This is why you don't mess with Amy Schumer.
Amy Schumer was was anything but happy to find herself featured in Glamour’s new special edition issue that focused on plus-sized women (sizes 12-24). The stand up comedian has been a huge advocate for body positivity, but still wanted to make her frustrations well-known via a heated post on her Instagram.
Considering Schumer goes between a size 6 and 8, she was highly confused by Glamour's interpretation of what constitutes being plus-sized. She even went as far as asking her 3.8 million Instagram followers how they felt about young girls considering her body type and plus sized.
Within minutes of posting this to Instagram, people began reacting in support of the comedian, and criticizing the magazine's decision to create this exclusive issue all together. But Schumer wasn't done yet. She quickly took to Twitter to express how she felt that there really isn't a reason in put labels on women based on their body type.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone except the people who told me what I "should feel" or what I "should have focused on"
— 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
As the criticism took over social media, Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive decided to clear up the editorial decision to include Schumer in the issue in a Twitter rant of her own.
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