Caitlin Moran Knihy

A guide to growing older, a manifesto for change, and a celebration of all those middle-aged women who keep the world turning

Possibly the only drawback about the bestselling How To Be A Woman was that its author, Caitlin Moran, was limited to pretty much one subject: being a woman.In MORANTHOLOGY Caitlin 'gets quite chatty’ about many subjects, including cultural, social and political issues which are usually left to hot-shot wonks and not a woman who sometimes keeps a falafel in her handbag. These other subjects include...Caffeine | Ghostbusters | Being Poor | Twitter | Caravans | Obama | Wales | Paul McCartney | The Welfare State | Sherlock | David Cameron Looking Like Ham | Amy Winehouse | ‘The Big Society’ | Big Hair | Nutter-letters | Michael Jackson's funeral | Failed Nicknames | Wolverhampton | Squirrels’ Testicles | Sexy Tax | Binge-drinking | Chivalry | Rihanna’s Cardigan | Party Bags | Hot People| Transsexuals | The Gay Moon Landings

1913 - Suffragette throws herself under the King's horse. 1969 - Feminists storm Miss World. NOW - Caitlin Moran rewrites The Female Eunuch from a bar stool and demands to know why pants are getting smaller. There's never been a better time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been burnt as witches since 1727. However, a few nagging questions do remain... 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.

Soon to be a motion picture! The New York Times bestselling author, celebrated as “the UK’s answer to Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, and Lena Dunham all rolled into one” (Marie Claire), makes her fiction debut with a hilarious yet deeply moving coming-of-age novel. At fourteen, Johanna Morrigan feels her parents’ teachings fall short, prompting her to seek inspiration from books, poetry, and pop songs to reinvent herself. It’s 1990, and after a humiliating experience on local TV, she transforms into Dolly Wilde—an audacious, hard-drinking Gothic hero and self-proclaimed Lady Sex Adventurer. Determined to save her struggling Bohemian family, she aspires to be a writer like Jo in Little Women, but without the tragic ending. By sixteen, she’s smoking, drinking, and working for a music paper, penning risqué letters to rock stars and critiquing bands with sharp wit. However, as Johanna navigates her wild new persona, she discovers a critical flaw in her creation of Dolly. Is a collection of records, posters, and books truly enough to define who she is? Imagine The Bell Jar penned by Rizzo from Grease. This story is a funny, poignant exploration of self-discovery and reinvention, told with Caitlin Moran's unique voice.

Moran's rollicking second novel characteristically combines nonstop witticisms with razor-sharp, pointed, and timely cultural critique.... Her characters are madcap and lovable but nuanced enough to feel real. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Fifteen-year-old Morag Narmo really doesn't want to go to school any more. So they are all stunned when their parents whisk them out of school and embark on a home-schooling experiment. But with five children, two unruly pets and some extremely eccentric attitudes, the educational experiment soon descends into chaos...

'A must-read eye-opener that makes you laugh, cry, get angry and get happy on every page. It's magnificent' Bob Mortimer 'Our greatest modern writer on women turns her eyes on men - and it's all good' David Baddiel As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is 'But what about MEN?' After eleven years of writing bestsellers about women and dismissing this question, having been very sure that the concerns of feminism and men are very different things, Caitlin Moran realised that this wasn't quite right, and that the problems of feminism are also the problems of, yes, men. So, what about men? Why do they only go to the doctor if their wife or girlfriend makes them? Why do they never discuss their penises with each other - but make endless jokes about their balls? What is porn doing for young men? Is their fondness for super-skinny jeans leading to an epidemic of bad mental health? Are men allowed to be sad? Are men allowed to lose? Have Men's Rights Activists confused 'power' with 'empowerment'? And is Jordan B Peterson just your mum - but with some mad theory about a lobster? In this book, Caitlin intends to answer all this and more - because if men haven't yet answered the question 'What About Men?', it's going to be down to a busy woman to do it.

" I've lived through ten iOS upgrades on my Mac u and that's just something I use to muck about on Twitter. Surely capitalism is due an upgrade or two?' When Caitlin Moran sat down to choose her favourite pieces for her new book she realised that they all seemed to join up. Turns out, it's the same old problems and the same old ass-hats. Then she thought of the word Moranifesto', and she knew what she had to doa This is Caitlin's engaging and amusing rallying call for our times. Combining the best of her recent columns with lots of new writing unique to this book, Caitlin deals with topics as pressing and diverse as 1980s swearing, benefits, boarding schools, and why the internet is like a drunken toddler. And whilst never afraid to address the big issues of the day u such as Benedict Cumberbatch and duffel coats u Caitlin also makes a passionate effort to understand our 21st century society and presents us with her Moranifesto' for making the world a better place. The polite revolution starts here! Please."