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Lena Dunham recently shared Glamour US's January 2017 cover on Instagram of her alongside her Girls co-stars. Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Dunham are seen dressed in Marc Jacobs displaying their ever-distinctive nonchalant attitude.
Yet people are not talking on Twitter about this cover because of the undeniable unwearability of those Gaga-esque heels. No. Dunham's cellulite thigh has caught people's eye.
.@lenadunham's visible cellulite on the cover of Glamour is giving me LIFE. ???? Another step toward #bodypositivity in the mainstream media!
— Madeline Allen (@madelinemallen) January 4, 2017
Read: Groundbreaking lingerie campaign shows models completely unretouched
Dunham took to Instagram to thank Glamour for leaving her thigh unretouched, saying:
One would think that in 2017 an act like leaving a woman's leg in it's "imperfectly normal" state would not be something out of the ordinary. Unfortunately, as ManRepeller.com notes, cellulite has become an endangered species in the magazine world.
This particular issue of Glamour was produced 100% by women. Yes this is great. Yet often when we blame the "magazine industry" or "women's magazines" for retouching and creating unattainable body ideals, we fail to see that these principles are often set by women. Women make up the majority of women's magazine editorial and art teams.
This means, women are
part of the problem, a problem created by the male gaze that has been formed over time and within patriarchal systems that objectify women. So in order to achieve a massive shift in our thinking, we first need to acknowledge that the problem, the way we as women see women, needs to change.
