Caitlin Moran Quotes

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Caitlin Moran

Profession : Journalist

Birth : April 5, 1975

In the U.K., we have a paper called 'The Daily Mail,' which is quite misogynist. And every day, it just writes pieces about: 'Women, you're going to die now! Women, here's shoes that give you cancer! Women, just hate yourselves!'

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Flyaway, problem hair is the enemy of feminism, and was probably invented by the Man to crush Susan Sontag.

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My parents were hippies. I'm the eldest of eight children.

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When I learned that flour pound for pound has as many calories as sugar, and that when eating pasta you're basically eating cake, I was size 23, and my neck was restricting my breathing, and so I got on a microbiotic diet and got myself an exercise bike.

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I know people go on about Twitter, but it is amazing. It's whatever you want it to be, and all the women got in there before the boys.

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Twitter means all my friends are in my computer. All my ideas are in my computer. I can do whatever I want in there; I'm kind of... bionic.

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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.

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I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality.

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Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends.

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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.

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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.

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I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.

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Telly never has any smart, amusing intellectuals living on a council estate.

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I think there are brilliant jokes to be made about abortion, and we should be able to talk about this in the way that we make jokes about death - you should be able to make jokes about everything.

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Men have made the world. And they've made a brilliant job of it. I love men. You know, men, you built Paris and you invented The Beatles, and, you know, and you've taught dogs to say 'sausages.' You know, I love your world. Thank you for it.

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I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.

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I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash.

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The revolution doesn't always look perfect.

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It used to be if you wanted something nice to wear, you would sew it yourself for your body type. Women before the 20th century didn't have this problem. Now, it seems we're all squeezed into random designs. They're designed for no one.

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The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.

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