They Don’t Make Feminists This Outrageous Anymore

[banned from Kos]

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/07/caitlin_moran_s_how_to_be_a_woman.html

Five months later Moran finished her memoir-slash-manifesto, How To Be a Woman. The book, which will be released this week in the United States, spent nearly a year on the top 10 list in England. It has been published in 18 countries (when we met it was being translated into Portuguese, leaving Moran, who spends several pages fulminating over the rise of pubic deforestation, wondering what Brazilians call a “Brazilian”). She has amassed nearly 240,000 Twitter followers (the modern metric of success) as well as a dedicated fan blog, fuckyeahcaitlinmoran, based on the viral meme popularized by Ryan Gosling enthusiasts. The photo from the book’s cover—Moran with her distinctive skunk-striped bouff of a hairdo and winged liquid eyeliner—was acquired by London’s National Portrait Gallery, tucked in among other superstars of the realm: King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Paul McCartney.

[struggle4progress]

1. she's barely 35

[fasttense]

2. I can't wait to read her book.

It's been a long time since I've read a good feminist book.

Thanks for posting this.

PS. I was banned from KO too. Though it wasn't actually me who was banned. My teenage son got on my account and used some swear words that got us banned. But here's the kicker, at 17, and thinking he knew everything, rebelling against curfews and speed limits, he came and told me what he did all seriously as if I would be upset about it. He was so worried. I love that boy, he has such a kind and loving heart.

[potone]

3. "the rise of pubic deforestation"

Really???