Caitlin Moran
Caitlin Moran
Catherine Elizabeth "Caitlin" Moranis an English journalist, author, and broadcaster at The Times, where she writes three columns a week: one for the Saturday Magazine, a TV review column, and the satirical Friday column "Celebrity Watch". Moran is British Press AwardsColumnist of the Year for 2010, and both BPA Critic of the Year 2011 and Interviewer of the Year 2011. In 2012, she was named Columnist of the Year by the London Press Club, and Culture Commentator at the Comment...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth5 April 1975
Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit. You’d be amazed how easily and repeatedly you can confuse the two. Get a big biscuit tin.
Let's all go and be feminists in the pub.
I come from grunge, and then Brit-pop, scenes where you boast about how little you spent on an outfit. ... Now, it seems you must find The Dress, then The Dress needs to have The Belt, and a complementary but not overly-matching bag must be found which works with not only the correct hosiery, but with something to throw over yourself if you become chilly.
As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now.
If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one.
If you read all your history books, there are no women in them.
If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.
I've generally got low levels of embarrassment.
I'm so glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely.
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.
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.
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!
I know people go on about Twitter, but it is amazing. It's whatever you want it to be, and all the women got in there before the boys.
I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.