Caitlin Moran is my new favorite person in the world!
She narrates the story well and is very fun to listen to.

It does have it's serious moments especially the chapter on abortion. Some listeners will be bothered by her views on abortion, childbirth and mothering, but I appreciate that she does not pull any punches and states exactly how she feels. Caitlin makes it clear that being a mother, is not a prerequisite for being a successful woman.

These subjects are only a fraction of the book; she covers many other things, like: how to dress like a woman, how to shave like a woman, how to name your breasts, how to recognize sexism, how to be in love, how to get married and how to choose role models.

It is really not so much a "how to" book but more "how not to". If it's a "how to" anything, it's how to be comfortable with who you already are and stop trying to be an impossible, ridiculous version of what society thinks you should be.

I think it is a "must listen" for all women, especially young women.

If, like me, you already think like Caitlin, you may not gain a new view of the world but you will gain additional insight, and you will be thoroughly entertained!

This is so much funnier than the book because you get to hear the British author read it.

She is very funny!

It would be a strange movie - they would really have to change it hugely.

I really love hearing a book that the author takes the time to narrate herself.

She did a great job.

probably not

I had never heard about Caitlin Moran in the past but am a memoir junkie. This was a great surprise. She's very unique and has some fantastic stories.

I've already started to listen to it again, it is hilarious!

SO MUCH. Because it's a history of her life and her relationship with feminism, she brings all the characters to life in a way that feels both true and funny.

hell yeah

With the exception of a few jewels of wisdom, I found this book to be a bit boring and frequently checked the time remaining. It's the first 9-hour book that was actually too long, particularly the bits about Caitlin's childhood and adolescence. Having said that, I would highly recommend the book to women under the age of 30. But by mid-life, most of us have been there and done that and are ready to move on.

Nope

Have a better story, leave the gross/shock factor to the horror genre, be funny...shall I go on?

Did I say I liked it? No, I didn't. The performance was fine, animated, up tempo.

Well, since I decided my time is not worth wasting on this story, I'd say everything up until I gave up. In my defense, I gave it a good shot. I've only got 5 or so chapters left, and a friend did say it gets better at the very end, but I'm not so bored that I will pick it up again. I always have my iTunes when that happens.

She's no Tina Fey.

A real interest in showing the virtues of womanhood.

The lack of a real message, as well as the self-serving aspect of the story.

Most likely not!

All of them.

This is a book where frustration, inconformity and the desire of not being whom she is are evident. If her intend was to teach woman the ropes of becoming a woman, she fail in all accounts. However, if this was her way of starting her own therapy to find out the solutions to her own conflicts, then I wish her good luck.

I've never cared too much for feminism, just never thought about it. With women like Caitlin and Tina Fey though, I find myself a little more interested. Not in a man hating way, but these ladies are hilarious! Take the subject matter from "oh bother" to, well, not "oh brother." I'm not shouting "girl power!" But these ladies make some good points, and disguised in such a way that men even enjoy them.
It's a bit crude, but not in a derogatory or disgusting way. She's one of the few people who could use some of the less pleasant words about women and make them seem normal or even a bit empowering... It was refreshing.
She's hilarious and human and I highly recommend this book

Maybe. It was humorous and enjoyable at the start, but it started to drag. When I thought I must be over halfway through, I was only 3 hours into it.

The beginning of the book was wonderful. All cheery and embarrassing stories from her childhood and youth mixed in with some life lessons that she picked up the hard way. Then once we reach her early adulthood the book becomes more of a complaint about everything she doesn't like. Instead of spending six hours ranting about strip clubs, high heels, and how generally awful men are, maybe continue with the personal aspect of the story rather than aim your megaphone at anyone or thing you don't personally enjoy.

The huge cliff it dropped off in the second half. The book was wonderful and funny in the beginning, but about halfway through it turned into one sexist and stereotyping rant after the other.

The second half would have been rewritten so as not to come off as isolating all possible readers who occasionally do feminine things and don't whole themselves off in a closet doing angsty things late into their 20s.

I can't say enough that I LOVED the first half, but being a woman who occassionally likes a pair of high heels, and does someday want to enjoy her wedding, and doesn't think that strip clubs and burlesque are all that different...we had some differences that in the end were irreconcilable.