Why GQ's Amy Schumer Cover Is A Little Disappointing

This week we saw Americas newest comedy darling, Amy Schumer,gracing the coverof the August comedy issue of GQ magazine in a curious pose. Clad in the sultry Princess Leia getup that spawned a thousand Halloween costumes for nerds, a dolled-up Schumer sucks on a long, rock-hard finger belonging to the skittish space robot C-3PO. If youre familiar with her boundary-breaking oeuvre, however, its a little surprising -- maybe even disappointing -- to see her embody this barely-dressed-woman-implying-fellatio trope. Schumers much-loved work in her Comedy Central show has often riffed on expectations of women in the media. Shes even specifically joked about mens magazines predictably carnal undertones -- her "Trainwreck" character writes for a men's magazine spoof. She "knew it would be a fun place to satirize a little," she toldGQ in a May 2014 interview.So why the hackneyed pose now' The magazinecould have used another fantastic photo for the cover, preferably with Schumer's own copy. Or this other shotthat is such an absurdisttake on the magazine's usual tiptoeing around the idea of oral sex that we can't help but give it an eye-rolling grin. A thought: Given the tone of Schumer's show it would have made a lot more sense to have the cover depicting a dude fake eating her out Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) July 16, 2015 Then again, maybe this was Schumer's idea of a fun cover' Or maybe it'sa dumb-girl joke that doesn'tquite hit its mark' In any case, for a woman known for her brilliant lampooning of beauty standards, we would have wanted GQ to let her humor shine through. Because the magazine does have a weird history of making women do stuff with their mouths on its cover:'Also on HuffPost: -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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