Tina Fey's Hidden World of Girls

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A radio piece, free to play, hosted by Tina Fey about the hidden world of girls.

Groundbreaking writer, actress and comedian, Tina Fey comes to Public Radio to host The Hidden World of Girls, two new hour-long Specials inspired by the NPR series heard on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. From the dunes of the Sahara to a slumber party in Manhattan, from the dancehalls of Jamaica to a racetrack in Ramallah, Tina Fey takes us around the world into the secret life of girls and the women they become. Sound-rich, evocative, funny, and powerful--stories of coming of age, rituals and rites of passage, secret identities. Of women who crossed a line, blazed a trail, changed the tide. These specials are produced by Peabody Award-winning producers, The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva), in collaboration with NPR reporters and foreign correspondents, independent producers and listeners around the world. These two stand-alone Specials are Newscast Compatible, produced with the NPR News Special Programming Clock.

They even go through the travelling community here in Ireland. Good radio.

Catari Jaguar

Wow, sounds really inspirational. Thanks OP

Catari Jaguar

Really is worth a listen!


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sambora

its really interesting to listen to

Setun

Sounds very interesting, will give it a listen today

LittleBook

Sweet jebus, I love Tina Fey. We don't see a lot of Saturday Night Live 'round here so she came to me through 30 Rock.

I "read" Bossypants on audiobook which left me getting weird looks from strangers as I chuckled away on the bus.

She's articulate, intelligent, beautiful, self-deprecating and just downright funny. She and Alec Baldwin are one of my favourite "buddy-couples" ... just after Charles Grodin and Robert De Niro in Midnight Run.

I can't access this now but I'm really looking forward to it. Seems just the kind of thing she would do.

In the meantime, I'll leave you with her "Prayer for my Daughter" from Bossypants, I have one of my own so I can relate:

First, Lord: No tattoos. May neither Chinese symbol for truth nor Winnie-the-Pooh holding the FSU logo stain her tender haunches.

May she be Beautiful but not Damaged, for it’s the Damage that draws the creepy soccer coach’s eye, not the the Beauty.

When the Crystal Meth is offered may she remember the parents who cut her grapes in half ... and stick with Beer.

Guide her, protect her ... when crossing the street, stepping onto boats, swimming in the ocean, swimming in pools, walking near pools, standing on the nearby subway platform, crossing 86th Street, stepping off of boats, using mall restrooms, getting on and off escalators, driving on country roads while arguing, leaning on large windows, walking in parking lots, riding Ferris wheels, roller-coasters, log flumes, or anything called “Hell Drop,” “Tower of Torture,” or “The Death Spiral Rock N’ Zero G Roll featuring Aerosmith,” and standing on any kind of balcony ever, anywhere, at any age.

Lead her away from Acting but not all the way to Finance ... something where she can make her own hours but still feel intellectually fulfilled and get outside sometimes ... and not have to wear high heels.

What would that be, Lord? Architecture? Midwifery? Golf course design? I’m asking You because if I knew, I’d be doing it, Youdammit.

May she play the Drums to the fiery rhythm of her Own Heart with the sinewy strength of her Own Arms, so she need not lie with Drummers.

Grant her a Rough Patch from twelve to seventeen.

Let her draw horses and be interested in Barbies for much too long for Childhood is short — a Tiger Flower blooming magenta for one day – and Adulthood is long and dry-humping in cars will wait.

O Lord, break the Internet forever, that she may be spared the misspelled invective of her peers ... and the online marketing campaign for Rape Hostel V: Girls Just Wanna Get Stabbed.

And when she one day turns on me and calls me a Bitch in front of Hollister, give me the strength, Lord, to yank her directly into a cab in front of her friends ... for I will not have that shít. I will not have it.

And should she choose to be a Mother one day, be my eyes, Lord, that I may see her, lying on a blanket on the floor at 4:50 a.m., all-at-once exhausted, bored, and in love with the little creature whose poop is leaking up its back.

“My mother did this for me once,” she will realize as she cleans feces off her baby’s neck. “My mother did this for me.” And the delayed gratitude will wash over her as it does each generation and she will make a mental note to call me. And she will forget.

But I’ll know, because I peeped in with Your God eyes.

Amen.

Gauge

LittleBook wrote: »

Sweet jebus, I love Tina Fey. We don't see a lot of Saturday Night Live 'round here so she came to me through 30 Rock.

I "read" Bossypants on audiobook which left me getting weird looks from strangers as I chuckled away on the bus.

She's articulate, intelligent, beautiful, self-deprecating and just downright funny. She and Alec Baldwin are one of my favourite "buddy-couples" ... just after Charles Grodin and Robert De Niro in Midnight Run.

I can't access this now but I'm really looking forward to it. Seems just the kind of thing she would do.

In the meantime, I'll leave you with her "Prayer for my Daughter" from Bossypants, I have one of my own so I can relate:

The Bossypants audiobook is fantastic. I used to be in stitches listening to it in my car, and I just loved the way she recited "Prayer for my Daughter".

Thanks for the recommendation OP, will give it a listen during work this afternoon!