Moranifesto

From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Be a Woman and Moranthology comes a collection of Caitlin Moran’s award-winning London Times columns that takes a clever, hilarious look at celebrities, society, and the wacky world we live in today—including three major new pieces exclusive to this book.

When Caitlin Moran sat down to choose her favorite pieces for her new book, she realized that they all shared a common theme—the same old problems and the same old ass-hats. Then she thought of the word ‘Moranifesto’, and she knew what she had to do…

Introducing every piece and weaving her writing together into a brilliant, seamless narrative—just as she did in Moranthology—Caitlin combines the best of her recent columns with lots of new writing unique to this book as she offers a characteristically fun and witty look at the news, celebrity culture, and society. Featuring strong and important pieces on poverty, the media, and class, Moranifesto also focuses on how socially engaged we’ve become as a society.

And of course, Caitlin is never afraid to address the big issues, such as Benedict Cumberbatch and duffel coats. Who else but Caitlin Moran—a true modern Renaissance woman—could deal with topics as pressing and diverse as the beauty of musicals, affordable housing, Daft Punk, and why the Internet is like a drunken toddler?

Covering everything from Hillary Clinton to UTIs, Caitlin’s manifesto is an engaging and mischievous rallying call for our times.

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Published Nov 29, 2016

352 pages

Average rating: 10

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Eileen0902
Nov 29, 2023
10/10 stars
I so love Caitlin Moran! Her writing is funny, feisty, fierce, furious...sometimes in the same essay. Loyal Times readers may be disappointed that this book is primarily a collection of Moran's previously published works. But for those of us who only catch her column occasionally, this was like catching up with an old friend over a long cup of tea, that segued into a bottle of wine (and then maybe a second...). I loved hearing all the stories I had missed. Some argue that Moran's feminism and liberalism can be riddled with inconsistency. But that is what I love about her. Her thoughts are fluid, honest and real. Only pure ideologues (or Vulcans) have perfectly consistent life views. Moran is full of questions, fluid in her thinking and open to different opinions. Others will argue that political articles are by their nature ephemeral and don't age well. But I didn't feel that way at all. I thought every article, even about long past events, provided insight to Moran's world view.

Warning to international readers who haven't spent much time in England...Moran uses British slang liberally, colorfully and to fabulous effect. But it will take a little work to "translate" her English. It's not exactly the Queen's version!

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