She’s not afraid to stir up a little controversy but she always speaks from the heart. In this month’s Elle she says of her incredible fame, “I realized early on that I was not going to be able to have a comfortable relationship with celebrity if I didn’t feel like I was using it to talk about things that were important to me.” Amen, sister! And here are 10 more reasons we think Lena Dunham is a millennial force to be reckoned with.