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Salie, Faith, 1971-
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Salie, Faith, 1971-
Social acceptance -- Humor.
Women television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Women radio personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Women comedians -- United States -- Biography
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Salie, Faith, 1971-
Salie, Faith, 1971-
Social acceptance -- Humor.
Women television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Women radio personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Women comedians -- United States -- Biography
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Approval junkie : adventures in caring too much /
Faith
Salie
.
by
Salie
,
Faith
,
1971-
Crown Archetype, [2016]
Call #:
791.45028 S165a
Subjects
Salie
,
Faith
,
1971-
Social acceptance -- Humor.
Women television personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Women radio personalities -- United States -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Women comedians -- United States -- Biography
ISBN:
9780553419931 (hc.)
0553419935 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
viii, 256 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Faith
accompli -- No bangs for the bucks -- Howler monkey -- Miss Aphrodite -- Extra vanilla -- I sing the body dysmorphic -- The best hand job ever -- The exorcism -- Face for radio -- Shrink rapt -- My summer fling with Bill O'Reilly (or, My fair and unbalanced lady) -- What I wore to my divorce -- JSAP -- The final truffle -- Ovary achiever : an approval junkie;s guide to fertility -- Wait, wait ... don't tell me about Batman's nipples -- Buy buy Hellmouth -- On the fringe : a cautionary tale -- Book marked -- My husband's dog is not my kids' brother -- Breastfeeding sucks -- A stamp of approval for my daughter.
Summary:
"
Faith
Salie
reflects on the absurd hoops she's jumped through in order to win approval. From running in place in a darkened shower in Africa at 4 am to lose weight, to agreeing to an exorcism at the behest of her crazy ex-husband, to eating pig organs with Harrison Ford's son after her producers told her it would 'make good TV',
Salie
has done it all in the hopes of achieving positive reinforcement from colleagues, friends, and her aforementioned ex (or as she calls him, 'was-band'). With thoughtfulness and sarcasm,
Salie
reflects on why it is she tries so hard to please others, highlighting a phenomenon that many people, especially women, experience at home and in the work place. A humorous exploration into why it is that we so desperately try to please others at the expense of our own happiness. Born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, Faity
Salie
is an American journalist, writer, actor, comedian and television and radio host. She is a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and a panelist on National Public Radio's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. She hosts Science Goes To The Movies on PBS. She began dancing at age three. She appeared on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, where she played the role of Sarina Douglas in two episodes, "Statistical Probabilities" (1997) and "Chrysalis" (1998)"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
American wit and humor.
Memoirs.
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