Bossypants
by Tina Fey · first published 2011
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Tina Fey’s new book Bossypants is short, messy, and impossibly funny (an apt description of the comedian herself). From her humble roots growing up in Pennsylvania to her days doing amateur improv in Chicago to her early sketches on Saturday Night Live, Fey gives us a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of modern comedy with equal doses of wit, candor, and self-deprecation. Some of the funniest chapters feature the differences between male and female comedy writers ("men urinate in cups"), her cruise ship honeymoon ("it’s very Poseidon Adventure"), and advice about breastfeeding ("I had a
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…easily), but I always feel very guilty every time I go, because I see firsthand how badly the staff are exploited. (Also, if you never want to go on a cruise line again, read the chapter in Tina Fey's "Bossypants" about her experience the one and only time she took a cruise.) As for the (lack of) connectivity, I actually like this feature. When I go on a vacation, I enjoy being completely disconnected from the…
on “Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location” ↗One of Tina Fey's rules of improv comedy [0] seems pertinent: Paraphrasing, it's don't say no, say "yes, and ...." [0] See Bossypants, apparently excerpted at, e.g., http://mycareertopia.com/tina-feys-rules-for-improv-and-the-... -- it's probably a copyright infringement (if memory serves, it copies Fey's text pretty much wholesale),…
on “The Cult Of Positive Attitude and Always Saying Yes” ↗