HASTA LA VISTA, 2016

The best of Lenny this year   If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Though we're not sorry to see 2016 go, we're incredibly proud of the essays, reporting, and interviews we have run this year. From Jessica Knoll's searing explanation of the real rape behind her best-selling book Luckiest Girl Alive, to Michelle Obama's impassioned call to support the Let Girls Learn initiative, to a virtual sibling fight to the death with SIMS characters, to Amanda Peet's promise to never get Botox—it's been a fabulous first full year of Lenny. Here's to a better 2017.         What I Know   Why Jessica Knoll is coming clean about the real rape informing her novel, Luckiest Girl Alive             Michelle Obama: Why Global Girls' Education Is So Personal for Me   The First Lady on how you can get involved in helping girls learn.             Don't Agonize, Organize   A message from Lena about the presidential election and where we go from here.             Screw Mastery   On starting out in a new field in your 40s.             Laws of Another Universe   Exploring the pleasures and dangers of the Sims.             The Lenny Interview: Four Women Who Fled Syria   Survivors of an untelevised war share their stories of struggle and hope.             Stop Telling Me I Should Have Kids   Actress Joy Bryant shares what people say to her when they find out she's never going to be a mom.             Amanda Peet: Never Crossing the Botox Rubicon   It's painfully obvious, but I'm still ashamed to admit this: I care about my looks.             Shopping for Gifts from the Universe   How buying vintage designer clothes from your teen years can make you feel like you're living your best grown-up life.             The Lenny Interview: Isabel Allende   Collier Meyerson talks with the author of The Japanese Lover about love and death.         Xo, Team Lenny       The email newsletter where there's no such thing as too much information. From Lena Dunham + Jenni Konner.   Unsubscribe | Manage Preferences | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use   8383 Wilshire Blvd. STE 1050 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 © 2016   Like what you see? Share Lenny with a Friend!