A Real, Handwritten Letter Still Sends Thrills
In the days before everything was electronic, much arrived that you didn’t see coming. We held our breath as we read marriage proposals......
Gina Barreca
What I Fear, Should The FBI Come Knocking
If the FBI were coming to your home and office on an early morning raid, what wouldn’t you want them to discover?...
What’s Different After 60
Jane Fonda’s firm eyelids have nothing to do with me because nobody is making a comparison between us except for me -- and that’s not going to happen again. ...
Guyland 2017: Women Working in a Man’s World
Women feel like success is magic, like we’re Tinkerbell kept alive by sufficient applause. We're not....
6 Pieces Of Advice For Grad Students
Researching and writing your dissertation is, in effect, the courtship period of your professional life. Passion cannot be manufactured. ...
Are Some Things Too Awful To Forgive?
It's tough to relinquish the grudges we develop when we're faced with betrayal. ...
12 Things You Need To Stop Doing To Improve Your Life NOW
If you stop being viciously judgmental about other people, a wonderful thing will happen......
5 Safe Questions To Ask At Your Next Dinner Party
Trying not to start an argument at a dinner party is getting tougher, but there's help...try this!...
Enjoy The Beach With ANY Body Type
Instead of tsk-tsking in a sanctimonious whisper, "Whoever told her she'd look good in THAT?" we could think, "There's somebody who enjoys her food! I wanna sit next to her!"...
The “Good Old Days” Were Not Always So Good
You'll want to send this funny piece to your favorite millennial......
Oversharing Vulnerabilities: A Bid For Attention?
Have we become too eager to tell everybody what's wrong with us? Why do we use it as our opening conversational gambit? ...
Sleep? I’ve Got Too Much Worrying To Do
During these turbulent times, I bet we're losing even moderately good sleepers to insomnia on a nightly basis. We're fraught and overwrought....
60 Is Not The New 40, Just Sayin’
I intend to enjoy the road ahead without spending much time looking in the rearview mirror. ...
What Makes A Super Sports Fan?
I feel about sports the way that Dorothy Parker felt about skiing: "Skiing is very difficult and none of my business." Big sports is none of my business." ...
Easy Things To Say And Not Say To Be A Better Person In 2017
Remove these phrases from your arsenal by biting your tongue and rehearse the nice list so you can sound sincere....
Have Personal Diets Replaced Personal Philosophies?
Refusing pie and beer might well have been how they decided who was a witch in the 16th century. I wouldn't have lasted long....
Where Are The Best Places To Cry?
My favorite place to cry is in my car...where is yours?...
That Article Of Clothing That You Just Can’t Let Go Of
Even if your family members, life partners and best friends think it's hilarious, abhorrent or simply puzzling, they'll have to pry it out of your hands with a crowbar....
5 Strategies To Motivate Yourself To Get Stuff Done
Sometimes it's tough to make a deadline. Sometimes it's tough to face the day's challenges. So what strategies can help us get everything — or at least something — done?...
WTF: She Gave Me The Senior Discount Without Asking
I got a tad aggressive with salesperson at Dunking Donuts for assuming I was a senior....
Gina Barreca
Gina Barreca’s latest book, IF YOU LEAN IN, WILL MEN JUST LOOK DOWN YOUR BLOUSE? QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS FOR LOUD SMART WOMEN IN TURBULENT TIMES will be published by St. Martin’s this March. She’s a columnist syndicated by the Tribune Co. and a professor of English and Feminist Theory at The University of Connecticut. She can be reached through www.ginabarreca.com