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Amy Schumer Challenges Being In Glamour's 'Plus Size' Issue

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Honoree Amy Schumer accepts the Breakthrough Award for Comedy onstage at the Variety Breakthrough of the Year Awards during the 2014 International CES at The Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on January 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)
Honoree Amy Schumer accepts the Breakthrough Award for Comedy onstage at the Variety Breakthrough of the Year Awards during the 2014 International CES at The Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on January 9, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)

Glamour's new all-plus-size issue has received a lot of attention, but comedian Amy Schumer is less than happy that she's in it.

Schumer, who is featured along with stars like Adele and Melissa McCarthy, wrote on Instagram and Twitter that "there's nothing wrong with being plus size." The problem, she continued, is that Glamour did not tell her she would be labeled plus size, which she says is both inaccurate and destructive to young girls.

Glamour's Cindi Leive took to Twitter to defend the magazine's decision.






Kate Dries of Jezebel speaks with Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson about the debate and the broader issues.

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This segment aired on April 6, 2016.

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