Amy Schumer Slams ‘Glamour’ Magazine For Calling Her ‘Plus Sized’
Amy Schumer slammed Glamour Magazine for including her in the “plus size” bonus issue sponsored by Lane Bryant. The comedian then took on Instagram to show her fans the issue.
Earlier Tuesday, Schumer Instagrammed a photo of Glamour‘s special issue cover, explaining that calling her “plus size” can be harmful for young girls. Her Instagram photo captioned, “I think there’s nothing wrong with being plus size. Beautiful healthy women. Plus size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and an 8. @glamourmag put me in their plus size only issue without asking or letting me know and it doesn’t feel right to me,” she said.
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She followed that post with a video of herself in a bikini attempting to fly a kite, “Thanks for your thoughts to the people who didn’t tell me how I “should feel” Bottom line seems to be that these labels are unnecessary and reserved for women #muchlove,” she captioned.
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Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive addressed Schumer’s concerns on Twitter, explaining that their was a misunderstanding and that they didn’t call her plus size.
We love Amy Schumer, & would never want to offend her. To be clear, @glamourmag special edition never called her plus-size…
— Cindi Leive (@cindi_leive) April 5, 2016
Her 2015 cover story was included in the edition, aimed at sizes 12 and up, with the coverline “Women who Inspire Us” bc…
— Cindi Leive (@cindi_leive) April 5, 2016
…her longtime message of body positivity—& talking back to body haters—IS inspiring. (To me, too!)
— Cindi Leive (@cindi_leive) April 5, 2016
To be clear, size 6-8 is not plus. (Even size 12—frequent size of “plus” models—is smaller than average American woman!)…
— Cindi Leive (@cindi_leive) April 5, 2016
But women of all sizes can be inspired by one another’s words. So sorry if implication was otherwise, Amy.
— Cindi Leive (@cindi_leive) April 5, 2016
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