaring in my ears, the scraping in my brain. The last three years- since Girls ended, since my health and long-term relationship collapsed at once and I had to rebuild myself in a new body and home, since I got sober and learned what it meant to really sit with myself- have been deafeningly quiet. But in that silence, more has occurred than ever did when I was dancing as fast as I could. I've discovered my own values. I've taken up dorky hobbies. I've built and scrapped and replotted dreams. I've healed without even knowing it was happening. I've planted the seeds for the kind of life I thought I was living but I was only playing at before- one full of art and friendship and honesty and love. I've motored my own boat (that... sounded wrong?) I guess this post is a glowing recommendation for quiet, in all its forms. It's the opposite of boring. What's boring is staying at the party too long. What's cool is sitting in the bathtub afterwards. What have you found in the silence lately?” (01/12/21):

Caption: “Recently I came across this photo of me at 24. I could remember exactly where I was when it was taken- the bathroom of a bar in the dead heat of August, wearing a vintage dress of my mother's, with this overwhelming feeling (the kind you only get when you're young) that you’re on the precipice of some big change. It got me dreaming about what that girl would have thought if I could appear in that mirror and tell her what the next 10 years would hold. "Hello, it's me, 34-year-old Lena. You're not gonna believe this but in, like, 2 months you're going to start on six seasons of a TV show. Are people gonna like it? That's a... complex question, but you will love making it, and you will learn exactly what your own voice sounds like. Oh, and you're going to write books. Like, WHOLE books. And yes, you will fully move out of your parents house and all the way to freakin' California- don't worry, I know it's Hollywood but you won't have to lose weight, in fact you'll gain it- and sometimes even to the UK. And yes, you have a million friends and collaborators you love and you aren't lonely in the ways you are now. Which is good because yeah, you know those random stomach aches? There's, like, a bunch of surgery coming. They're going to take out your uterus, which I know sounds kinda random but trust me, it's a bigger deal once you're older. And then you'll have to get sober. But you don't have a drug problem? Oh, please hold for that. And by the time you're my age you'll have kissed approximately 47 men (you still keep a list!) and literally none of them will be your husband. And you STILL can't fucking drive. But you know the weird part? It's all okay. It's better than okay. It's exactly what you were hoping for when you went into the bathroom and held this brand new thing called an iPhone up to the mirror thinking 'something great is coming.'"(01/21/21):

Caption: “Entering every room trying to model my new Karen Millen fit for no one, quarantine style - thank you Karen f)or bringing the ferocity for us b**s who got back 🍑” (02/03/21:

Caption: “My favorite part of directing is spotting new talent! And she’s a star!!! 📷 @garygreenham #catherinecalledbirdy” (04/09/21):

Caption: “So, I’m 3 years sober today. Those aren’t words I ever thought I’d say, because they aren’t words I thought I *needed* to say, but from the moment I began this trip (sobriety is a trippy trip, that’s for sure) I was focused on 3 years, as if it were this magic train that would somehow have carried me far enough from the me I was when I was using- a bad me, a sad me, a just plain not good enough me. This is me today (in a hat knit by my best friend, sober icon @scotlan) and the second photo is the only one I dared take of myself at rehab- and no I don’t look great (I guess you don’t really focus on exfoliation when you’re trying to save your own life?) but I do look like I’m trying pretty hard with that forced lil smile- trying at something like joy. But guess what? We’re worth it even when we are too tired to try, or when we are one day or one hour away from our messiest. We are worth it even when we’re right in the middle of it all. If you are caught in a cycle of pain and shame around addiction, you are so far from alone- there are so many recovering addicts who want and NEED to connect with you and who will hold it down for you no matter what. Thank you for the love you’ve shown me in the last 3 years as I’ve crawled further away from the center of the storm- but in the process I’ve realized it’s continually storming (that’s alright) AND the sun is shining too. It always was.” (04/10/21):

