Gina Barreca
Gina Barreca
Regina "Gina" Barrecais an American academic and humorist. She is professor of English literature and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut. Her latest book, "If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?" Questions and Thoughts for Loud, Smart Women in Turbulent Times, was published by St. Martin's Press in the spring of 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
CountryUnited States of America
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I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.
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...there is a celebrated aphorism insisting that the best way to live is to 'work like you don't need the money, dance like nobody is watching, and love like you've never been hurt.'...After years of hearing and reading these lines I have decided to tell the truth: the original version is wrong. There is a grave error in the wording of this adage. The correct version should go as follows: Love like you don't need the money, Work like nobody is watching, Dance like you've never been hurt. See? Doesn't that make more sense?
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Two things I do for maintenance: I get a manicure once a month, and I see my therapist about every six weeks. I am happy to report that, at this point, my nails crack more often than I do.
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Sometimes things can take a very long time and still not be very good. It took us all of evolutionary history just to get where we are today, for instance, and mostly where we are today is on the couch.
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It's not that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but it's your best friends who are your diamonds. It's your best friends who are supremely resilient, made under pressure and of astonishing value. They're everlasting; they can cut glass if they need to.
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I see taking care of my emotional and mental health in the same way that I see taking care of a garment: After it's been through wear and tear, it needs attention.
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Every patient tends to bury the most important story inside some other story, just the way new writers often 'bury the lede.' 'Burying the lede' is an old journalism term for when you only find out the real point about halfway into the article, but it also applies to therapy.
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Almost 30 years ago, I started seeking help from a counselor with a master's of social work in New York City, but we were never a good match. It was like being in a bad relationship, except the guy could actually bill my health insurance company for lousy dates.
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We should learn to take genuine pride in a job well done and not expect praise for one simply carried out.
The '60s had edge; the '70s had embroidery.
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My mother thinks Mick Jagger is a foreign car.
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Like love, breakfast is best when made at home.
I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.
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I regard other women as my community, not my competition.