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Caitlin Moran - a bit more interesting than usual today

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ErrolTheDragon · 04/07/2020 18:24

Usually her Saturday times columns are quite fluffy, but ... well, I guess judging by what she's written the real Caitlin is emerging.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/caitlin-moran-me-drugs-and-the-perimenopause-mpzn2cdh2?shareToken=733c91e33db6941fbd7927e96de18904

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Roseburn · 04/07/2020 19:09

Oestrogen, the compliancy hormone?
Long gone here.

ValancyRedfern · 04/07/2020 19:09

I don't relate to this at all. I've been angry since I was about 15! The only similarity I'd say is that when I was younger I turned my anger in on myself (in the form of eating disorders) and now I have a more healthy outward focused anger.

PerpetuallyUnderwhelmed · 04/07/2020 19:04

I really dislike her but this was wonderful! Nobody on twitter mentioning the unashamed articulation of biological fact?!

Beamur · 04/07/2020 19:03

I quite like the prospect of Caitlin Moran becoming furious and menopausal. I think it could be very interesting!

Siablue · 04/07/2020 18:58

A whole column about women and their biology. I am not old enough to relate. Happily no one on the comments has told her off.

ErrolTheDragon · 04/07/2020 18:56

I'm sure not every woman has the same reaction to their own hormones and the changes that result during and after menopause. I mean, I'm not sure I was ever that nice (but then, maybe PCOS messed up my 'drugging'Grin)

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WeetabixBananaHipsterFFS · 04/07/2020 18:48

Is it just me reading this and completely unable to relate? Confused

partystress · 04/07/2020 18:41

Sums up my experience perfectly (minus the recreational drugs in the 90s!)

The anger I feel is what I should be feeling given the s*#%tfest of a clusterf#%k we are living in. Things are going backwards for girls and women. Economic inequality is growing not reducing. Political corruption is something just to be laughed off. More kids in poverty, more kids exploited, and the internet, which could have been such a force for good, is an incel-ridden cesspit.

Maybe the TRAs have got it right. Maybe we should put all men on high dose oestrogen and then we'd have less to be angry about.

AbsintheFriends · 04/07/2020 18:35

She's saying it without saying it. Or, I'm hoping, preparing the ground... Grin

Bowednotbroken · 04/07/2020 18:32

I thought so too - a recognition of biology isn't what I've come to expect from CM, so this was a pleasant surprise. Still frustrating to see refs to gender rather than sex though.

SomeHalfHumanCreatureThing · 04/07/2020 18:31

I think she's been like this all along though, tbh.

Grin
SomeHalfHumanCreatureThing · 04/07/2020 18:29

I love her

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