Love Letter

I might have actually squealed in delight when I saw that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are going to host SNL together. One of my favorite shows and two of my favorite women means a happy Sarah.

I really didn’t have many friends until high school. It wasn’t really that much bullying, just the fact I had very little in common with other kids my age. I loved different kinds of music, watched different shows and looked up to different people. Other little girls wanted the new Hilary Duff album and I was going through my Paula Abdul phase.

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were two of my idols growing up. I’ve loved SNL for as long as found the reruns on tv. My favorite part has always been Weekend Update, with the first anchors I can remember were Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon. I can’t remember if I want to be Tina Fey or if I wanted to an anchor as well. I was pretty much in love with Jimmy Fallon, but I also looked up to Tina Fey. When I picked out new glasses, I wanted them to look like hers. I loved how funny Tina was but also how smart she clearly was too.

I remember when Amy Poehler became the co anchor with Tina Fey, but I know that as a child, I did not really understand how important their partnership was to a young girl watching it. I think one of the most important parts of watching these two as I grew up was seeing two have what I saw as a young child as a position of power. As great as it was to watch Tina with Jimmy, since it probably showed me that it was possible for women to be equal to men, seeing two women be anchors was also significant. It was important for me to see two women doing a job and not needing a man to be there as well.

I’ve always loved these two women because they’re funny and smart. I think it was really great for a young me to see two women being celebrated and praised for being who they were. In a world where women are often forced to dumb themselves down, these women have been allowed to be the intelligent women they are. I love their comedy because it never feels like they are trying too hard but also that they are never apologizing for who they are. In a world where intersting, smart parts for women are not exactly plentiful, these two women have taken this problem into their own hands. They write their own shows and movies, not allowing others to dictate their careers.

I also think it was great for me to see two women competing against each other while they were still able to be friends. While there has always been competition with the two at awards shows since they are often in the same category, there has always been friendly competition between the two. They have never been pitted against each other. I think it’s important for young girls to see women competing against each other in a healthy manner. You can be friends with someone and still be aiming to succeed.

These two have already kicked serious ass at hosting the Golden Globes and now I’ll see them host one of my favorite shows.