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Dr. Gina Barreca is a women's humorist, author, writer, speaker and professor at UConn. Her latest book, "If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?: Questions and Thoughts for Loud, Smart Women in Turbulent Times" is a collection of fun, feminist-infused essays. The feminist humor maven stopped by "Just the Right Book" right before the Women's Marches to chat with Roxanne about the women empowerment books that we all need to read. Gina's site: http://ginabarreca.com/Books in this episode:"If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?": Questions and Thoughts for Loud, Smart Women in Turbulent Times By Gina BarrecaThe Second Sex By Simone De BeauvoirThe Golden Notebook By Doris LessingPurity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo By Mary DouglasHow Institutions Think By Mary DouglasThe Powers of the Weak By Elizabeth JanewayWe Should All Be Feminists By Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieCatherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman By Robert K. MassieCleopatra: A Life By Stacy SchiffPersonal History By Katharine GrahamShe By H. Rider HaggardMy Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind By Scott StosselPretty Is By Maggie MitchellIn Praise of Folly By Desiderius Erasmus