The title, a tentative mission statement, is not that kind of girl. A young woman tells you what shes learned dunham, lena, avillez. Dont miss out on your signed copy of not that kind of girl, lena reading from her book and answering audience questions, and oodles of special guests. Let them know a powerful, confident, and yes, even sexy woman could be made, not born. She is the creator of the highly acclaimed hbo series, girls. No, i am not a sexpert, a psychologist, or a dietician. For someone who has branded herself as not that kind of girl by titling her first book not that kind of girl, lena dunham is still a.
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