Gina Barreca: 4 books
It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .
Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
In a world where eye cream is made from placenta, Gina Barreca is the lone voice calling out "But wait, whose placenta is it?" She asks the crucial questions: Why is there no King Charming? Why does no bra ever fit? Why are there no tutus in XL? Why do more intelligent women have trusted...
I'm with Stupid
One Man. One Woman. 10,000 Years of Misunderstanding Between the Sexes Cleared Right Up
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2004
Is God male or female? Why do women, but not men, flush public toilets with their feet? Why are men, but not women, obsessed with parallel parking? Why do women, but not men, leave eleven-minute messages on answering machines? Why do men feel guilty about nothing, and women feel guilty about everything?...
"If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?"
Questions and Thoughts for Loud, Smart Women in Turbulent Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Gina Barreca is fed up with women who lean in, but don't open their mouths. In her latest collection of essays, she turns her attention to subjects like bondage which she notes now seems to come in fifty shades of grey and has been renamed Spanx. She muses on those lessons learned in Kindergarten...
They Used to Call Me Snow White . . . But I Drifted
Women’s Strategic Use of Humor
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Published by Viking in 1991 and issued as a paperback through Penguin Books in 1992, Snow White became an instant classic for both academic and general audiences interested in how women use humor and what others (men) think about funny women. Barreca, who draws on the work of scholars, writers, and...