Why are we supposed to get Brazilians? Should you get Botox? Do men secretly hate us? What should you call your vagina? Why does your bra hurt? And why does everyone ask you when you’re going to have a baby?
Part memoir, part rant, Caitlin Moran answers these questions and more in How To Be A Woman – following her from her terrible 13th birthday (‘I am 13 stone, have no friends, and boys throw gravel at me when they see me’) through adolescence, the workplace, strip-clubs, love, fat, abortion, TopShop, motherhood and beyond.
I started reading this book thinking I was going to hate it and that I actually wouldn't even be able to finish it, so I was very surprised when into the second chapter I couldn't stop myself from laughing out aloud on public transport!
I hadn't heard of Caitlin Moran before and I generally HATE British literature and movies, but I was so glad I bought this book.
From the very beginning you can tell she is an extremely humorous and sarcastic woman and as I previously mentioned her anecdotes had me trying to hide my giggles on public transport on the trip home from work.
But aside from her humour, she is actually very astute when it comes to modern society and how this affects women today. She has definitely made me rethink my idea on what a feminist is, and I am ashamed to say that before reading this book I was one of the uneducated people who thought this meant I had to burn my bra and hate men (something she thankfully explains isn't necessary these days.)
I think that any book that makes you look at a topic from a different perspective is well worth reading, and so on that basis I happily recommend this book. You may not become a feminist activist at the end, but you will get a good chuckle along the way.
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