Gather your best girlfriends and celebrate Galentine’s Day with this delightful entertaining guide inspired by Parks and Recreation! Join America’s most upbeat public servant, Leslie Knope, in the year’s best tradition—ladies celebrating ladies! Made popular by Parks and Recreation, before growing into an international phenomenon, this special day for embracing female friendship is the perfect excuse to pull out all the stops, just like Leslie. Complete with food and drink recipes, DIY decorations, ideas for party activities, and more, this official guide will help you throw an inspired Galentine’s Day party for the women in your life. Fun and comprehensive, this is a must-have event-planning guide for every Parks and Recreation fan. • PLAN THE PERFECT GALENTINE’S DAY: With a fun range of DIY decorations, ideas for party activities, and more, Parks and Recreation: The Official Galentine’s Day Guide to Friendship, Fun, and Cocktails gives you everything you need to plan an exciting Galentine’s Day event. • FABULOUS COCKTAIL AND FOOD RECIPES: Try all the delicious food and drink recipes with your favorite gal pals and celebrate Galentine’s Day the Parks and Rec way • GREAT FOR EVERY PARKS AND REC FAN: Enjoy cocktails and activities inspired by the women of Pawnee, including Leslie Knope, Ann Perkins, Donna Meagle, April Ludgate, and more! • COMPLETE YOUR PARKS AND REC COLLECTION: This book joins Insight Editions’ line of fan-favorite Parks and Rec titles, including Parks and Recreation: The Official Advent Calendar andParks and Recreation: Treat Yo’ Self Journal.

"Treat yo' self" to this captivating analysis of critically acclaimed, fan-favorite television series Parks and Recreation. An homage to Parks and Recreation (2009–15) and an exploration of how the show evolved as a traditional network sitcom in a post-network era. This deep dive into the series highlights the new norm of digital fandom, where social media has become a means for fans to engage with the series beyond its runtime. While the media landscape evolved, so did American sociopolitical discourse; Holladay examines the series contained entirely within Barack Obama's presidency as it reflects the role of politics in American life on a micro scale. The series follows the career and personal life of Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), a self-possessed, midlevel bureaucrat whose initial ideology reflects the optimistic tone of politics ushered in with Obama's campaign and early presidency. Throughout its run, Parks and Recreation engaged with political debates simmering in American culture, offering a humorous ripped-from-the-headlines take on issues such as same-sex marriage, distrust of politicians, government shutdowns, and corporate bailouts Through compelling analysis, Holladay untangles representations of women and BIPOC in the series as they engage with contemporary discourse surrounding media and identity politics.

Prepare to treat yo self! Parks and Recreation: The Official Cookbook is the ultimate way for fans to visit the kitchens, restaurants, and Harvest Festivals of Pawnee, IN, without ever leaving their homes. And though “there has never been a sadness that can’t be cured by breakfast food,” home cooks of every skill level will be able to recreate meals for any time of day, including: Leslie Knope’s Favorite JJ’s Diner Waffles Eagleton Crepes Ron Swanson’s Meat Tornado Burrito Paunch Burger’s Double Bason Grenade Deluxe Chris Traeger’s Turkey Burger and Literally the Best Salad You’ve Ever Had Stu’s Stew April and Andy’s Most Amazing Grilled Cheese Sandwich Ever Made Ben’s Calzones And don’t forget to treat yo self to: Donna’s Mimosas Marshmallow Ron Swansons Sweetums Sugar Splash Floats Featuring more photos, quotes, and many vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options than there are rules to The Cones of Dunshire, Parks and Recreation: The Official Cookbook serves up something for every fan!

Vituperation, disparagement, and debasement seem to have become part of the mainstream discourse in contemporary US-American media culture. Zooming in on a distinct televisual comedy genre, Katja Schulze explores the formal principles, media-specific realizations, and the cultural work of disparagement in contemporary female-led situation comedies. Subsequently, larger patterns of (gender-based) invective strategies and conventions that define the dynamism of this comedic genre come into view. Her study outlines case studies of popular sitcoms, like Parks and Recreation, Mike & Molly, and the revival of hit-sitcom Roseanne, thereby unearthing how the shows are able to stage humor as mass-mediated deprecation - a signifying practice with its own poetics and politics.

Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life—and how you can become a better and happier person by taking your liberal beliefs more seriously Where do you get your values and sensibilities from? If you grew up in a Western democracy, the answer is probably liberalism. Conservatives are right about one thing: liberalism is the ideology of our times, as omnipresent as religion once was. Yet, as Alexandre Lefebvre argues in Liberalism as a Way of Life, many of us are liberal without fully realizing it—or grasping what it means. Misled into thinking that liberalism is confined to politics, we fail to recognize that it’s the water we swim in, saturating every area of public and private life, shaping our psychological and spiritual outlooks, and influencing our moral and aesthetic values—our sense of what is right, wrong, good, bad, funny, worthwhile, and more. This eye-opening book shows how so many of us are liberal to the core, why liberalism provides the basis for a good life, and how we can make our lives better and happier by becoming more aware of, and more committed to, the beliefs we already hold. A lively, engaging, and uplifting guide to living well, the liberal way, Liberalism as a Way of Life is filled with examples from television, movies, stand-up comedy, and social media—from Parks and Recreation and The Good Place to the Borat movies and Hannah Gadsby. Along the way, you’ll also learn about seventeen benefits of being a liberal—including generosity, humor, cheer, gratitude, tolerance, and peace of mind—and practical exercises to increase these rewards. You’re probably already waist-deep in the waters of liberalism. Liberalism as a Way of Life invites you to dive in.

22 Galentine's Day Cards & Posters to Color and Share comes with 12 coloring page cards and 10 posters that you can cut out, color, and give as gifts to all your best gals. Whether celebrating Galentine's Day in February or just feeling like showing some of the ladies in your life some love, this book is perfect. 22 Galentine's Day Cards& Posters to Color and Share contains a variety of patterns and imagery inspired by Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation. It makes a great gift for women and girls of all ages, and promises hours of coloring fun at both beginner and the advanced level. Each page has a blank back to allow for bleed through and there are some blank pages in the back to test your color schemes.

STYLISH, HAND-DRAWN CARDS FEATURING CUTE MESSAGES FOR GALS TO GIVE TO GAL FRIENDS What is Galentine's Day? Only the best day of the year! Coined by popular TV character Leslie Knope of NBC's Parks and Recreation, Galentine s Day has become a widespread holiday for celebrating the special women in your life on February 13th or any day of the year. It's all about ladies celebrating ladies. Tear out, color, and share fun, thoughtful messages, such as: •Sisters before misters •You are one boss babe •I love you more than breakfast food •You're the chicken to my waffle