How to Be a Womanby Caitlin Moran
Confession: I decided to read this book because the author was British. British people are funny, with their jumpers and knickers and best of all, their nudie pants. And I had no disappointment, there--even for a Brit, she raises the bar on funny ways of saying things.
It starts out biographical--first period, hairy pits, etc., but as she ages it become more topical. For example, Why you should have children followed by Why you shouldn't have children. And you learn that the the one question every female celebrity will always be asked is, "When are you going to have children?" Two points made there--not "are" but "when", and female celebrity. Imagine asking Albert Einstein that question.
She took advantage of the medium to make a few poignant points near the ending, off topic from feminism--
If we wonder why people are so apathetic and casual about every eminently avoidable horror in the world--famine, war, disease, the seas gradually turnng piss-yellow and filling with ring-pulls and shattered fax machines--it's right there. Heaven. The biggest waste of our time we ever invented, outside of jigsaws.
Yeah. Right there with ya.
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