We've previously spoken about how cool Lena Dunham's sister – the one who plays her character's sister in Tiny Furniture – is, because she was part of the reason Lena Dunham is so appreciative of LGBT people's rights. And Grace Dunham has again proven her credentials as someone we'd like to be mates with by taking part in a protest during her college graduation.
Lena proudly Instagrammed a photo of the top of Grace's graduation mortarboard, which had 'IX' on it, written in red tape. She explained: 'My sister Grace graduated from college today. I am so proud of her.'
She added: 'She wore the number nine on her hat to ask that Brown University honour the Title IX amendment of the constitution and do better protecting the victims of sexual assault.'
Lena later amended this with another Instagram post. This time it was of a photo of an angry-looking baby lizard, along with the caption: 'In my last post I said Title IX was a constitutional amendment when it was actually a part of the Education Amendments of 1972 and this dude is PISSED.'
OK, now that the particulars are sorted, why was Grace making this protest? Well, this comes in light of the news that Brown University have let a student accused of strangling and raping a girl back into its ranks for two months while he awaited disciplinary action.
The protest had a deeper message, though, in light of the Isla Vista killings. Lena later Tweeted regarding the #YesAllWomen hashtag. Though it wasn't actually tagged up, it was all to do with the discussions of white male entitlement to women that's been swirling since a gunman killed seven people in Santa Barbara, California, after blaming women (in a 140-page tirade) for his 22-year-old virginity. Lena Tweeted: 'Today of all days, I loved seeing my sister and her friends graduate and ask their university to do better for victims of sexual assault.'
She continued: 'I wish I hadn't seen the shooter's video' – referencing the YouTube video that Elliot Rodger put online ahead of his killing spree.
She then continued: 'In high school, a very disturbed boy told me if I didn't choose to love him he would make me, followed by a series of graphic threats… My school handled it quickly and never questioned how I'd "provoked" him and it told me that I matter.'
She added: 'I wish that for every woman.'
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.