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How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

7 reviews

singalana's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.25

I have mixed feelings about this book. On the other hand, it was funny and poignant but also vulgar and kind of pointless? Perhaps the negative feelings I had were just internalised misogyny where women aren’t allowed to be gross.

How to Be a Woman is a collection of essay-type writings - causeries, if you will, about the different aspects of being a woman, getting boobs and periods and pubic hair, dating, having sex and getting our hearts broken, having kids or not having kids, growing old and looking good while doing it. 

Moran draws from personal experience and is surprisingly candid while doing so, giving us almost TMI vibes. But her text is very readable (even though I hate that word), and at times, she does a deep dive into the subject and raises good points about womanhood and all the expectations surrounding it. 

I guess you could consider this book an approachable yet somewhat shocking introduction to feminism. This offers peer support to women, but it might prove enlightening reading to men. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Abortion

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Racism

Minor: Drug use, Miscarriage, and Sexism

lukewhenderson's review

funny fast-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Homophobia, and Transphobia

mblanke's review

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Abortion, and Alcohol

tlholmes's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy

georgiesutton's review against another edition

3.75

This is an entertaining memoir, but it is super dated now especially as a possibly feminist book. There are several uses of slurs and sentences that make you cringe (and not in a funny way) particularly regarding race and disability. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

smartieplanet's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Racism