Caitlin Moran Quotes

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Caitlin Moran

Profession : Journalist

Birth : April 5, 1975

People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination.

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I once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm there with my tote bag and anorak. And I'm like, well, I'm still the most important person in the room right now.

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I genuinely miss writing now on the rare days I don't write; my mouth waters when I think about writing, and I have an extreme physical reaction to the idea of doing it.

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If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.

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I can't live in a world where there are only, like, four kinds of women. Or where every woman is obsessed with cake. The very least I ask is that we have one female character in the world who likes savory things! I don't have any role models who like cheese!

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I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.

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I do not... look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine... I am... femi-none.

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You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.

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A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes.

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I've generally got low levels of embarrassment.

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I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!

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As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now.

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Our world is afflicted by poverty. Don't spend all this money on clothes!

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I am pathetically law-abiding.

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When my children say, 'In the future, Mummy, will things get better or worse for humanity?' I say: 'Who knows, since Amy Winehouse died. It's all in the air now. Eat your broccoli.'

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In the end, I want to spend my 60s writing bonkbusters like Jilly Cooper.

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I don't think there should be anything that women are embarrassed to talk about in the 21st century, because for the last 100,000 years, men have said everything that's on their minds and described everything they have done.

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We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.

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I don't regret not going to college. Students learn up to the age of 21, then stop. I'll always be learning - the things that really matter in life. How to sign on, how to get free food, how to be streetwise.

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Oh God, are you supposed to collect things? I don't collect things. I like throwing things away.

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