Caitlin Moran: live webchat, Thursday 13 September, 1-2pm

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Much excitement at Mumsnet HQ this week as Caitlin Moran is joining us on Thursday lunchtime (1-2pm) for a live webchat and to talk us through her latest book, Moranthology.

How to be a Woman was one of the most talked about books on the boards last year, so we're all delighted to hear Moranthology brings more chat on a brilliant range of topics: Twitter, Obama, binge drinking, Amy Winehouse, 'The Big Society', Party Bags and Boris Johnson - Albino Shag-hound. These are just a few of the subjects touched on and make us think she is our ideal guest.

Post your questions to Caitlin in advance or join her on Thursday at 1pm.

What is this picture of Bruce you're all talking about? Where ...,.????

Hello Caitlin, are you compelled to try to be fantastically entertaining in all social situations, every day of the week? Or is your being-amusingness restricted to writing, and you're actually rather shy / grumpy / tedious / all of the above in RL?

Ooh found it! Yes, I like that!

She answered my question!

Bruce is old news, even in his horny youth. It's all about Pistorius these days mate.

I can't see the Bruce photo because I'm at work :(

Flippityjig

You're most welcome

Absolutely, nigellasguest! I'm not sure Caitlin is taking women's feelings about Page3 very seriously.

Hmm. Still not really feeling the love for Gaga though.

@70sLadygarden

I saw you at the Cheltenham Literature Festival a year ago with Grace Dent and you said you would never appear on a panel show such as Mock the Week as they still such chauvinistic minefields. Have you changed your mind at all? Come on we need you to break down the barrier and you are the woman to do it!

I can't do everything. I'm so tired. Also, I'm a comedy seperatist. I think those men's panel shows have been made for boys - not maliciously. That's just who was there making comedy at the time - and girls don't fit in there. Why should we? it's like when we wear men's trousers. We go in and out at different points.
Women need to make something in a fresh, clean space, and for me, that's Twitter. All the funniest people I follow are women - the women got there a couple of weeks before the men and populated it. All that "Things in asterisks runs into room stuff - that was me and a load of girls doing it. We set the rules, and it works around our lives - we can do it from home, in no make up, rather than going all the way to the BBC to have foundation applied for an hour. I can be telling a joke about Simon Cowell's £8 Mr Topper haircut to 280,000 people whilst making the kids' tea. It's so CONVENIENT.
Also, I have sweating issues. I can't appear under studio lights.

My dad bought me Chronicles of Narmo when I was a teenager. It just made me feel inadequate for not being a child novelist prodigy like Caitlin.

Still LOVED HTBAW though

@YouveCatToBeKittenMe

I don't actually know who you are you're a writer obviously as this thread tells me that!

please explain in 5 words what else I should know before I Google

I genuinely wouldn't bother, dude. I'll be out of here in half an hour and you can pretend it was ALL A BAD DREAM.
Or, actually, pretend I'm David Cameron. Yeah. Look - I, David Cameron, am saying "Yes I AM a big div. I have got it all wrong." NOW GO TELL YOUR FRIENDS WHAT YOU SAW.

Hi Caitlin,
My first single was, 'The Safety Dance ' by 'Men without hats', beat that ...

Hello Caitlin!

I've just got here and haven't had a chance to read the Qs above, apologies if this has been asked already.

You didn't run, and now you do run and seem to love it. Please could you tell how you motivated yourself to get through the early days of terrible red-faced out-of-breath after 200 metres attempts to the point where it is enjoyable.

I would like to get past the first stages but fail miserably each time I haul my sagging 37 year old body out onto the streets and console myself with cake most times too

Many thanks

God, we soooo need an all female panel show, with Caitlin, Susan Calman, Sue Perkins, Shappi Korsandi and Sarah Milligan. Any other suggestions? Hosted by Sandi Tosvig of course!

Are you and MNer, Caitlin? or has that already been argued over sorted out upthead?

I have a sly question for you. I consider myself a bit of a feminist but I still go for the old Brazilian once a month... my DH likes it (and thing is... so do I). Is that an automatic red card crime in the real feminists gang? Do you have to have a huge muff piece to be a feminist? I thought it was more about having choices and being equal.

Oh and by the way, my husband immac's his ball bag. So I feel it evens out somewhat in our household...

My dh and I loved your book - my book club didn't get it so much but they are quite straight-laced!

I also love your Saturday Times TV reviews - my dh and I laughed and laughed at the bit about the squirrel with the large nuts on GBBO.

No question - just wanted to tell you that really - thanks for brightening our days!

Oooooh good question piggery

DillyTante, what a fab idea! That would be an amazing show .....

@DillyTante

My dad bought me Chronicles of Narmo when I was a teenager. It just made me feel inadequate for not being a child novelist prodigy like Caitlin.

Comfort yourself that, whilst you weren't writing a novel, you probably WERE doing things like "having friends" and "learning to socialise without alcohol." It's all swings and roundabouts. Also, do you know how much I got for writing that book? That took two years? £1300. I KNOW. That's when I decided to "branch out" into journalism. It's far more time-effective, wage-wise.

I'd watch that Dilly

Anyone know if Caitlin's tweeting about this at the same time?