Amy Schumer slams Glamour Mag for including her in their plus-sized issue
Here is the latest cover of Glamour Magazine’s special edition. The focus on “women of every size” is part of Glamour’s new partnership with Lane Bryant. If you look closely at the cover – which features the beautiful Ashley Graham – and the taglines, you might notice that the language being used is all positive. “Chic at any size” and “women who inspire us” and “Style Stars Show Us How They Rock Their Curves.” There’s no mention of “plus-sized” anything. There is one line which reads “Outfits, Ideas and Updates That Flatter Sizes 12 & Up.” All in all, I would give Glamour an “A” for making a body-positive effort.
But there’s still criticism. Not from the media though, from one of the celebrities apparently featured in this special edition. Amy Schumer was listed as one of the “Women Who Inspire Us,” along with Melissa McCarthy, Ashley Graham and Adele. And Schumer is not happy about it. She posted this Instagram yesterday:
I see her point about our skewed perspectives about body image and size. Especially since my first reaction was “Amy Schumer is a size 6?” But that just goes to show you how skewed this conversation really becomes. But… I kind of think this is an overreaction by Schumer? Glamour didn’t say “celebrate plus-sized women like Amy Schumer!” The message is more about “these are women who aren’t conforming to the size-zero-only narrative.” And if that’s the conversation, then why wouldn’t you include Schumer on that list? She’s done comedy about how she doesn’t look like other women in Hollywood. She’s done comedy about how much she eats and how she hates to diet and all of that, all in the name of being real, authentic and body-positive. After Schumer posted that, people reacted and some people agreed with her and some didn’t. She made another statement, saying:
Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone except the people who told me what I “should feel” or what I “should have focused on.” Bottom line seems to be we are done with these unnecessary labels which seem to be reserved for women.
Sure. I agree. This goes hand-in-hand with a larger conversation about body-policing, sizeism and the “plus-sized” label. Meanwhile, Glamour released a statement about Schumer’s concerns, saying:
“First off, we love Amy, and our readers do too–which is why we featured her on the cover of Glamour last year. The cover line on this special edition–which is aimed at women size 12 and up–simply says ‘Women Who Inspire Us,’ since we believe her passionate and vocal message of body positivity IS inspiring, as is the message of the many other women, of all sizes, featured. The edition did not describe her as plus-size. We are sorry if we offended her in any way.”
[Glamour’s statement via TooFab]
Yeah, I agree with that too. As I said, it’s not like Glamour said anything about PLUS-SIZED AMY SCHUMER or anything. It feels like Schumer was mostly irritated and offended that she was even included in an issue explicitly dedicated to female readers who might be larger than a size 10.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Glamour.
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