“Spring has sprung and for the first time in my whole life I’m looking around me- at new things growing, little blooms, baby animals shaking their baby animal butts. Maybe it’s because I’m turning thirty five (35!? What!? I feel 14 most days. I don’t usually brush my hair. And I am not immune to spending forty minutes looking in the mirror at emerging crows feet and the new droop of my breasts but that’s for another caption... long story short, I love it...) Maybe it’s because I’ve found myself in rural England with minimal cell phone reception and maximal farm life. Or maybe, just maybe, it’s because as I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned that forcing a daily practice of gratitude has actually shifted into a reality of gratitude. They say you can form habits. I never believed it. I was a bed creature with a naturally glass half empty attitude upon waking up and the sun upset my vampire eyes. Often, I led with my trauma and fear. But living through and past some dark days required a shift in perspective, and my appreciation of being right where I am when I’m there- doing what I love to do, with old collaborators and new love surrounding me- is so big it fills me even on cold nights on set and mornings where my arthritic bones ache and I’m homesick or in conflict or feeling like a scared imposter. Emotions come and go like weather, but the gratitude stays put like this Medieval architecture. To quote modern punk poet Brody Dalle, “It hit me/I got everything I need.” Always did.” (05/07/21):

Caption: “It was a distinct pleasure to interview my dearest @billiepiper, international treasure and whisperer of women’s truest secrets, about her devilish and wise new film Rare Beasts. For the last few months I’ve been directing Billz in Medieval costume, but she was lookin’ fly in leather and you can catch her in even more snappy looks on demand by streaming Rare Beasts and supporting female directors and twisted modern fairy tales. I love you Billie- you make me forget that this is a job when we are just whispering n’ giggling in a drafty corner 😍 🙌” (05/23/21):

Caption: “This is a moment of gratitude- not for the sun (although it sure is sweet after all this London rain, and I thought rain was my thing...) And not for this new bathing suit (although it’s pretty exciting when something is both covered in hearts AND accommodates the ample belly.) No, this is gratitude for YOU. It’s easy to go down the rabbit hole, yelling about how the internet is mean and false and destroying our social fabric yadda yadda yadda, but this community, right here on the ‘gram, has been so consistently loving, kind and connected for such a long time. You’ve generously allowed me to share my tougher moments and my most sweet ones too and, most essentially for me since it is why I am haunting the planet like a ghost who can’t read the room, my art. The fact that you’ve shown me love when I am, in fact, a stranger is a testament to the goodliness of human nature. So this is just a note to say thank you, I’m with you and - to quote my love @taylour- remember to put your feet in the grass. I just did and it helped, with everything. Then I saw a slug and came back on the deck but you know, points for trying? I’m giving you all points for trying this Monday.” (07/19/21):

[frecklefactor]

Attending the "Zola" special screening at Picturehouse Central in London, England (08/01/21):

[finalhazardark]

I saw her on travel man last night and wondered who she was so i looked her up only to find those photos, so I instantly had to check and see that there was indeed a curvage page for her all these years, always a fun discovery lol

(also here are some recent photos to justify this post)

[Voyeurbabe]

On 1/14/2013 at 5:37 AM, cuauhtemoc said:

ATTN: Dudes in this thread. No one cares if you don't like Lena Dunham.

No cares if you feel she'll "haunt your dreams," or if you think she's "an attention whore with low self-esteem" or if you are frustrated because she "could at least do her hair a little better" or if looks like "frumpty dumpty" to you.

The reason you think anyone cares is called privilege, and most dudes, myself included, are born with a ton of it. It helps to explain why us fellas always seem to think that what we feel at any given moment about any given subject is totally legit, and it doesn't help that the internet makes it super easy to broadcast those opinions to the world. Let me make the case for why this might not always be the best idea ever:

1) Curvage (and the fat community in general) is somewhat unique in the internet pornography world (and let's not kid ourselves into thinking that wank pictures do not account for a substantial percentage of why guys log in, or at the very least played a part in our discovering the community) in that the relationship between the producers and consumers of content is much closer than in other communities. Women who graciously post photos of themselves in various states of undress for our amusement also interact with us and browse the same threads we do. People start legit relationships from sites like these. (I'm in one! /humblebrag) Even women who are for-pay content providers are mainly homegrown from these very board and interact with the members on a regular and genuine basis. This is a super-good thing, because it's a hugely important part of why women feel safe and comfortable contributing to the community; we're largely nice and pleasant, and part of that is reflected in the fact that we are at least not so obnoxious we've driven anything without a penis away from this corner of the internet. Basically, this: the women we rely on for generation of significant content frequent these boards.

2) Negative comments have a chilling effect. Two women posted in this thread, as best as I can tell. Both of them, story author Cristina Prince and Curvage-only photo subject Pockets, are significant generators of precisely the type of content most of us like to consume. Pockets's expression of admiration for Lena Dunham was directly contradictory to most of the ones expressed in the thread and listed above, while Cristina's was even more direct, attempting to hush negative commenters. Taken as a whole, it's very rare to see women on the forum express negative opinions about other women, especially other women they don't have personal experience with. I'm positive there are exceptions, but see what I'm getting at, here?

