Glamour is sorry, Amy!
After Amy Schumer called the magazine out for labeling her plus-size in their special plus-size themed issue (sponsored by Lane Bryant), editor-in-chief Cindi Lieve has responded.
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In a series of tweets, Cindi explained that they never explicitly called her plus-size, but that the actress and comedian was included in the issue because of her consistent message of body positivity.
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├óΓé¼┬ª
— 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├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥frequent size of “plus” models├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥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
For her own part, Amy didn’t respond directly to Cindi’s comments, but did tweet again about how she is so over and tired of all the “unnecessary” labels placed on women.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone except the people who told me what I “should feel” or what I “should have focused on” ├░┼╕┬ñΓÇ£
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) April 5, 2016
Bottom line seems to be we are done with these unnecessary labels which seem to be reserved for women. pic.twitter.com/VUnrgFseRl
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) April 5, 2016
Seriously, labels are so dumb. And even Ashley Graham, who is on the cover of the special edition, has spoken out against the “plus-size” term.
Time to retire it!
[Image via AP Images.]
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