Bow Down To Amy Schumer’s Excellent Boy Band Parody, ‘Girl You Don’t Need Makeup’

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April 29, 2015

It’s certainly no hidden fact that comedian Amy Schumer is absolutely slaying right now — her Comedy Central series ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ is currently airing its third season, turning everything she flawlessly skewers into gold. Last week it was Julia Louis Dreyfus‘ ‘last fuckable day’ and a slam of rape culture in a ‘Friday Night Lights‘ parody; this week, one of Schumer’s targets were boy bands and double beauty standards, grilled by an unashamedly catchy “Girl You Don’t Need Makeup”.

The song takes on the rhetoric praising women’s “natural beauty” while also highlighting the effortless-looking natural makeup lewk that tends to be the real requisite of women’s lives.

So positive and immediate was the response to “Girl You Don’t Need Makeup’, that fans began posting selfies sans makeup en masse, with Amy Schumer tweeting her praise of the spontaneous movement:

I have been brought to tears with all the strong, badass, incredible women tonight. In jungles, jumping out of planes, holding their babies

— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) April 29, 2015

and mothers hands. All the strong lovely men who tweeted too. We are all different and beautiful. Let’s waste no time stressin bout looks.

— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) April 29, 2015

We are sisters and fighters and laughers and happy strong women. Smile at yourself in the mirror girl. #girlyoudontneedmakeup much love!

— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) April 29, 2015

GIT, IT, GRL.

via TIME.