A nonagenarian fashionista who wears her wrinkles as “a badge of courage.” Two transgender women of color stomping it out in the streets of Hollywood with only their friendship to cling to. A warrior woman risking life and limb to fight for the radical idea that she, and women like her, “are not things.” This […]
Tina Fey
Tina Fey is an Emmy award-winning comedian and writer best known for her work on shows such as Saturday Night Live, Mean Girls and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
We Heart: Amy Schumer’s Takedown Of Hollywood Sexism
Comedian Amy Schumer’s star has been rising—make that soaring—over the last few months: Not only has her Comedy Central show, Inside Amy Schumer, received critical acclaim and been picked up for a fourth season, she recently received a Peabody Award for the “smart, distinctively female and amiably profane” program, as the Peabodies described it. This week, in a […]
For Amy Poehler, Writing is Hard, Feminism Comes Naturally
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” Well, Amy Poehler makes comedy look easy, but her new memoir, Yes Please, nearly killed her. Or so she says at great length in the preface (aptly titled “Writing is Hard”). Anyone who has ever written anything will relate to her account of the procrastination, […]
“This Is Where I Leave You” — Chutzpah v. Repression
Jane Fonda and Tina Fey, two comic masterminds in one film? Yes, please! 9 to 5, which Ms. magazine featured on its January cover in 1981, remains one of my favorite comedies. Fonda as the naïve, buttoned-up secretary Judy, learns how to ovary-up from her feisty coworkers Violet (Lily Tomlin) and Doralee (Dolly Parton). In real […]
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Are Hosting the Golden Globes
Following Monday’s announcement that Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) will jointly host the Golden Globe awards January 13, women and men alike were giddy at the prospect. This is the first time the Globes have been hosted by two women, and the fact that it is these two women–two of […]
Tina Fey and Ellen: Making the F Word and the L Word OK for the Masses
Tina Fey appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show last week, treating this feminist to an afternoon of giddy happiness–two of my favorite women comedians joking about gender, beauty norms, ageism and the Hollywood machine! If you wanted to convince the remaining doubters that the F word, lesbianism and same-sex marriage are nothing to be scared […]
F is for Funny, Feminist, Fey
Tina Fey isn’t afraid to throw around a few F-words in her new memoir, Bossypants. She stands up for funny women, and says to those who don’t like–or believe in the existence of–women comedians, “We don’t fucking care if you like it.” Throughout, she makes clear that she views herself as a feminist and offers […]