Lena Dunham has spoken out about the fuss surrounding the photoshopping of her much-anticipated Vogue cover and photo-shoot, saying she doesn't understand the controversy. The extent of the photoshopping was revealed by Jezebel, the women's blog owned by Gawker Media, which offered a $10,000 bounty for the unretouched pictures. The writer and star of HBO’s Girls told Slate that the controversy 'confuses me a little.' Cover girl: Dunham says she is pleased with the results of her photo-shoot with Vogue 'I understand that for people there is a contradiction between what I do and being on the cover of Vogue; but frankly I really don’t know what the photoshopping situation is, I can’t look at myself really objectively in that way,' Dunham, 27, told Slate.
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Lena Dunham has responded to the controversy over her photoshopped Vogue fashion spread and cover
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Dunham says she's 'confused' by all the fuss and says having a woman on the cover of Vogue who is not a typical model-type is a positive thing
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Blog Jezebel offered a $10,000 bounty for the unretouched images
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After they were published, many detractors labeled the move 'mean' and 'anti-feminist'
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Dunham tweeted that the outcry was 'too ridiculous' to engage with
'This is what Vogue does - and yes, we already know in general what all of these magazines do - but now, on its cover, @placeholder has a woman who rightfully declares that her appearance, with all of its perceived imperfections, shouldn't be hidden and doesn't need any fixing,' she wrote.