Lady Inspiration: Caitlin Moran

“Stop seeing yourself as a list of problems. I caught myself thinking – this is when I was 34 – ‘I’ll write a book when my life begins’. I caught myself thinking this and I thought ‘What do I mean when my life begins?’ Then I realised what I meant was when I was finally properly thin and very smooth and my hair was naturally brilliant and I had a walk-in wardrobe like the one Carrie Bradshaw has in Sex and the City and my house was tidy and I’d finally gotten round to having a regular manicure and pedicure regime…I don’t know, just kind of perfect. Pretty, I guess, and kind of perfect, and everything was serene and calm. And then I started…this is the argument I’m having in my head, and the cleverer me is going ‘What the fuck are you on about? That’s never going to happen. If it was going to happen it would have happened by now. You’re 34. Your life has already begun. It began in 1975 when you were born. If you’re doing to do something, get on with it now. Stop waiting.’ I think women have this feeling of waiting – when I’ve just lost that bit of weight, then things will happen, then things will be possible. Stop seeing yourself as a list of problems, stop going ‘Everything will be fine when I’ve sorted these things out’, start enjoying your life now.” – Caitlin Moran, on what advice she would give to young women. Found via Bookoisseur

I’m (slowly) reading Caitlin Moran’s How to Be a Woman right now, and I love it. She has a lot of opinions on a lot of lady stuff, and even when I don’t agree with her I love her voice. She’s smart and she explains feminism very, very, very clearly. I’ll probably write more about the book later, but if you’re a lady and you enjoy reading about lady stuff, chances are good you’ll love this book! I love her writing, I love that she wears a lot of makeup, and I love that she makes the same two faces in, like, every picture ever taken. She’s great! Read her book!