How to Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran

I got this book on the strength of Marika Hardy’s recommendation and it really is a book for the modern day feminist ie a person who thinks we are all just ‘the guys’ and if the men aren’t/are doing it, well the same applies to the women. It’s long been my definition of feminism though I’ve been attacked by several uber feminists who thought I didn’t live up to the definition of a feminist. I don’t know whether I was supposed to hate men or not wear makeup or what to qualify, but I don’t care anyway. I found this book quite endearing really. Caitlin Moran is such an honest and forthright person, and she voiced so much of what has been going on in my brain over sixty years that it was almost comforting to read it. I know I’m alright when I read her experiences, I’m not alone and I’m not stupid. She talks about all the standard things that best women, the decisions they are forced to make, the compromises, the questions that confront them: surgical enhancement, having and not having kids, abortions, our ‘pin up’ girls, pornography, a whole range of things and she is unapologetic about her views. And it all comes down to ‘the guys’. I really enjoyed this book and shall probably read this one again. Pity it’s on my Kindle and will be difficult to lend around.