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Gina Barreca is a renowned American professor, born in 1957. Her academic contributions are primarily focused on women's studies, literary criticism, and cultural theory.

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Famous Gina Barreca Quotes

“Not only do women hold up half the sky; we do it while carrying a 500-pound purse.”

Inspirational Humor Funny Women Comedy Strength Laughter Purse

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“I will count my blessings when I am in the doldrums, count to ten when I am quarrelsome, and count on my friends when I need a laugh.”

Inspirational Humor Women Laughing Comedy Friends Blessings Counting

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“Most funny women become funny because I have to.”

Humor Women Feminism Womens Humor

Book:Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

Source: Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

“Most funny women become funny because they have to.”

Humor Women Comedy Feminism Womens Humor

Book:Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

Source: Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

“What doesn’t polite society, in all seriousness, want to discuss? Sex, money, political corruption, bodily functions, religion, loss and despair? These have been the very subjects attracting writers of comedy since Aristophanes penned “Lysistrata” as a vehicle for the young Joan Rivers.”

Humor Politics Sex Money Comedy Despair Taboo Politically Correct Societal Norms

Author:Gina Barreca

“Boys are rewarded for playing games where they line up by height and then run into walls. Perhaps I'm making that up--or perhaps you should do a Google search for "Guy Runs into Wall for Fun.”

Humor Funny Boys Comedy Playing Games Google Searches

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“Fate gives us relatives for one reason: so that we have to learn how to deal with people we'd otherwise never know.”

People Inspirational Humor Family Comedy Fate

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“Recognizing not only intellectually but psychologically and physically, through laughter, that we are not the only ones feeling such a range of emotions makes us feel less alone, provides a renewed sense of perspective, allows us to hit an emotional “reset” button and can relieve stress.”

Humor Comedy Loneliness Perspective Reset Perspective Through Comedy

Author:Gina Barreca

“When someone genuinely laughs with you, it’s proof that you share a certain internal space. And that’s not so lonely after all.”

Humor Comedy Loneliness Laughter Genuine Togetherness Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Author:Gina Barreca

“The holidays make her feel as if she’s supposed to be in a cuddle, since everybody else suddenly seems paired off, like mittens, slippers or AA batteries.”

Humor Relationships Loneliness Couples Holiday Season Cuffing Season Paired Off

Author:Gina Barreca

“All good writing reflects and illuminates life; Fast Funny Women holds up a compact mirror. In it you'll see yourself. With luck, you'll laugh.”

Writing Humor Wit Self Discovery Joyful Reflections

Book:Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

Source: Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

“But it nevertheless seems odd to reaffirm that women's humor exists, because if you look at any random group of women for more than thirteen seconds, you'll notice we're laughing.”

Humor Laughter Empowerment Wit Femininity Positive Vibes Womens Humor Everyday Joy

Book:Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

Source: Fast Funny Women: 75 Essays of Flash Nonfiction

“Here's to every woman who lost her virginity but kept the box it came in.”

Humor Feminism Virginity Confident Women

Book:Fast Fallen Women: 75 Essays of Flash NonFiction

Source: Fast Fallen Women: 75 Essays of Flash NonFiction

“Men fake sleep the way women fake orgasms: to be left alone already.”

Humor Sex Women Comedy Faking It

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“A truly thoughtful lover would not attempt to arouse you with the subtlety of a chimp trying to dial a rotary phone.”

Love Humor Sex Women Comedy Romantic Comedy

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“From age sixteen to age twenty, a woman's body is a temple. From twenty-one to forty-five, it's an amusement park. From forty-five on, it's a terrarium.”

Humor Age Time Women Comedy Life Changes

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“When the Apocalypse comes, you'll find me pushing Marie Antoinette out of the way and saying, 'Let me eat cake! Forget them; I want the cake! Two helpings! I have some friends with me! Is there coffee with the cake, Marie? I'm just asking.”

Humor Women Comedy Apocalypse Marie Antoinette Cake And Coffee

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“Want to guess what comes up when I Google “Woman discovers”? It’s not “new galaxy.” It’s “a body in her trunk” or "the unthinkable in her attic.” According to my computer search, other big discoveries by women include “her co-worker is her birth mom,” “a Renaissance painting in her kitchen,” and “her new home was once a meth lab.” Hey, at least that one contains the word “lab.”

Humor Women Gender Bias Women In Science Google Search Engine

Author:Gina Barreca

“If you ask a server for a seriously old wine in my neighborhood, they’ll look at you funny and then bring you a half-finished glass from somebody else’s table.”

Humor Wine Neighborhood Wine Tasting

Author:Gina Barreca

“Since little-girlhood, we're trained to find the Big Bad Wolf seductive.”

Humor Women Comedy Girlhood Little Red Riding Hood Big Bad Wolf

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“Having an unresolved Bad Boyfriend issue is like carrying around credit card debt . . . which can still show up and wreck your rating.”

Humor Funny History Comedy Credit Card Debt Bad Boyfriends

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“There are now skin products supposedly created with 24-karat gold extract. I guess if financial times got really tough, you could always pawn your own head.”

Humor Money Comedy Gold Skin Care Pawn Shop Finances Humor

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“Heaven makes you family, but a new generation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can make you friends.”

Humor Funny Heaven Family Comedy Friends Happy Life

Book:If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

Source: If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

“Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.”

Firsts Shows Humor Moving Willing Response Vulnerability Listeners

Book:They Used to Call Me Snow White ... But I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor

Source: They Used to Call Me Snow White ... But I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor

“The search for truth can be compared to a cat chasing her tail: frantic in her pursuit, her quarry nevetheless eludes her; despite the fact that all the world can see it's right there, it remains just beyond her reach. It cannot be possessed because, paradoxically, it is already part of her.”

World Facts Humor Cat Remains Pursuit Despite Possessed Tails Chasing Elude Frantic Search For Truth Quarry

Author:Gina Barreca

About the Author

Born: 1957
Known for: Professor
Quotes: 88

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