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(And Other Concerns) (New York: Random House, 2011), 5. 48 Each women writer places female community and friendship as part of her public and professional success. Alison Flood, “Lena Dunham apologises after critics accuse her of sexually molesting sister,” The Guardian, November 5, 2014, accessed September 27, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/05/lena-dunham-statement-abuse-claims. Cite as. Women comedians must be exhausted from having to repeatedly account for their success to the media, something that their male counterparts are rarely asked to do.

18 Benstock’s point that autobiography is an intentioned act of truth-telling that inevitably becomes fiction is proved in Schumer’s case, where the narrative voice of her written text is revealed to be, quite literally, a performance. Fey downplays her stress when juggling being the creator of 30 Rock and being a mother, suggesting (quite understandably) that coal mining and military service are far more stressful.

It ranked #24 on the New York BestSeller list. The celebrity status of the women authors is central to selling the books, and their appearance on the covers helps to generate crucial sales.

“Introduction.” In, Transgressive Humor of American Women Writers, http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2007/01/hitchens200701, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/books/book-review-amy-poehlers-yes-please.html?_r=0, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/books/review/mindy-kalings-why-not-me.html, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/books/review/lena-dunham-memoir-not-that-kind-of-girl-review.html?_r=0, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/books/bossypants-by-tina-fey-review.html, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/09/the-girl-with-the-lower-back-tattoo-review-amy-schumer-autobiography-memoir-femoir, http://www.genderforum.org/issues/special-issue-early-career-researchers-i/body-talk-reconsidering-the-post-feminist-discourse-and-critical-reception-of-lena-dunhams-girls/, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/05/lena-dunham-statement-abuse-claims, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56729-7_9, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0). All authors dispense some wisdom to the reader whilst being self-deprecating about their abilities to dispense said wisdom. she addresses this explicitly. Then it will be restraightened.” 35 She discusses Photoshopping cover pictures of actresses—one of the biggest debates of recent years surrounding women in the media—and acerbically states that “only people over seventy are fooled by Photoshop.” 36 Ferriss suggests that by using humor to discuss a relevant issue for contemporary women, Fey effectively sidesteps the real issue: “Her humor deflates her proclaimed feminist agency, injecting the characteristic paradox of post-feminism: critique exists simultaneously with recognition, if not acceptance, of contemporary consumerist and cultural pressures to conform.” 37 Fey may be unconvinced about the evils of Photoshop but she is scathing when discussing the poses that actresses are asked to adopt for the cover of men’s magazines: “(That ‘thumbs in the panties’ move is the worst. All rights reserved. You'll cherish these stories for a lifetime. Good celebrity autobiographies are laugh-a-minute tales of madcap childhoods or eventful rises to fame. Relating the event by phone to her partner Jack when he is away on tour offers her a way to narrate her trauma to him, and by extension to the reader.

There are many teenage vampire books you could have purchased instead. Kaling discusses why female best friends share beds, and why this is important.

Poehler’s Yes Please has the most dynamic structure, with the sections illustrated by color photographs, slogans, collages, and even poetry. Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me? Writing a memoir therefore becomes a useful way of “explaining” the phenomenon of the successful, funny woman. Dahlia Schweitzer notes how Kaling has explored body image through her show The Mindy Project, where she stars as Dr Mindy Lahiri. Shari Benstock, “Authorizing the Autobiographical” in The Private Self: Theory and Practice of Women’s Autobiographical Writings, ed. Shari Benstock (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988), 11. Growing up as the obedient child of immigrant professionals, no one would have expected her to become a comedy writer and actress prone to starting fights with her friends and coworkers. In return, Poehler stresses Fey’s support and her ability to write brilliant sketches for other women. There is the worry that feminism is simply in fashion at the moment, and that is why these books are being produced. It’s not cute! Their written self, their assembly of a textual “I” is an extension of their public personas. Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned” (2014), Tina Fey’s Bossypants (2011), Amy Poehler’s Yes Please (2014), and Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Much of their humor stems from questioning the double standard, and all of them have championed women’s causes in their roles as public figures. Through creative non-fiction she seeks to reimagine the fictional portrayal of women in other media. Dunham did not realize at first that she had been assaulted.

