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Wed Apr 22, 2015, 06:39 PM Apr 2015

“The media decides when you’re no longer believably f**kable”:Amy Schumer tears into industry sexism [View all]

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/22/the_media_decides_when_youre_no_longer_believably_fkable_amy_schumer_tears_into_industry_sexism/

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"The Season 3 premiere of Comedy Central’s “Inside Amy Schumer” was full of methodically precise sketches that tackled hot button cultural issues. Perhaps most memorable of the bunch: “Last F**kable Day,” the star-studded sketch featuring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tina Fey and Patricia Arquette that shames the media for its perpetuation of industry sexism. While on a jog, Schumer stumbles upon the gang having a picnic in the forest and quickly learns that they’ve convened to celebrate Louis-Dreyfus’ “last fuckable day.” That is, the day the media decides you are no longer “believably fuckable.”

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