Лучшие книги Кейтлин Моран

Известная британская феминистка Кейтлин Моран делится собственным опытом и с неподражаемым юмором рассказывает, каково это — быть женщиной в наши дни. Подростковые открытия, первая любовь, карьера, роды, аборты, материнство, пластические операции и «убийственные» стандарты красоты — Кейтлин Моран шокирующе откровенна и безжалостна в своих оценках. В книге, немедленно ставшей бестселлером, она потешается над собственными несовершенствами и высмеивает стереотипы современного общества в отношении «женского вопроса». В исполнении эксцентричной журналистки это получается уморительно и по делу.

Кто такая Джоанна Морриган из Вулверхэмптона? Точнее, кем Джоанна Морриган, толстая девчонка из многодетной семьи на социальном пособии, должна стать? Быть может, если погуще накрасить глаза черной подводкой, врубить в наушниках отвязный рок-н-ролльный хит, начать заниматься сексом и припудрить себя показным цинизмом, то удастся сойти за кого-то другого, кого-то заметного — например, за скандального музыкального критика и секс-авантюристку по имени Долли Уайльд. Прикидываться ею до тех пор, пока сама не поверишь в свою ложь. А поверив, вдруг обнаружить, что между Долли и Джоанной пропасть. Как сбросить змеиную кожу сомнений и страхов и из…

Джоанна Морриган, известная в узких кругах как Долли Уайльд, наконец получила все, чего хотела, — ей целых девятнадцать лет, она живет в Лондоне в собственной квартире и пишет для самого отвязного музыкального журнала Британии. А затем Джон Кайт, любовь всей ее жизни, записывает альбом, который взлетает в топы музыкальных чартов, и попадает в недосягаемое для простых смертных измерение знаменитостей — мир приватных вечеринок и vip-списков. У Джоанны нет пропуска в этот мир, так что она делает единственное, что может сделать уважающая себя женщина свободных нравов, не лишенная вкуса к авантюрам: она начинает писать провокационную колонку о жизни знаменитостей. Теперь и ее окружает слава, однако скоро Джоанна понимает, что за все приходится платить, — и ее расплатой за звездную жизнь может быть человек, которого она во что бы то ни стало хотела удержать рядом.

This is Caitlin Moran's rallying call for our times. Combining the best of her recent columns with lots of new writing, Caitlin deals with topics as pressing and diverse as 1980s swearing, benefits, boarding schools, and why the internet is like a drunken toddler. And while never afraid to address the big issues of the day - such as Benedict Cumberbatch and duffel coats - Caitlin also makes a passionate effort to understand our 21st century society and presents us with her 'Moranifesto" for making the world a better place.

A decade ago, Caitlin Moran thought she had it all figured out. Her instant bestseller How to Be a Woman was a game-changing take on feminism, the patriarchy, and the general ‘hoo-ha’ of becoming a woman. Back then, she firmly believed ‘the difficult bit’ was over, and her forties were going to be a doddle.

If only she had known: when middle age arrives, a whole new bunch of tough questions need answering. Why isn’t there such a thing as a ‘Mum Bod’? How did sex get boring? What are men really thinking? Where did all that stuff in the kitchen drawers come from? Can feminists have Botox? Why has wine turned against you? How can you tell the difference between a Teenage Micro-Breakdown, and The Real Thing? Has feminism gone too far? And, as always, WHO’S LOOKING AFTER THE CHILDREN?

Now with ageing parents, teenage daughters, a bigger bum and a To-Do list without end, Caitlin Moran is back with More Than A Woman: a guide to growing older, a manifesto for change, and a celebration of all those middle-aged women who keep the world turning.

Possibly the only drawback about the bestselling How To Be A Woman was that its author, Caitlin Moran, was limited to pretty much one subject: being a woman.

In MORANTHOLOGY Caitlin 'gets quite chatty' about many subjects, including cultural, social and political issues which are usually left to hot-shot wonks and not a woman who sometimes keeps a falafel in her handbag. These other subjects include...

Caffeine | Ghostbusters | Being Poor | Twitter | Caravans | Obama | Wales | Paul McCartney | The Welfare State | Sherlock | David Cameron Looking Like Ham | Amy Winehouse | 'The Big Society' | Big Hair | Nutter-letters | Michael Jackson's funeral | Failed Nicknames | Wolverhampton | Squirrels' Testicles | Sexy Tax | Binge-drinking | Chivalry | Rihanna's Cardigan | Party Bags | Hot People| Transsexuals | The Gay Moon Landings

As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is 'But what about MEN?' After eleven years of writing bestsellers about women and dismissing this question, having been very sure that the concerns of feminism and men are very different things, Caitlin Moran realised that this wasn't quite right, and that the problems of feminism are also the problems of, yes, men.
So, what about men? Why do they only go to the doctor if their wife or girlfriend makes them? Why do they never discuss their penises with each other - but make endless jokes about their balls? What is porn doing for young men? Is their fondness for super-skinny jeans leading to an epidemic of bad mental health? Are men allowed to be sad? Are men allowed to lose? Have Men's Rights Activists confused 'power' with 'empowerment'? And is Jordan B Peterson just your mum - but with some mad theory about a lobster?
In this book, Caitlin intends to answer all this and more - because if men haven't yet answered the question 'What About Men?', it's going to be down to a busy woman to do it.

Fifteen-year-old Morag Narmo really doesn't want to go to school any more. She and her siblings would rather feed their heads into the waste-disposal unit than "do the academical". So they are all stunned when their parents whisk them out of school and embark on a home-schooling experiment. But with five children, two unruly pets and some extremely eccentric attitudes, the educational experiment soon descends into chaos...

Witty, razor-sharp and laugh-out-loud funny, The Chronicles of Narmo show us how before Caitlin Moran knew How to be a Woman, she had to find out How to be a Girl.