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by Regina Barreca, Ph.D.
Gina Barreca, Ph.D. is Professor of English at UConn, and author of It's Not That I'm Bitter: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World. See full bio
May 27, 2009, Anxiety

Comments on "My Mother's Ghost Gives Me the Midnight Jitters"

My Mother's Ghost Gives Me the Midnight Jitters

By Regina Barreca, Ph.D. on May 27, 2009 in Snow White Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Why am I always expecting to be taught a lesson? Why do I feel as if I will be punished into humility and gratitude event though I am busy filling my days with
being humble and grateful? Why do I think I'm not worth anything-- and that I deserve even less than nothing?

Whose praise and forgiveness am I searching for?

What voice do I need to hear? What voice can offer me redemption? Is it too easy to say that I'm scanning the airwaves, turning the dial on a sort of emotional short-wave radio, for my mother's particular speech? Read More

Mothers and daughters

Submitted by Anonymous II on May 28, 2009 - 9:37am.

always complicated. This was a lyrical and interesting discussion, as well as disturbing.

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