"If you lean in, will men just look down your blouse?" : questions and thoughts for loud, smart women in turbulent times, Gina Barreca

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"If you lean in, will men just look down your blouse?" : questions and thoughts for loud, smart women in turbulent times, Gina Barreca

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questions and thoughts for loud, smart women in turbulent times

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Gina Barreca

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• "If you lean in, will men just look down your blouse?" : questions and thoughts for loud, smart women in turbulent times

Publication

• New York, St. Martin's Press, 2016

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• ©2016

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Contents

pt. 1. I'm not needy, I'm wanty -- Does beauty really equal bondage? or "How I learned to stop worrying and loathe the spanx" -- Unlearning the kindergarten lessons of life -- The cheap-motel backside of Facebook -- Women carry everything we need to start life in a new state -- The 150,000 dollar Park Avenue purse -- Women's bodies -- from an amusement park to a terrarium -- Let the good times in -- Bring your sense of humor ... and nineteen more rules to live by -- Achievement dysmorphia -- Occupy vogue -- Loud women talking -- Growing old gaudily -- Turn it up; I'm dancing -- When faith's needed, I don't have a prayer -- pt. 2, Sex is not the answer. "Sex?" is the question -- The female orgasm, in her own words, explains how she is not elusive -- Rules on love, laughter, and using your words -- Define that feeling -- Sixteen things women hate to hear (even when we like or love you) -- Sixteen things men hate to hear (even when they like or love us) -- The truths about relationships nobody wants to admit -- Why are men masters of the breakfast domain? -- "Happily married" is not an oxymoron -- Save the last class for me -- Relationships, roundabouts, and banana boats -- pt. 3. Amateur traumatics -- Never talk politics with your family -- Why work matters -- To a young friend who is not happy at her job -- Why I hate nature and love electricity -- Six things you need to know about changing your life -- You're not perfect, either, lady! -- Pack only the liberty bag: advice I'd give to my younger self -- Shrinkage -- After loss -- Spring cleaning for the soul -- Deal with your "emotional allergies" -- Put the brakes on being busy -- Snappy answers to stupid questions -- pt. 4. He didn't lead me into temptation: we took a shortcut -- Bad boyfriends at any age -- Ten reasons to thank the one who walked out -- When it's over -- Timeline of a breakup recovery -- Hearts and parachutes -- How to get what you want -- pt. 5 If you run with a bad crowd, can you call it exercise? -- Why friends can (sometimes) be better than family -- And if you envy your friend? -- Sitting down with your demons -- Gifts of omission -- When a friend faces divorce -- Girlfriends: as essential as cupcakes and revenge -- pt. 6. If you met my family, you'd understand -- Why I tell stories -- Marrying Italian -- "Listen to this one ..." -- My mother's dreams -- Sex talk in the park -- When a mother doesn't like being a mom -- Questions I wish I'd asked -- What makes an apology real? -- "You think I have all day?" -- The hummingbird effect -- pt. 7. Seeing something, saying something -- If you lean in, will men just look down your blouse? -- Good girls say no -- and women should, too -- Why we know that when guys make slurping sounds at us on the street, it isn't a compliment -- Never mind mindfulness -- A good eater's guide to actual food -- Please don't eat the placentas! -- Words rich people use that poor people don't -- A proactive, impactful look at words I despise -- Moments of the irrevocable -- Five reasons to hate Twilight -- Fifty shades of stupefaction -- Good dirty books versus bad dirty books -- Essential must-not-reads -- My bikini bridge is the verrazano -- Epilogue: What everyone must stop doing right now -- Acknowledgments

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ocn936430055

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22 cm

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First edition.

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ix, 262 pages

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9781250060747

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2015044976

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(OCoLC)936430055