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pp 155-173 | Pitching ideas with Seth Meyers, Poehler made a vulgar comment and Jimmy Fallon, then one of the big stars of SNL, turned to Poehler “and in a faux-squeamish voice said, ‘Stop that! Although she has a knack for getting herself into the most outrageous situations, they make for a great story!

Whether she's navigating love, the workplace, friendships, or music, she's created something meaningful of it. Martha Lauzen highlights: “When addressing questions regarding women’s status in comedy, Fey’s humor becomes more aggressive, explicitly pointing out double standards based on gender. Some are laugh-out-loud funny, others elicit more of a smirk, but all are great reads you won't regret picking up: Part of HuffPost News. It’s not enough that they got greased up and in their panties for you, Maxim?

Dwight Garner, “‘S.N.L.’ Memories and Getting-Some-Rest Dreams,” review of Yes Please! I'm Kidding is a lively look at the beloved entertainer's life that is both relaxing and funny.

Take a look into the life and mind of Mindy Kaling in Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?. Tweet us @womendotcom or follow us on Facebook and Instagram. You’ll find that, too.

Jokes are not made about her bad hygiene or poor fashion sense. Christopher Hitchens, “Why Women Aren’t Funny,” Vanity Fair, January 2007, accessed September 1, 2016, http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2007/01/hitchens200701. Funny excerpts from the book: Entertainers are celebrated for finding the funny in the way we live — and that's especially the case when it comes to their own lives.

In contrast, Fey’s Bossypants, goes for the obvious visual joke.

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© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The narrative tone of all these texts is designed to be confessional and intimate, following the established style of the female essayist. Full of humor and a honest look at herself, her childhood, and her rise to fame, Kaling’s biography is a look into one of the most entertaining women in Hollywood. Every woman deserves to feel inspired, and oftentimes this encouragement comes from other women. I want you to know this is 100% my opinion. are fairly conservative in comparison. In the next chapter, Kaling offers a list of alternative titles for her book, including So You’ve Just Finished Chelsea Handler’s Book, Now What? Relating a story of when she was much younger and lost weight to impress a boy, the adult narrator of the split subject authorial position is reassuringly confident and body positive: “Being called fat is not like being called stupid or unfunny, which is the worst thing you could say to me.” 39 Rather less earnest in narrative tone than Dunham, Kaling’s approach to dieting is refreshingly upbeat: “whenever I lose, like, five pounds, I basically start considering if I should ‘try out’ modeling.” 40 This endearing self-belief is a definite shift from the Bridget Jones style self-loathing that permeates much of the chick-lit genre. She makes a serious point about the complexities of rape and how there needs to be more education about consent. She is fulsome in her praise for Fey: “People think of us as a ‘comedy team’ and I am not quick to correct them. It will include anecdotes about how the writer is insecure but also, like, really strong, and there will be a continual emphasis on how the writer is fallible but simultaneously inspirational.” 12 Unsurprisingly, this puts pressure on a narrative voice that must be conversant in celebrity gossip whilst also maintaining a sense of normality. Kaling’s approach to writing about bodies and specifically her body is to be both confident and accepting. As an actress, Dunham has been both praised and harangued for her decision to appear nude in several episodes of Girls. Freeman notes: “Whereas a memoir will underline its subject’s uniqueness, the femoir intimates that the author is just like the reader. Describing Silverman’s willingness to address rape during her stand-up routine as a way of highlighting the “authentically taboo” subject that rape victims are often too traumatized to report the crime, Barreca suggests: “The funny woman wields humor in such a way as to remove one gag (through her refusal of silence), even as she makes another—a joke.” 42 In the same way, the act of writing the femoir can be understood as a “refusal of silence.”. Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. The essential ingredients, I can tell you up front, are a strong father figure, bad skin, and a child-sized colonial-lady outfit.” 27 Fey continuously constructs herself as someone uneasy with her own body. She is producing poetry, even if she has decided that it is “maudlin.” Dunham does not like the sound of her own voice—a lovely irony with which to start an autobiography—and imagines that her parents use a special vocal register to address her. In the past few years, the genre has moved on, and has become less about revealing sexual prowess or comedic sexual disaster, and more about promoting an “everywoman” image.

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Kaling has noted in many interviews that she is not supermodel slim, and in Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? This is also a narrative with gaps and silences because as Poehler states: “I don’t like people knowing my shit.” 20 She sets the boundaries of her own authorial voice, reinforcing the sense of performativity.

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