How to Be a Woman
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Average rating3.7
Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven't been burned as witches since 1727, life isn't exactly a stroll down the catwalk for modern women. They are beset by uncertainties and questions: Why are they supposed to get Brazilians? Why do bras hurt? Why the incessant talk about babies? And do men secretly hate them?
Caitlin Moran interweaves provocative observations on women's lives with laugh-out-loud funny scenes from her own, from the riot of adolescence to her development as a writer, wife, and mother. With rapier wit, Moran slices right to the truth—whether it's about the workplace, strip clubs, love, fat, abortion, popular entertainment, or children—to jump-start a new conversation about feminism. With humor, insight, and verve, How To Be a Woman lays bare the reasons female rights and empowerment are essential issues not only for women today but also for society itself.
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Though I appreciate Moran's attempts to make feminism more accessible, in her efforts to appeal to the masses (and to the menz), she actually undercuts the movement in a lot of ways. I also didn't think she was terribly funny.
Amusing, but better as a memoir than any sort of actual feminist analysis or anything. Very 101, and no real analysis of some things besides she likes one and not the other (strip clubs v. burlesque, for example). Very much straight white lady feminism as well. I didn't hate it by any means, but definitely a better memoir.
British newspaper columnist, Caitlin Moran, offers up tips on how to be a strident feminist (which doesn't mean you hate men), in this part-memoir, part humourous rant. Very enjoyable, and recommended to all current and latent feminists (men included).
