Unapologetically Amy: Amy Schumer's Sexy Twitter Photo Is Everything

Only 6 hours after Amy Schumer tweeted an untouched photograph of herself, it received 22,000 likes and was retweeted 7,000 times. So what's all the fuss? Why so much love for comedy's current It Girl?

Her simultaneously self ingratiating and self deprecating comments may hold the key to the photo's viral appeal. The not so subtle subtext of the tweet disempowers social media trolls and presents to the Twittersphere a self possessed portrait of success.

The photograph appears almost candid, which is probably its intent. The visible lighting fixtures and marking tape, Schumer's coy caught of guard semi-smile- all highlight the idea that finished photos fail to provide viewers with the whole picture.

Amy Schumer unapologetically embodies the adjectives, "beautiful, gross, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly, sexy, disgusting, flawless" and appears fully aware of the paradox that such an amalgamation creates. She shows viewers that laying claim to only one of those adjectives is to also present an incomplete picture.Such is the life of a woman. Look at her face... does she looked concerned? So why should the rest of us be?

Schumer isn't shy about sharing her views on beauty standards and the toll those standards have taken on her. While promoting Trainwreck, a film she wrote and starred in, she gave an emotional account of her struggle with body image in the entertainment industry (Entertainment Weekly). But she is anything but a crybaby. She is anything but a victim. In fact, her painful struggles foster some of her funniest material.

She famously mocked her curvaceous physique on Ellen, joking about everything from the confusion her arms cause in L.A. to the pitfalls of sitting courtside at a Lakers game. If you have a few minutes, give yourself the gift of laughter by watching a clip from her appearance here:

If you haven't seen her 12 Angry Men parody on Inside Amy Schumer (season 3), you have yet to experience her full genius. The 12 men must determine if Schumer is "hot enough" to be on television. Her "potato face" remains under scrutiny for the entirety of the episode, pointing to industry double standards and the absurdity of measuring an entertainers value, or anyone's value for that matter, by her looks. You can purchase the video for $1.99 here. It may be the best $2 you ever spend.

Inside Amy Schumer, Season 3 drew attention to many ridiculous elements of being a woman in the entertainment industry, including age double standards. With the help of comedy dynamos Tina Fey and Julia Louis Dreyfus, she satirizes the fate of women over 50 in television and movies. You can watch the UNCENSORED skit here:

Amy Schumer is just what stand-up, television, film, and social media need. Not only is she unafraid to call out an industry fixed on promoting a myriad of damaging double gender based standards, but she is also unafraid to share with the world her entire self. So what if she veils the pain with laughter? So what if her "crass" humor is "unlady like"?

More people are finally recognizing the stupidity of the entire affair. Shouldn't we all be able to laugh at our flaws and at the perception of our flaws? Shouldn't we all evaluate why we gauge certain physical or personality attributes as flawed in the first place?

I admire Amy Schumer for putting herself out to the world for scrutiny. Not many are willing to use themselves or their fame to address social injustice. More than that, though, I love her for showing girls and women that being comfortable in your own skin, no matter its approval rating, is the sexiest, most intriguing quality of all.

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