![]() ![]() * Her experience of being on an official photo shoot and being all made up like a model (so normal and down-to-earth) * 'Nazi Teat' women (so well written and so perceptive of women who look down at other women on the subject of Breast or Bottle - I just wish I had read it when I chose not to breastfeed) The shows are unbelievably witty and laugh out loud funny and as Tina is the heart & soul behind it all I was excited to read her book.ĭon't get me wrong, the book is very good and in places laugh out loud funny but it's written very erratically and I often found myself a bit lost and not really getting the main point of what she was trying to say. ![]() I am a big 30 Rock fan and that's the only place that I know Tina Fey from. ![]() With her book Bossypants Fey adds another quiver to her bow of talent. It is probably due to this level-headedness that makes Fey so likeable. It would be cheesy to say that her story is inspirational because to be honest we all want the lazy way to success – for it to just fall into our hands – but it is uplifting to see someone who seems so together saying that she is just human. She doesn’t do this with sad stories, tragic past and constant failures but by showing just how damn hard she worked to get to the level of success she is privy to. What is really great is that Fey peels back the layers of “celebrity” and lets you see the person behind it. With her inimitable sass, Fey walks you through key moments in her life flashing you a sardonic smile along the way. However, every once in a while I find an autobiography that really impresses me Tin Fey’s Bossypants really impressed me. I dip in and out of them sporadically rather than being an avid reader. ![]() I wouldn't say it either had me rolling around on the floor shaking with laughter or re-examining my life, but it's good fun and worth a read whether you're an existing fan or not. It's all delivered with a healthy dose of humour, but parts of it end up being quite moving and profound too. The book is a mixture of autobiography and musings on life, particularly around comedy/acting and being a woman. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.” Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. “So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. I’m just an unlicensed plumber with a dream and I’d like to cut your chest open.”" In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff? “I’m not one of those fancy Harvard heart surgeons. "“Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. I picked it up because I'd seen a few quotations from it that I found both clever and amusing - if you're debating whether this is for you, I'd suggest you take a look at some of them on Goodreads and see if they work for you. Probably rather unusually for a reader of this book, I'e had very little exposure to Tina Fey beyond the ubiquitous Sarah Palin sketches that did the rounds a few years ago. ![]()
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