The Time Machine

Satire / 1 November 2015

How to... be Caitlin Moran

Or, How to lose friends and alienate trans women

Anonymous
“It’s pronounced Caitlin you cunt.”

“It’s pronounced Caitlin you cunt.”

Hi, I’m Caitlin Moran. After the success of my ‘How to …’ books I thought I’d give you some tips on how to emulate me, your hero.

• Stand on a chair and shout “I’m a feminist! But also a really cool self-made music journalist, author and columnist!”

• Fuck the patriarchy by wearing a dress, but with combat boots. Flowery combat boots.

• Break the glass ceiling, but make sure to let the shards of glass penetrate deep into the eyes of women who don’t look and think exactly like you.

• Remember that there’s not much in life that a cup of tea and a bath can’t cure, if the only problem you ever have is cystitis.

• When people accuse you of being exclusionary remember that you are Queen of the Feminists and that you literally don’t give a shit.