Amy Poehler's "Yes Please!"

I spent every Saturday night from elementary school through college watching SNL --- Amy Poehler and many of the comedians from her era feel like family to me.

While I wished that she had gone deeper, even if it meant cramming in less stories and names, Poehler's best advice changed my whole week.

Think of your career as a bad boyfriend: no matter how much pleasure it gives you, it will always openly flirt with other people, even in front of you.

I truly believe that Poheler's help in developing Leslie Knope did television, and our country's women, a huge service, by presenting a female character whom the book will describes as never embarrassed or ashamed of her own feelings.