I became a fan of Caitlin Moran after hearing her interviewed on the radio and assorted podcasts, so naturally I bought both her books. This first one isn't quite aimed at my demographic, so this is only my mere opinion as an outsider daring to read it.
The framing device is the author's experience if life growing up from around 13 to her mid 30s, her family, jobs etc. In each chapter one of these anecdotes leads into a certain topic to be discussed. I have to admit I enjoyed reading the life experiences more than the following polemics. Sometimes it went on too long and even resorted to PUTTING TEXT IN CAPS to drive home a point. I feel there was a bit of preaching to the choir going on-I can't see any (sane) woman who picked up the book disagreeing with most of her points. Having said that, most of the time there's loads of humour and wit involved so I can forgive the ranting. Some topics made me feel something of a squeamish male and worried about how seedy it was getting-a 'should I be reading this?' feeling but I survived to the end and overall enjoyed it.
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