It’s tricky for a female character to play a horror-queen role on the screen because, as one of my male friends put it, the phrase “scary woman" is redundant....
Women could save eons of time by cutting out the caveats that we offer at the beginning of every sentence. "I'm sorry, it's only me. I just wanted to check on...." "I really hate to bother you. I know how busy you are...."...
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
