
- 320 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
How to Be a Woman
About this book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The book that launched a feminist revolution—the hilarious memoir/manifesto from Caitlin Moran, "the UK's answer to Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, and Lena Dunham all rolled into one" (Marie Claire).
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 why female rights and empowerment are essential issues not only for women today but also for society itself.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Prologue: The Worst Birthday Ever
- Chapter 1: I Start Bleeding!
- Chapter 2: I Become Furry!
- Chapter 3: I Don’t Know What to Call My Breasts!
- Chapter 4: I Am a Feminist!
- Chapter 5: I Need a Bra!
- Chapter 6: I Am Fat!
- Chapter 7: I Encounter Some Sexism!
- Chapter 8: I Am in Love!
- Chapter 9: I Go Lap-dancing!
- Chapter 10: I Get Married!
- Chapter 11: I Get into Fashion!
- Chapter 12: Why You Should Have Children
- Chapter 13: Why You Shouldn’t Have Children
- Chapter 14: Role Models and What We Do with Them
- Chapter 15: Abortion
- Chapter 16: Intervention
- Postscript
- An Excerpt from Moranifesto
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Books by Caitlin Moran
- Praise for How To Be a Woman
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher