All the things that are taboo are the things that are not normal, and all the things that are not normal are the things that are exclusively about physically being a woman. Caitlin Moran More Quotes by Caitlin Moran More Quotes From Caitlin Moran But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldn’t spend £1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy. The stakes are far, far too high. I can’t agree with a society that would force me to bet on how much I could love under duress. Caitlin Moran duress force pregnancy A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes. Caitlin Moran magazines majority shoes In the end I want to spend my 60s writing bonkbusters like Jilly Cooper. Caitlin Moran ends want writing Who doesn't have a friend who worships her lover with a passion that seems baffling to everyone that knows them? Before you met him for the first time, she'd talked him up like he was a cross between Indiana Jones, Barack Obama and The Doctor. When you finally meet him, he's a quiet little thing who looks like a baked bean in glasses, and actually says 'harumph' as spelt. Caitlin Moran doctors passion glasses I’m going to lie this one right on the line, right here, right now: I’m pro big pants. Strident feminism NEEDS big pants. Really big. I’m currently wearing a pair that could have been used as a fire blanket to put out the Great Fire of London at any point during the first 48 hours or so. They extend from the top of my thigh to my belly button, and effectively double up as a second property that I can escape to at weekends. If I were going to run for parliament, it would be solely on a platform of ‘Get Women In Massive Grundie’s’. Caitlin Moran weekend running lying I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays. Caitlin Moran eight play book I think that instead of feminism being a political thing, it should be an act of creativity. It's more of a rock n' roll thing. Caitlin Moran rocks creativity thinking I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds! Caitlin Moran rocks night two Benedict Cumberbatch is very beautiful. Caitlin Moran very-beautiful beautiful Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends. Caitlin Moran feminism girl mean Feminism, as it stands, well... stands. It has ground to a halt. Caitlin Moran feminism wells halt I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat. Caitlin Moran small-talk cupboards I am pathetically law-abiding. Caitlin Moran abiding law I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world. Caitlin Moran hate self thinking I do not... look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine... I am... femi-none. Caitlin Moran feminine princess looks I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality. Caitlin Moran aristocracy campaigns class I hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy. Caitlin Moran tabloids hate ideas I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too. Caitlin Moran fey my-best-friend want I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings. Caitlin Moran puffins bird baby I don't want children anyway,' Caz says. 'So I'm getting nothing out of this whatsoever. I want my entire reproductive system taken out, and replaced with spare lungs, for when I start smoking. I want that option. This is pointless. Caitlin Moran taken smoking children
