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More Than a Woman
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Sep 17, 2020
bookshelves: audio-books, non-fiction, funny, 2020-read, recommended, favourite-audio
The book started off rubbing me the wrong way.
The author and I are the same age and she started the book lamenting about the aches and pains everyone her age is feeling. She particularly focused on a hip pain she had, and I was doing all sorts of internal eye-rolling. And what happened? Not 24 hours later and I woke up with hip pain – serves me right for hip-shaming her.
Only after the first 20% did the book take off for me but after that I loved everything about it. Even if a big chunk is written about and from the perspective of a parent. Seeing that I do not have children I could not necessarily relate but did not find this alienating at all.
This is my 5th book by Caitlin Moran and I really love her brand of feminism and commentary about socio economic issues.
She is a bit crass, a bit in your face and I do not always agree with her on everything (no dungarees are NOT suitable for anyone over the age of 5) but there are some beautiful poignant sections I will want to listen to again.
She not only talks about what it means to be a middle aged woman juggling demanding teenagers, a marriage, elderly parents, but also about what beauty really means, how gender stereotypes hurt women AND men, eating disorders and body image.
This is a witty life affirming book by a woman who calls a vagina by its rightful name, who is not shy to talk about difficult things and who admits that she still does not know everything.
Audio highly recommended
The author and I are the same age and she started the book lamenting about the aches and pains everyone her age is feeling. She particularly focused on a hip pain she had, and I was doing all sorts of internal eye-rolling. And what happened? Not 24 hours later and I woke up with hip pain – serves me right for hip-shaming her.
Only after the first 20% did the book take off for me but after that I loved everything about it. Even if a big chunk is written about and from the perspective of a parent. Seeing that I do not have children I could not necessarily relate but did not find this alienating at all.
This is my 5th book by Caitlin Moran and I really love her brand of feminism and commentary about socio economic issues.
She is a bit crass, a bit in your face and I do not always agree with her on everything (no dungarees are NOT suitable for anyone over the age of 5) but there are some beautiful poignant sections I will want to listen to again.
She not only talks about what it means to be a middle aged woman juggling demanding teenagers, a marriage, elderly parents, but also about what beauty really means, how gender stereotypes hurt women AND men, eating disorders and body image.
This is a witty life affirming book by a woman who calls a vagina by its rightful name, who is not shy to talk about difficult things and who admits that she still does not know everything.
Audio highly recommended
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Reading Progress
May 21, 2020
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May 21, 2020
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to-read
August 20, 2020
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audio-books
August 20, 2020
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non-fiction
August 20, 2020
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funny
September 3, 2020
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Started Reading
September 16, 2020
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Finished Reading
September 17, 2020
– Shelved as:
2020-read
September 17, 2020
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recommended
September 17, 2020
– Shelved as:
favourite-audio
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Donna wrote: "Would I like her?"I am not sure, I dont mind her being a bit crass as the parts where she was brilliant make up for it but I do think she is an acquired taste. She is like marmite, you either love her or you dont.
Donna maybe try How to be a Woman.
I also like the chapter about how men are equally badly affected by The Patriarchy as women, and they have been left behind while feminism has furthered our cause. That was a really significant point I felt that is something we don’t think about. Men today are suffering very badly with mental health, it is very sad.I also do not have children, but both How to be a Woman and More than a Woman deal with the topic in a way that did not alienate me, even if I skim read one of those chapters.
I was considering getting some dungarees, but maybe not. Maxi skirts, yes totally!
Sarah wrote: "I also like the chapter about how men are equally badly affected by The Patriarchy as women, and they have been left behind while feminism has furthered our cause. That was a really significant poi..."I also found that section so enlightening! And yes to maxi skirts but definitely NOT dungarees :-) But then again if you are in your 30s or 40s you know what works for you
Totally agree with this. Some of the anal sex bits got a bit too in depth fit me, but the rest was fabulous.
Helen wrote: "Totally agree with this. Some of the anal sex bits got a bit too in depth fit me, but the rest was fabulous."Oh my I cant even remember those bits :-D My memory obviously blocked out the bits I didnt like and remember the parts I did, which is most of the book.
