--- title: Kim Kardashian Butt Paper Magazine Cover: Tina Fey Bossypants Excerpt description: A brief excerpt from her book 'Bossypants' feels especially relevant right now canonical: https://time.com/3583517/kim-kardashian-butt-tina-fey-bossypants/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-13T16:53:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:26.390Z og:title: And Now, Let's Let Tina Fey Have the Last Word on Kim Kardashian's Body og:description: An excerpt from her book 'Bossypants' feels especially relevant right now og:url: https://time.com/3583517/kim-kardashian-butt-tina-fey-bossypants/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0eb6c74d1a304264/69876885524fc0335cdeab2c/458396228.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4200 og:image:height: 2363 og:image:alt: Tina Fey og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: And Now, Let's Let Tina Fey Have the Last Word on Kim Kardashian's Body twitter:description: An excerpt from her book 'Bossypants' feels especially relevant right now twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0eb6c74d1a304264/69876885524fc0335cdeab2c/458396228.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # And Now, Let's Let Tina Fey Have the Last Word on Kim Kardashian's Body > Sponsored content. 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There are a lot of businesses playing a very specific and very lucrative endgame, if you will._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 13, 2014 4:53 PM UTC  Actress Tina Fey arrives at the 21st Annual ELLE Women In Hollywood Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 20, 2014. Actress Tina Fey arrives at the 21st Annual ELLE Women In Hollywood Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 20, 2014. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 13, 2014 4:53 PM UTC In an apparent attempt to “[break the Internet](http://time.com/3580809/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine/),” Kim Kardashian bared her booty on the cover of _Paper_ magazine this week. (She also posed with a champagne glass resting on her butt, which was clearly the most impressive part of the photo shoot.) MORE: [The _Mean Girls_ Cast Reunited for a 10th Anniversary Photo Shoot](http://time.com/3558771/mean-girls-reunited-photo-shoot-ew-anniversary-issue/) This got a lot of people talking, gawking, reacting, [declaring her butt an empty promise](http://time.com/3581618/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine-empty-promise/), etc. But it caused some to recall an excerpt from Tina Fey’s 2011 book _Bossypants_, in which she briefly ruminated on women’s body image. Of course, she ends with a line about Kim Kardashian: > [](https://twitter.com/RyanJohnNelson/status/532848689698832384) “Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll tits,” Fey wrote. “The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes.” Yup, that about sums it up. So it’s time for us to move on. [Shut it down.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ8cjlEMLR0) _Read next:_ * [_Kim Kardashian’s Butt Might Just Break the Internet Today_](http://time.com/3580809/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine/?xid=time%5Freadnext) * [_Kim Kardashian’s Butt Is an Empty Promise_](http://time.com/3581618/kim-kardashian-butt-paper-magazine-empty-promise/?xid=time%5Freadnext) * [_What Does It Mean to ‘Break the Internet’?_](http://time.com/3580977/kim-kardashian-break-the-internet-butt/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ### See Kim Kardashian's Most Memorable Magazine Covers  Kardashian was photographed by the controversial photographer Terry Richardson for her Rolling Stone cover. In the issue she talks about Caitlyn Jenner, her marriage to Kanye West and her love for the Backstreet Boys. Terry Richardson—Rolling Stone  From the #worldsmosttalkedaboutcouple to the #worldsmosttalkedaboutbutt. Kim Kardashian already got national attention for being naked when a sex tape went public in 2007, but as the new cover of Paper magazine suggests, it's still her body — not her multi-million dollar iPhone game, not her TV show, not her marriage to Kanye West — that has the power to "break the Internet." Jean-Paul Goude—Paper  Kardashian called her first Vogue cover "a dream come true," while critics accused to magazine of chasing what was trendy rather than defining it. "As for the cover, my opinion is that it is both charming and touching, and it was, I should add, entirely our idea to do it," Anna Wintour said in its defense. Annie Leibovitz—Vogue  Before Kanye and Kim posed for Vogue, they posed on the cover of the French magazine L'Officiel Hommes in 2013\. Is this just a strikingly suggestive pose or actual candid moment between now-spouses? Probably a little of both when it comes to this steamy photo shoot. Nick Knight—L'Officiel Hommes  In 2012, Kardashian graced the cover of V magazine — shot by Nick Knight, who also shot her L'Officiel Hommes cover — and defended her reality show empire in the magazine's pages by comparing it to rap music. "When rap music first came out, people were like, 'We don't understand this, what is this, it's just a fad.' But rap music is definitely here to stay, and I think reality shows have proven they are as well." Nick Knight—V Magazine  Channeling the typographic work of the iconic American artist Barbara Kruger, the cover of W magazine's November 2010 issue found Kim Kardashian (almost) bearing it all. Inside its pages, the only layer she had on was a thin coat of silver body paint. Mark Seliger—W Magazine  Kim Kardashian lands magazine covers because she's a familiar face, but that didn't matter to YRB. The magazine made her look near unrecognizable in a bob and dramatic makeup for a 2012 photo shoot that she later called "one of the most unique shoots \[she's\] ever done." YRB  Two of America's biggest style icons met in 2009 when Kim Kardashian dressed up like Barbie, who "guest edited" an issue of Australia's Kurv magazine. But it's no surprise the star would say yes to a magazine that starts with the letter K. Kurv  A 2009 shoot for Complex caused controversy when the magazine's website accidentally published an unretouched photo of Kim Kardashian. While it reignited the ongoing debate about beauty standards, Kardashian herself wasn't mad. "So what? I have a little cellulite," Kardashian later wrote on her website. "What curvy girl doesn't? How many people do you think are Photoshopped? It happens all the time!" Complex  Kim Kardashian was the most-clothed person on the cover of Prestige magazine's September 2010 issue when she posed with two naked men while looking like a sexed-up gladiator. "This might be one of my most risque covers to date!" she tweeted. Prestige  In 2012, Kim Kardashian covered New York magazine's fashion issue, which asked whether she had a place in the industry. Since then, she's only shown that the answer to that question is a resounding yes as she attended Paris Fashion Week and the Met Ball and landed that Vogue cover — a magazine that in the past has been not-so-open-minded about women with curvy figures like hers. 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