Bossypants, by Tina Fey

Read this one on my own, as "L" has a daughter getting married soon. Too much to do for book club! 

If you like Tina Fey, you'll chuckle throughout this book. Especially key is how Fey zeroes in on how women are treated differently than men (for what we do, don't do, wear, how we mother, or don't have kids, in the workplace... especially in the workplace!). ---- Fey's take on it is summed up in a short chapter about when Amy Poehler was new to SNL. In the writers room, Poehler was doing a "raunchy" joke, and one of the men writers balked. Poehler's eyes "went dark" as she whirled around and replied, "I don't f#¢king care if you like it!" Then she went on with her bit.  --- The point being: Women are judged way too much (everywhere, on everything), and women also care too much what others think...and we (women) need to...ignore the haters and do our work (or love our bodies, hair, pantsuits, etc.). This is way harder than it sounds, whether we're being judged for the work of motherhood or a paid job/career, judged for how we look, etc.

This book came out in 2011, thus, some of it is dated. Overall, I give this book a big thumbs up! For its ability to make me laugh, think, and resolve to care less about a recent incident (work-related) where a man belittled me - in a completely unprofessional way...and I'm betting he'd never talk to a man the way he spoke to me. 

Life continues to offer its lessons...and so, I continue to read! Cheers to books!

Ps. I skipped the chapter about 30 Rock (tv show) because I never watched it ..maybe I'll catch it in reruns someday!