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Did anyone else get somewhat *annoyed* with how to be a woman by Caitlin Moran?

29 replies

LadyRainicorn · 11/06/2013 08:26

I read this a few days ago and keep getting the rage annoyed with the ignorance over, for want of a better phrase, historical achievements of woman. And bemoaning the focus on appearance over ability for woman in the media versus men, then in the same breath defending her right to slag off other woman for their appearance - are these not part and parcel of the same problem?

The feel of the book just seemed confused. And I'm annoyed this is supposed to represent and promote feminism - whilst it talks rubbish?

Am I just being petty with this and should just be grateful that a book at least talking about the rights of women made a literary splash?

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trice · 11/06/2013 08:50

The dizzy /garbled thing is her writing style.

trice · 11/06/2013 08:49

It was supposed to be mainly funny while mentioning feminism in a positive light. It reached a much wider audience than a more academic text would have.

CardiffUniversityNetballTeam · 11/06/2013 08:32

I quite enjoyed it. I found her quite witty and I liked the conversational tone of the book.

However I wouldn't hold it up as an example of high brow feminist writing. I didn't take a lot of it particularly seriously.

piprabbit · 11/06/2013 08:31

I didn't notice any of the things you mentioned - maybe I need to reread Blush.