Gina Barreca

...reducing the sprawling novels to plot lines loses the context of the story, which, of course, is that this is fantasy. </p><p> Gina Barreca, an English professor at the University of Connecticut, is a vehement critic. </p><p>“The big...

In this article: Psychology, University of Connecticut, Trinity College, and Quinnipiac University

Many of his columns addressing gender differences have been written in a he-said she-said style in collaboration with humorist Gina Barreca, his co-author for I'm with Stupid. Weingarten writes that humor quality is objective, not subjective,...

In this article: Gene Weingarten, Dog, New York University, Joshua Bell, Dave Barry, Hypochondriac, Bronx High School of Science, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Hepatitis C, and Harvard University

...is also the author of "The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death" and co-author of "I'm with Stupid," with feminist scholar Gina Barreca and "Old Dogs: Are the Best Dogs" with photographer Michael Williamson. New to Chatological...

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When the epic news broke that Archie was going to marry Veronica, I knew I'd soon be hearing from Gina Barreca, and I was right. I also knew exactly what Gina, the feminist scholar, was going to say. Gene: You are outraged at Archie's...

In this article: Veronica, Archie, Callus, Betty, and William Butler Yeats

...to live that way. And you know what? For once, that's not just my girlish way of looking at things. That's simply the truth. • Gina Barreca is an English professor at the University of Connecticut and a feminist scholar who has written...

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Here goes!" is not exactly an excellent foundation for what you and Socrates - as I now know - call the right conduct of life. • Gina Barreca is an English professor at the University of Connecticut and a feminist scholar who has written...

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Gina Barreca is an American academic and humorist. She is professor of English literature and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut. Her latest book, It's Not That I'm Bitter, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty...

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My friend Gina Barreca, the feminist scholar, just called with an interesting theory. Because women are attending grad schools in record numbers, and because male CEOs have screwed things up so publicly, Gina thinks women are soon going to...

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...epistemological issues involving the Cartesian nexus of mind and body. I opted instead for a few minutes on the phone with my friend Gina Barreca, the feminist scholar. Gene: So, from a highly scientific perspective, can we agree this...

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...as proving that when a person falls down, he goes boom. This was my view, too, until I called my friend Gina Barreca, the feminist scholar. Unlike me, Gina has a real education, advanced degrees and an actual work ethic. So, unlike me, Gina...

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