Amy Poehler

It was Amy Poehler who said "Great people do things before they 're ready. Doing what you 're afraid of, taking risks like that, that 's what life is." The summer before my junior year, I decided to take a huge step, public high school. I was homeschooled from 3rd to 10th grade because medically, it was my only option. Taking that step was the best choice I 've ever made. The one school that stood out to me was Minarets High School, this innovative school that prepares you for the real world,…

In the hit NBC comedy show, “Parks and Recreation,” Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope (Pawnee, Indiana’s deputy parks officer) who entices the audience with her hilarious comedy. Along with memorable characters such as Lil Sebastian, and the infamous phrase “Treat Yo’ Self,” Parks and Recreation is known for breaking down numerous gender barriers with humor. This Emmy-nominated television program shows the misogyny in the government, expresses men’s interest in gender equality, and exemplifies…

Best Buy Fights for Survival Best Buy is one of the leading providers of consumer electronics. It was founded by Richard Schulze and the CEO until 2012 was Brian Dunn. During this period, Best Buy had seen many highs and some uncomfortable lows. It was a $50 billion Fortune 100 company and was the place for anyone to visit for electronics. Best Buy provided many job opportunities in the U.S. There were 125,000 employees in the America and 170,000 worldwide. The company reached a total of 1,055…

Grey’s Anatomy vs. Parks and Recreation The television series chosen for this assignment are Grey’s Anatomy and Parks and Recreation. Both series appeal to college aged students, both male and female. Grey’s Anatomy is a romantic-drama television series set in Seattle, Washington. The first season premiered in 2005; the series currently airs new episodes on Thursday evenings. Grey’s Anatomy follows several freshly graduated medical students through their lives as they complete their training…

the Chicago Sun-Times. Recently, on June 15, 2015, he reviewed a highly rated movie called Inside Out. Inside Out is directed by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen. It has certain stars that include Phyllis Smith and Mindy Kaling from The Office, Amy Poehler and Bill Hader from Saturday Night Live, and Lewis Black from The Daily Show. Richard Roeper does a fantastic job at critiquing this because he told people about the plot, he goes into detail about the movie, and offers his opinion when…

What I Have Learned in English 101 I have learned a great deal in my second UA Early College class, English101. My writing skills have significantly developed and I have become a more experienced writer. In this class, I have learned to use MLA formatting, writing strategies and processes for different audiences and purposes, a variety of rhetorical strategies and processes for analyzing, and how to revise my work with attention to purpose, development, style, grammar, punctuation. Before this…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie defines feminism as “a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better. All of us, women and men, must do better.” Like Adichie, many feminists speak against gender stereotypes and fight the unequal treatment of women and minorities. Laci Green uses the phrase “Man Hater, Bra Burner, Baby Killer and Lesbian” in one of her videos, to describe few of the many stereotypes that revolve around women/men that…

“Congratulations!!” read one post on a friend’s Facebook wall, the day after she landed an office job in her field. “So amazing!” read another. “Are you ready for your big-girl job?” asked a third well-wisher, accompanied by a GIF of Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope. “I can’t believe I finally have a real job” was the text she sent me a few days later, from the comfort of her desk, where she had been hired to do operations work for an organization she had once, a few years prior, interned for. It…

make up 87.3%. The only area of technical theatre where women outnumber men is costume design, where women are 68.7%, and men are 31.3%. The best way to show the frustration of the statistics of gender inequality in theatre is in the style of Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers “Saturday Night Live” sketch Really?! Really? In 1909, the percentage of plays on Broadway written by women was only 12.8%. Now, 100 years later, major Broadway plays written by women is 12.6%. Really? Really? 50% of the people…

Pixar have brought an artistic triumph here. It's proof that when Disney and Pixar work together, they bring nothing less than a masterpiece. img1 Its an emotional journey of a girl named Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) when she is born, emotions - Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black) and Disgust (Mindy Kaling) are formed in her mind, each emotion create different…