Caitlin Moran

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. ”

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. ”

Simultaneously, my two biggest heroes are Susan Sontag and Morticia Addams from 'The Addams Family.' ”

My parents were hippies. I'm the eldest of eight children. ”

The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it. ”

Every woman who chooses - joyfully, thoughtfully, calmly, of their own free will and desire - not to have a child does womankind a massive favour in the long term. ”

My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it. ”

I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact. ”

Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends. ”

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. ”