3) No one cares. NO ONE CARES. I cannot harp on this enough, because not only does no one care if you don't like Lena Dunham, no one cares if you like Lena Dunham, too. A moment of total honesty, here: the reason I opened this thread was because I saw an ad for the new season of Girls and I didn't remember her looking as chubby and wanted to see if there were any other pictures up and Curvage is usually good as an aggregator of stuff like that. I certainly didn't click the link thinking to myself, "Awww yeah, time for a few pictures of Lena Dunham and some really clever zingers and blunt, misogynistic dismissals from anonymous internet nobodies." NO ONE is hoping to see your post, and NOTHING will happen as a result of you posting it. Lena Dunham will not see it and rush off for a makeover after a tearful catharsis, Christina Hendricks will not see it and suddenly be inspired to eat cake naked and film it for you, and a hotshot children's publishing executive will not see it and offer you a deal for your witty new satirical take on Humpty Dumpty.

The only thing that will happen, (and it has already happened, with dozens of women who posted pictures and videos and stories and communicated with us and made Curvage that much more pleasant for all involved) is that women on these boards will leave. They'll either drift away slowly or vanish abruptly or maybe give us a final goodbye, but probably not, because the drone of "she's ugly" or "she's shallow" is already so very tiring to put up with.

So please, please, pleeeeeeeease, dudes of Curvage, think a tiny bit before posting, and think of how your post would land if it was being said to you about a woman in your life who you cared about. I'm not asking anyone to not have their feelings, but if we continue to exercise our privilege and express them at the drop of a hat, every time, the special and importantly different community vibe that persists in this community will eventually become the echo chamber of wangs that so many other online porn communities are, with a bunch of dudes rabidly foaming, and a few women interacting with them out of economic realities instead of shared interests.

TL:DR - STOP POSTING NEGATIVE SHIT. BE NICE. IT'LL PAY OFF.

Hi, I finally quit lurking and made an account, for the SOLE purpose of expressing what an awful take this is. I'm female and probably loathe Lena Dunham more than anyone on this board... And how on earth is saying she's a frumpy attention whore sexist?! It's the absolute truth. Nobody is impressed you went to college. And like another poster said, there are millions of women out there with ten times her talent who are totally ignored, while this ignorant rich kid presumes to speak for us!

Also, I like fat girls, but she makes me drier than the Sahara. That smirky face. Her awful brain. Those of us who find her unf&cable because of her personality are arguably less sexist than those who just see her as an appealing blob of fat and who cares what's in her head.

[bellymon]

[bellymon]

chunky miss lena

[bellymon]

well apparently she's married now...so maybe she'll gain even more 😈

[bellymon]

her fingers are now too fat for her rings 

[bellymon]

😮

[smax666]

17 hours ago, bellymon said:

I love Lena. She's always whining and complaining, but you can see her always half-naked, with beautiful men/women, making sex, eating. A pain in the neck high maintenance psycho baby... 🙂

 

[bellymon]

[thadrou90]

Pics from this article https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/lena-dunham-interview-sharp-stick-girls-reboot-1235076390/

[Guest Weight gain schadenfreude]

On 12/14/2021 at 12:35 PM, smax666 said:

I love Lena. She's always whining and complaining, but you can see her always half-naked, with beautiful men/women, making sex, eating. A pain in the neck high maintenance psycho baby... 🙂

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You say that like it's a good thing.

[smax666]

3 hours ago, Weight gain schadenfreude said:

You say that like it's a good thing.

Oh yeah, I have weird tastes in women. 🙂 And I think Lena is one of a kind as sex buddy. Hungry, neurotic and horny. 

[bellymon]

those fat thighs and wide hips sure do take up a lot of room on the couch

[bellymon]

[bellymon]

Maybe lost a few, but still a chonker

[bellymon]

Fat as hell 

[bellymon]

Damn! 

[carrythat_weight]

On 7/20/2022 at 4:26 PM, bellymon said:

Damn! 

Where are these from?

[bellymon]

1 hour ago, carrythat_weight said:

Where are these from?

A new movie of hers called Sharp Stick

[thadrou90]

10 years apart

[Chazzz von Brütal]

On 7/6/2022 at 2:08 PM, bellymon said:

Fat as hell 

So I’ll say this… short of Anna Nicole Smith and Kirsty Alley, Lena may be the most substantial and impressive celebrity gain of all time. She looks really good in that orange bikini photo.