Gina Barreca
Gina's new book is out! Publishers's Weekly said "Fans of Nora Ephron's ...will find humor along with serious insights about women in Barreca's latest challenge to women to “stop obsessing over hymens, husbands, and hangnails"
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Author, speaker, professor of English, Feminist Theory, University of Connecticut
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Gina Barreca

Gina Barreca My newest collaboration with Gene Weingarten in The Washington Post.

www.washingtonpost.com
Gene Weingarten thinks it's nuts that the International Olympic Committee is going to convene a group of medical experts to try to come up with a way to identify who is male and who is female. There are better ways to test for gender.
Gina Barreca
www.courant.com
Gina, is my writing simple enough for you? I mean, I know you're a professor and stuff, but you are a woman and, near as I can tell, girls need lots and lots of remedial education — even when they're ...
Gina Barreca
www.psychologytoday.com
Here, again, are the five best reasons to hate TWILIGHT! By Regina Barreca, Ph.D....
Benjamin Oprysko
Benjamin Oprysko
I'm happy that now I have a legitimate reason to dislike these books.
November 18 at 12:40pm
Emily Heiden
Emily Heiden
Can you really fault a girl for wanting to imagine a world where boys look more like Edward and act less like Labradors? :)
November 18 at 4:35pm
Gina Barreca
www.courant.com
Gina, I've read quite a bit lately about the future of books, written primarily by authors who write books and stuff. These aren't the right folks to be analyzing the future of books, since they're sort ...
Emily Heiden
Emily Heiden
This was an enjoyable read. I love your ever-refreshing perspective on...everything! (And to think that the man said that no one is sitting around reading about sexy vampires anymore...I had a student last year who'd read Twilight over 70 times!!)
November 15 at 2:32pm
Gina Barreca

Gina Barreca Hi from Gina Barreca and Laura Rossi: There is still time to buy Gina's
book, join SheWrites.com and post about it for the Day of Action to buy
a 2009 book by a woman. Thanks to all the Gina fans!

http://www.shewrites.com/

www.shewrites.com
She Writes is a social network on Ning
Cindy Eastman
Cindy Eastman
I just signed up! And I bought your book - that counts, right? AND I listened to you on Colin McEnroe's show today...it's the hat trick of support!
November 13 at 5:40pm
Gina Barreca
Gina Barreca
I adore you, Cindy Eastman. Many thanks!!

xx G
November 13 at 6:37pm
Laura

Laura To all Gina Barreca fans: Join our posting campaign for Gina’s book on SheWrites.com
today. Please join the community at www.SheWrites.com
and then follow this link and post that you bought Gina’s book “It’s Not That I’m
Bitter…..” for the site’s first-ever SheWrites Day of Action this Friday,
November 13th, where member...s of SheWrites are asked to buy a book published by
a woman in 2009. Post you bought Bitter at this link: http://www.shewrites.com/forum/topics/tell-us-which-book-you-bought

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Gina Barreca
chronicle.com
While friends in other professions are waking up to their midlives (or what we choose to call midlife but how many people do you know who live past 100 -- not counting Lévi-Strauss?) and frantically ...
Suzi Craig

Suzi Craig Met Gina today as I was accosting her at a fundraiser to ask for her help with Operation Home for the Holidays. She was, of course, gracious and offered up a signed book for our raffle! Thank you Gina!

Location:The Warehouse of Lisa Davenport's Home Gallery
Time:1:00PM Saturday, November 14th
Gina Barreca

Gina Barreca Check out Gina's latest blog on Psychology Today. Enjoy.

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Everything you lose makes room for something new. By Regina Barreca, Ph.D....
Stacey Kroop
Stacey Kroop
exactly what I needed to hear today. Great!
November 5 at 9:58am
Ines Kramer
Ines Kramer
Life's getting roomier these days...
November 5 at 10:31am
Terri
Terri
thank you for sharing....I needed it!
November 6 at 5:19am
Gina Barreca

Gina Barreca Check out Gina's latest article for the Chronicle! Let us know what you think!

chronicle.com
All my friends are going to wonder what's wrong with me. I was supposed to be the smart kid and now I'm working as an adjunct and a freelancer and I'm not married and the part I really hate is that I'm not married and I wish it didn't bother me. ...
Ines Kramer
Ines Kramer
ouch. saw an interview wit Joan Rivers who feels the same way (and look at how that obsession with becoming "drop dead gorgeous" turned out!)
November 5 at 10:50am
Gina Barreca

Gina Barreca Find out what happened on Dr. Phil today: http://drphil.com/shows/show/1337
Join the discussion of Revenge -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on Dr. Phil's website: http://community.drphil.com/boards/?EntryID=8692&SubCategoryID=75

drphil.com
Bleach, keys, bologna — Do you know what these items have in common? They have all been used as weapons of retaliation. Dr. Phil, along with criminal defense attorney Anthony Pope and revenge expert and blogger Dr. ...
Laura
Laura
BTW, loved your final comment about laughter on Dr. Phil.
October 28 at 7:55pm
Gina Barreca

Gina Barreca Gina will be on Dr. Phil tomorrow to discuss revenge: the Good, the bad, the ugly!

Bleach, bologna and super glue -- Do you know what these items have in common? They have all been used by people to get revenge against another. Dr. Phil, along with criminal defense attorney Anthony Pope and revenge expert and blogger Dr.... Gina Barreca, delve into headline-making revenge stories of retribution, like the women from Wisconsin who were arrested for using super glue on a man's private parts, and Michael Brewer, a 15-year-old who was badly burned after telling police that boys stole his dad's bike.

Click here for more info: http://drphil.com/shows/

And click here to find out what time the show airs in your area: http://drphil.com/shows/listing

Time:9:00AM Wednesday, October 28th
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Laura

Laura I
can't wait to see Dr. Gina Barreca talk about Revenge on the Dr. Phil
Show tomorrow (Wed). Set your DVR or TiVo! Also, comment on Dr. Phil's
community if you have time. Click on www.drphil.com and go to Wed
show's community to support our favorite guest (who looks and sounds fabulous in the promo btw). Go Gina!

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Dr. Phil has galvanized millions of people to 'get real.' Find out more about him and his show.
Patricia Win

Patricia Win Gina's a smart, funny woman

October 25 at 5:06pm · Report
Kimberly Robinson

Kimberly Robinson Just wanted to tell you Mom and I loved the program today! You were hysterical and poignant and inspirational and just fabulous! Can't wait to see you on Dr. Phil...

October 25 at 2:31pm · Report
Gina Barreca
Gina Barreca
Thanks Kim!! It was great to see you at the ECHN event--and the Dr. Phil show airs tomorrow, Wednesday, so set your tivo and tell everybody at headliners, okay?! See you soon.
xx Gina
October 27 at 9:11am