The idea of not being able to control my own fertility genuinely terrifies me. That one mistake might change your life. That everything I am, and do, could be ended by the repeal of laws our mothers fought so hard for, that women had waited for the entire span of humanity to come about.
— Caitlin Moran
One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.
I genuinely miss writing now on the rare days I don't write; my mouth waters when I think about writing, and I have an extreme physical reaction to the idea of doing it.
Benedict Cumberbatch is very beautiful.
I am pathetically law-abiding.
I've generally got low levels of embarrassment.
If you read all your history books, there are no women in them.
It used to be if you wanted something nice to wear, you would sew it yourself for your body type. Women before the 20th century didn't have this problem. Now, it seems we're all squeezed into random designs. They're designed for no one.
Our world is afflicted by poverty. Don't spend all this money on clothes!
Most women I know love the idea of fashion, but the practicalities that go with it are just distressing.
Simultaneously, my two biggest heroes are Susan Sontag and Morticia Addams from 'The Addams Family.'
People get really scared when women reclaim words, talk about themselves honestly and also make jokes because it's a really unstoppable combination.
The doughy-faced woman has been forced to sit on the sidelines of culture for too long, and it's now time for us to stand up with our big round faces like the moon and say we have things to say, too. We have a round-faced agenda we want to push.
I remember, around age three, peas growing in the back garden. Pinching them from their pods and popping them in the mouth was my first realisation that food came from somewhere other than a shelf.
You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.
When my children say, 'In the future, Mummy, will things get better or worse for humanity?' I say: 'Who knows, since Amy Winehouse died. It's all in the air now. Eat your broccoli.'
I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash.
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.
I've learnt that you tend most to make a div of yourself when you're trying to cover up the fact that you don't know what you're doing. And that simply saying 'I don't know what I'm doing' is a massive relief.
I don't think there should be anything that women are embarrassed to talk about in the 21st century, because for the last 100,000 years, men have said everything that's on their minds and described everything they have done.
Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.
The thing is, one in three women in the Western world will end up having an abortion, but they never talk about it. When you keep silent about that stuff, it is because you are embarrassed by the societal distaste of the topic.
Men have made the world. And they've made a brilliant job of it. I love men. You know, men, you built Paris and you invented The Beatles, and, you know, and you've taught dogs to say 'sausages.' You know, I love your world. Thank you for it.
I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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 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.
The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry.
The revolution doesn't always look perfect.
Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.
There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
When I saw 'Pretty In Pink' at the cinema at the age of 11, I just thought it was a period piece from maybe 100 years previously. I had no idea that was what everybody was supposed to be wearing.
Flyaway, problem hair is the enemy of feminism, and was probably invented by the Man to crush Susan Sontag.
Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.
In the end, I want to spend my 60s writing bonkbusters like Jilly Cooper.
I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
Oh God, are you supposed to collect things? I don't collect things. I like throwing things away.
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.
In the U.K., we have a paper called 'The Daily Mail,' which is quite misogynist. And every day, it just writes pieces about: 'Women, you're going to die now! Women, here's shoes that give you cancer! Women, just hate yourselves!'
The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.
I once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm there with my tote bag and anorak. And I'm like, well, I'm still the most important person in the room right now.
I hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy.
I can't live in a world where there are only, like, four kinds of women. Or where every woman is obsessed with cake. The very least I ask is that we have one female character in the world who likes savory things! I don't have any role models who like cheese!
In the early '90s, it was grunge; everybody was fully clothed. Alanis Morissette was one of the biggest artists in the world, never wore makeup, wearing Doc Marten boots, and then the Spice Girls turn up, and suddenly it all looks a bit burlesque; suddenly they're the biggest band in the world.
You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
When I learned that flour pound for pound has as many calories as sugar, and that when eating pasta you're basically eating cake, I was size 23, and my neck was restricting my breathing, and so I got on a microbiotic diet and got myself an exercise bike.
I see feminism as a massive party. It's cool, the idea that 50% of the population can now start doing things and having fun and experimenting with their hair and makeup.
My parents were hippies. I'm the eldest of eight children.
