'This is how you keep sexist health care policies from passing,' Lena Dunham said. 'Girls' star: Vote against sexists

“Girls” star Lena Dunham is urging young women to vote next week to keep sexist politicians out of office.

“I used to think that all that mattered was that you, you know, vote for [President Barack Obama], then go back to eating Cheetos and reading gossip magazines, but the fact is, the midterm elections matter,” the actress and writer jokes in a video posted Thursday by Glamour magazine.


“This is how you keep sexist health care policies from passing,” she adds. “This is how you keep sexist politicians out of office. This is how you create the change you want.”

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The video is part of Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s Women Are Watching campaign. Dunham and the organization have also partnered on a T-shirt that she designed ahead of the elections.

“Girls want change. Girls are change. You have to vote on Nov. 4,” Dunham says in the three-minute video.

Speaking to the magazine, Dunham, whose show appears on HBO, dismissed the idea that millennial youth are apathetic.

“That just hasn’t been my experience,” she said. “I want us to show up at the polls in record numbers, to show that we won’t stand for attacks on women and their rights, that we recognize our power to shape the future.”

Dunham has been lending her voice to various midterm efforts including Texas gubernatorial candidate Democrat Wendy Davis’ campaign. She also has appeared in the Rock The Vote video “Turn Out For What,” which parodied the Lil Jon song.