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Lena Dunham asks Hillary Clinton: are you a feminist? 'Yes, absolutely'
Source: The Guardian
Lena Dunham asks Hillary Clinton: are you a feminist? 'Yes, absolutely'
Girls creator sits down with Democratic frontrunner and the two discuss why
anyone who believes in equal rights is a feminist
Mahita Gajanan in New York
Thursday 24 September 2015 20.10 BST
In a move seemingly designed to help her connect with millennial women, Hillary Clinton sat down with Girls creator Lena Dunham for an interview to be broadcast in full next Tuesday.
The Democratic presidential frontrunner – whose recent efforts to court this demographic include joining Snapchat and taking selfies with Kim Kardashian – was asked: “do you consider yourself a feminist?” in a first clip of the interview obtained by Politico.
“Yes,” replied Clinton, who appeared relaxed and happy in Dunham’s company. “Absolutely. You know, I’m always a little bit puzzled when any woman of whatever age, but particularly a young woman, says something like – and you’ve heard it – ‘well I believe in equal rights, but I’m not a feminist.’
“Well, a feminist is by definition someone who believes in equal rights. I’m hoping that people will not be afraid to say that doesn’t mean you hate men, it doesn’t mean you want to separate out the world, so you’re not a part of ordinary life – that’s not what it means at all! It just means that we believe that women have the same rights as men.”
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Girls creator sits down with Democratic frontrunner and the two discuss why
anyone who believes in equal rights is a feminist
Mahita Gajanan in New York
Thursday 24 September 2015 20.10 BST
In a move seemingly designed to help her connect with millennial women, Hillary Clinton sat down with Girls creator Lena Dunham for an interview to be broadcast in full next Tuesday.
The Democratic presidential frontrunner – whose recent efforts to court this demographic include joining Snapchat and taking selfies with Kim Kardashian – was asked: “do you consider yourself a feminist?” in a first clip of the interview obtained by Politico.
“Yes,” replied Clinton, who appeared relaxed and happy in Dunham’s company. “Absolutely. You know, I’m always a little bit puzzled when any woman of whatever age, but particularly a young woman, says something like – and you’ve heard it – ‘well I believe in equal rights, but I’m not a feminist.’
“Well, a feminist is by definition someone who believes in equal rights. I’m hoping that people will not be afraid to say that doesn’t mean you hate men, it doesn’t mean you want to separate out the world, so you’re not a part of ordinary life – that’s not what it means at all! It just means that we believe that women have the same rights as men.”
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/24/lena-dunham-interview-hillary-clinton-feminist
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