Quotes From "If You Lean In Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?: Questions And Thoughts For Loud Smart Women..." By Gina Barreca

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Boys are rewarded for playing games where they line up by height and then run into walls. Perhaps I'm making that up--or perhaps you should do a Google search for "Guy Runs into Wall for Fun."Not only do women hold up half the sky; we do it while carrying a 500-pound purse. From age sixteen to age twenty, a woman's body is a temple. From twenty-one to forty-five, it's an amusement park. From forty-five on, it's a terrarium. Bring your sense of humor with you at all times. Bring your friends with a sense of humor. If their friends have a sense of humor, invite them, too . Gina Barreca
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Never use the passive voice. Do not say, 'It will get done.' Say, 'I'll do it, ' and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline Gina Barreca
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We all enter this world crying. Laughter is something we have to learn Gina Barreca