--- title: Lena Dunham on Breakfast Club VIDEO description: Lena Dunham addressed race, feminism, and the lack of racial diversity on her show, 'Girls,' on radio show 'The Breakfast Club.' canonical: https://time.com/4519925/lena-dunham-breakfast-club/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-05T18:58:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:21.443Z og:title: Watch Lena Dunham Discuss Ongoing Criticisms of Girls og:description: "I think everyone’s criticisms of 'Girls' were totally valid." og:url: https://time.com/4519925/lena-dunham-breakfast-club/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb37f6dd96cc664a9/6988a8ce196cf4847803d726/lena-dunham-the-breakfast-club-white-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 TheWrap Power Women Breakfast og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Lena Dunham Discuss Ongoing Criticisms of Girls twitter:description: "I think everyone’s criticisms of 'Girls' were totally valid." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb37f6dd96cc664a9/6988a8ce196cf4847803d726/lena-dunham-the-breakfast-club-white-girls.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Lena Dunham Discuss Ongoing Criticism of _Girls_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 5, 2016 6:58 PM UTC  Lena Dunham attends TheWrap Power Women Breakfast at 10 On The Park on June 9, 2016 in New York City. Lena Dunham attends TheWrap Power Women Breakfast at 10 On The Park on June 9, 2016 in New York City.Ben Gabbe—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 5, 2016 6:58 PM UTC [Lena Dunham](http://time.com/4306966/lena-dunham-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/) made an appearance on [_The Breakfast Club_](http://time.com/4297996/hillary-clinton-hot-sauce/) on Wednesday morning, where she addressed everything from [the final season of _Girls_](http://motto.time.com/4514861/lena-dunham-girls-wrap/) to her recent [comments about Odell Beckham, Jr. in an interview with Amy Schumer](http://motto.time.com/4478649/lena-dunham-apology-odell-beckham-jr/). Dunham addressed the criticism the Brooklyn-set _Girls_ faced for it’s predominantly white cast it debuted six years ago. “I think everyone’s criticisms of _Girls_ were totally valid,” she said, noting that while creating the show, she wanted to “write from a place of accuracy and passion and understanding,” and therefore felt that she wasn’t in a position to accurately tell the story of women of color. She later reiterated this sentiment by [praising Issa Rae’s new HBO show, _Insecure_](http://time.com/4472635/issa-rae-insecure-hbo-show-interview/), saying, “It doesn’t need to be my voice telling the story of a black woman’s New York experience, it needs to be Issa getting to go deep and go personal about what it feels like to be a young black woman dating in Los Angeles right now.” The longtime criticism surrounding Dunham’s _Girls_ reflect the [need for diversity in the entertainment industry](http://time.com/3733692/tv-writers-diversity/), which is not lost on Dunham. “Looking back, I never want to see another poster that’s four white girls,” she said. 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