At Variety’s Power of Women luncheon on Friday, Lena Dunham gave a powerful speech, celebrating the trials and triumphs of her womankind. An honoree at the luncheon, Dunham, creator of the hit series Girls on HBO, spoke of a personal experience that shaped her life, as a woman.

Given the opportunity to divulge a bit more personally, Dunham took the opportunity to speak candidly from the stage to her fellow guests and honorees. In New York Daily News, Dunham’s speech was shared as including this heartfelt disclosure: “When I was raped, I felt powerless. I felt my value had been determined by someone else, someone who sent me the message that body was not my own, my choices were meaningless.” She goes on to say, “It took years to recognize my personal worth was not tied to my assault, that the voices telling me I deserved this were phantoms, they were liars.”

Dunham, who is no stranger to controversy or pushing boundaries, certainly took a powerful stance in delivering this speech, with this particular content.

Dunham, in fact, opened her speech with a proud declaration: “It will surprise nobody in this room that I identify as a feminist. In fact, if it does surprise you, I suggest you take a look around the room and make sure that you’re not lost. You know what this luncheon is, right? The Men’s Rights Association meeting is down the street at P.F. Chang’s and I hear they started already so get moving.”

With a riotous laugh following her clever punch line, Dunham endorsed her passionate support of GEMS, “a non-profit founded by activist Rachel Lloyd to help young women from low-income backgrounds who have been domestically sex trafficked and exploited.”

The Boston Herald goes on to explain that Variety’s bi-annual event is held both in Los Angeles and New York, recognizing “women in the entertainment industry, who use their platforms to champion important charitable causes.” Dunham certainly satisfies these requirements.