Voices of Their Generation: Gloria Steinem Hosted a Book Party at Her Historic Home for Lena Dunham
Gloria Steinem hosted a salon-style book event at her historic home for Lena Dunham to discuss Dunham's memoir, Famesick, as part of Warby Parker's Book Report series. The evening featured a conversation moderated by feminist writer Amy Richards, with guests enjoying vegan hors d'oeuvres and drinks in Steinem's verdant parlor garden. Topics ranged from the commercialization of feminism to the pressures of generosity and authenticity in modern womanhood.
- ▪The event was hosted by Warby Parker as part of its Book Report series, pairing authors with notable interlocutors for live discussions.
- ▪Lena Dunham's memoir, Famesick, explores her experiences during a period when feminism became increasingly commercialized.
- ▪Gloria Steinem and Lena Dunham discussed challenges facing modern feminism, including performative activism and the 'not-nice feminist' stigma.
- ▪The conversation was moderated by feminist writer and organizer Amy Richards, a longtime collaborator of Steinem's.
- ▪Steinem shared insights on gender binaries, calling the division into masculine and feminine 'kind of crazy,' while Dunham critiqued self-proclaimed generosity as often disingenuous.
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PartiesVoices of Their Generation: Gloria Steinem Hosted a Book Party at Her Historic Home for Lena DunhamBy Danielle NaerSave StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyGloria Steinem, Lena DunhamPhoto: David GannonA salon-style sit-down with Lena Dunham at Gloria Steinem’s home sounds like something that could only exist as fan fiction in some new-wave feminist Reddit forum—but on Thursday evening, it was very much real, and it was as mesmerizing as one would think. Hosted by Warby Parker as part of its Book Report series—a literary program pairing authors with compelling interlocutors for live conversations—the gathering connected the two influential writers, activists, and cultural provocateurs to discuss Dunham’s hotly anticipated memoir, Famesick.“Tonight is not about my book,”…
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