Book Review: Bossypants by Tina Fey

It was on page 2 when Tina Fey talked about her first experience as a kindergartner when she did a coloring and showed the boy sitting at the same table as her. He ripped it in half when she was expecting praise just like she had always been given with everything she did. She wasn't old enough to know the words she was trying to say, but in her mind it was something like, "So that's how it's going to be mother f@$#%r!?" That's when I literally laughed out loud and knew I was going to be in love with this book.

I had attempted to read it when I went to national conference. I got done with the introduction and that was it. I was on a mission to finish this book over Christmas break because I had been wanting to read it for a long time and I was getting a little embarrassed that the last book I had actually finished was almost a year ago and it was the "novel" by the Kardashian sisters called, Dollhouse. (I actually have a blog post on here with my review over it. If you are actually interested.)

I am proud to say that I actually finished this book and I absolutely loved it. I got to learn so much about Tina Fey. Things about her father, husband, daughter, how she got to be on SNL, how she started 30 Rock, and how she became Sarah Palin.

It was also really neat to learn about her views on certain things such as feminism, breast feeding, plastic surgery, photoshop and the like. I also could relate to her in areas such as having a lot of gay friends, being proud to be brunette even when you sometimes feel like being blonde is somehow superior, having awkward moments and her views on women in society.

This book is great if you are a democrat, all about women power, gay pride, and really want to laugh a lot. I probably can't count all the times I chuckled out loud as I read through it. She remains to be one of my role models especially after learning more about her and I have some pretty big respect for her too. She is a hard worker and really showing that women can do a lot and succeed even in big positions like being a television producer, movie writer, SNL writer/actor and also still be a wife and a mom.

Please put it on your reading list!

While we are on the topic of feminism, I came across this link to this article thanks to one of my role models, Eden Tullis, that graduated Emporia State last year. It is about Zooey Deschenel and her views on being a feminist. It has an interesting view that you can be a feminist, but still be girly dressed in glitter and bows. This is a really quick read for those interested in a topic like that! (Just click on the link below.)

Zooey Deschanel Feminist Article Link

I guess it is safe to say that I might be feminist?

Seems like it more & more! 

Sparkle & Shine,

Rachel