Gina Barreca Quotes - Page 2

• Humor is a show of both strength and of vulnerability: you are willing to make the first move but you are trusting in the response of your listener.

  Gina Barreca

  Moving, Humor, Firsts

  Gina Barreca (2013). “They Used to Call Me Snow White ... But I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor”, p.201, UPNE

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• As a kid, you await holidays with a wide-eyed, passionate, almost maniacal enthusiasm. Heavy breathing is involved.

  Gina Barreca

  Holiday, Kids, Breathing

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• Having a lean and hungry look was frowned upon in my Italian neighborhood where a girl was considered too skinny if she could make her knees touch.

  Gina Barreca

  Girl, Italian, Looks

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• If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class.

  Gina Barreca

  Women, Anger, Class

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