You’re not in competition with other women. If they go with a woman, it’ll be between you and Barbara.’ Don’t be fooled.
To make you feel that you are in competition with one another. This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice.
She talks about the “institutionalized gender nonsense” she experienced when she was starting out as a comic with the influential Chicago improv group Second City and tells how “a director…once justified cutting a scene by saying, ‘The audience doesn’t want to see a scene between two women.'” Fey labels this type of bias as “The Myth of Not Enough,” the idea that there is a limited amount of space available for women and that there’s simply no room for more than X number of women in the workplace. Cry sparingly.”–she actually delivers sound advice. In the introduction, Fey speculates on the various possible audiences for her book, one of which might be women who “bought this book for practical tips on how to make it in a male-dominated workplace.” Even though she’s being tongue-in-cheek–“No pigtails, no tube tops. 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 witty commentary on sexism in the workplace (it’s good to be a bossypants), double standards (they’re still with us) and the boys’ club of comedy writing (they pee in cups!). Tina Fey isn’t afraid to throw around a few F-words in her new memoir, Bossypants.
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