8. Lenny

The mecca, the mother, the one who really started the wave: Lena Dunham. Some may not fully embrace her, but she used her fame to promote a new side of women who didn't need to be skinny, white and perfectly made up. Her feminist newsletter Lenny Letter, which is part of the whole Hearst empire, has a special online shop

[Photo via @lennyletter]

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