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  • Allie posted an update in the group Group logo of Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago

    dear @internrachel and @julia1 and everybody else who likes books,

    I just finished Tina Fey’s Bossypants! It was 275 pages. As expected, it was really funny. I really liked how she talked about sexism–I feel like she was able to be frank and feminist while still sounding relatable. Like, it didn’t sound academic or super political (which wouldn’t put me off but probs would put off some readers who just wanted jokes) but just, “This is a shitty thing in the world whose ridiculousness I will mock”. She also had an interesting view on Photoshop, saying that the best Photoshop didn’t take away your body shape/actual appearance, just made you look the way you’d look on your best day in the best light. And she put in a picture of the cover of Bust that she was on! Which made me really happy because maybe now more people will read Bust, have feminist awakening, overthrow the patriarchy, etc. I think my favorite part was when she talked about working motherhood, because it just seemed so human. and when she talked about the Sarah Palin impersionations. And whenever she talked about Amy Poelher, whose name I can’t spell but who I still love. My least favorite part was when she talked about SNL because I never watched that. I recommend it for a quick and fun read!